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Rosa Rey
Rosa Rey (born Isabel Mercedes Tárrago) was a Spanish actress and opera singer who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. Biography Rey was born in Madrid, Spain, as Isabel Tárrago; she was a descendant of notable lawyer and poet Torcuato Tárrago y Mateos. Rey worked as an opera singer before making her way onto the silver screen as a character actress. She was married to actor Martin Garralaga; they both worked at Fox in the 1930s. She died on April 7, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California. Selected filmography * ''La buenaventura'' (1934) * '' Grand Canary'' (1934) * ''Tripping Through the Tropics'' (1934) * ''Tres Amores'' (1934) * '' El cantante de Napoles'' (1935) * ''Julieta Buys a Son'' (1935) * ''Rosa de Francia'' (1935) * ''El crimen de media noche'' (1936) * ''El capitan Tormenta'' (1936) * ''Song of the Gringo'' (1936) * '' Fiesta'' (1941) * '' The Face of Marble'' (1946) * '' Gilda'' (1946) * ''Two Years Before the Mast'' (1946) * ''Secret Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Garralaga
Martín Garralaga (10 November 1894 – 12 June 1981) was a Spanish actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was married to opera singer and actress Rosa Rey. Biography Garralaga first came to the United States when he sailed from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the steamship ''Catherine'' in April 1924. He acted in more than two hundred roles in film and television and is probably best known for his portrayal of "Pancho" in the early Cisco Kid films. In 1958, Garralaga was cast as Ramirez in the episode "A Tree for Planting" of the CBS western television series, '' The Texan''. Lurene Tuttle and Paul Fix were cast in the episode as Amy Bofert and Bert Gorman, respectively. In the storyline, series character Bill Longley (Rory Calhoun) comes to the aid of a distressed Mexican farmer, Ramirez, whose peach orchards are being overrun by cattle ranchers. Garralaga appeared as Father Mariano, a mission priest, in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Years Before The Mast (film)
''Two Years Before the Mast'' is a 1946 American historical adventure film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, and Barry Fitzgerald. It is loosely based on Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s travel book of the same name and was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot In 1834, Charles Stewart, the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the ''Pilgrim'', one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson, assisted by his first mate, Amazeen. One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr., who will ultimately recount the entire voyage in a book. Cast * Alan Ladd as Charles Stewart * Brian Donlevy as Richard Henry Dana * William Bendix as First Mate Amazeen * Barry Fitzgerald as Terence O'Feenaghty * Howard da Silva as Captain Thompson * Esther Fernández as Maria Dominguez * Albert Dekker as Brown * Luis van Rooten as 2nd Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
1969 (Roman numerals, MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – USS Enterprise fire, An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 28 and injures 314. * January 16 – First successful docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit and the first transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another (by a space walk) between Soviet craft Soyuz 5 and Soyuz 4. * January 18 – Failure of Soyuz 5's service module to separ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 Births
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west. Events January * January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing Immigration to the United States, immigrants to the United States. February * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for a patent, on his compression ignition engine (the Diesel engine). * February 29 – St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated as a town. March * March 1 – Theodoros Deligiannis ends his term as Prime Minister of Greece and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos takes office. * March 6–March 8, 8 – "Exclusive Agreement": Rulers of the Trucial States (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain) sign an agreement, by which they become ''de facto'' British protectorates. * March 11 – The first basketball game is played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA before 200 spectators. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Film Actresses
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas ** Spanish cuisine ** Spanish history ** Spanish culture ** Languages of Spain, the various languages in Spain Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain The culture of Spain is influenced by its We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawman (TV Series)
''Lawman'' is an American Western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962, starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming, during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several Western series on the air at the time. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell, Brown, and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another Western". At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan. The main sponsor of the series was the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company through their Camel cigarettes brand. The alternate sponsor was General Mills. The two main stars did spots endorsing Camel cigarettes and Cheerios breakfast cereal. Premise Dan Troop leaves Abilene, Kansas, for the town of Laramie, Wyoming. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bottom Of The Bottle
''The Bottom of the Bottle'' is a 1956 American CinemaScope drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson and Ruth Roman. It is based on the novel of the same title written by Georges Simenon during his stay in Nogales, Arizona. The novel was adapted for film by Sydney Boehm and was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Plot Patrick Martin (Joseph Cotten), known as P.M., is a wealthy attorney and rancher in the border town of Nogales, Arizona. He returns home to find his brother Donald ( Van Johnson) hiding in his garage. A former drunkard, Donald had been sent to the penitentiary five years previously for killing a man in a barroom brawl. It was in self-defense but P.M. hadn't defended his brother and he was convicted. Donald has escaped and wants his brother to help him across the Santa Cruz River into the Mexico-side Nogales, where his wife ( Shawn Smith) and children (Kim Charney and Sandy Descher) are in dire straits. The strait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rose Tattoo (film)
''The Rose Tattoo'' is a 1955 American film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play of the same name. It was adapted by Williams and Hal Kanter and directed by Daniel Mann, with stars Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan and Jo Van Fleet. Williams originally wrote the play for Italian Anna Magnani to play on Broadway in 1951, but she declined the offer because of her difficulty with the English language at the time. By the time of this film adaptation, she was ready. Anna Magnani won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, and the film won Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography receiving five other nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Pavan. Plot Serafina Delle Rose, a Sicilian seamstress, living in a community in proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, fiercely proud of and loyal to her truck-driving husband Rosario, is pregnant with their second child. Estelle asks Serafina to make a shirt for her lover from expensive s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of The Incas
''Secret of the Incas'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact. The supporting cast features Robert Young, Nicole Maurey and Thomas Mitchell, as well as a rare film appearance by Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. Shot on location at Machu Picchu in Peru, the film is often credited as the inspiration for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Plot American adventurer Harry Steele makes a living as a tour guide in Cusco, Peru, but plans to earn his fortune by finding the legendary gold and jeweled " sunburst", a lost Inca treasure, at the ancient capital of Machu Picchu. He possesses a fragment of a carved stone block which gives the location of the sunburst when placed on a stone map of the ancient tomb complex, housed at a local museum. Bar owner Ed Morgan, who is older and feeling his age, has been searching for the treasure for fourteen years and hires a sniper to frighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Beyond The Door
''Secret Beyond the Door'' is a 1947 American film noir psychological thriller and a modern updating of the Bluebeard fairytale, directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Lang's Diana Productions, and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Joan Bennett and was produced by her husband Walter Wanger. The black-and-white film noir drama is about a woman who suspects her new husband, an architect, plans to kill her. Plot New York heiress Celia Barrett and her lawyer Bob Dwight are on the verge of marriage, but he wants her to be sure so convinces her to vacation in Mexico with her friend Edith Potter. While there, Celia falls in love with and marries American architect Mark Lamphere. On their honeymoon, after she playfully locks him out of their hotel room, he turns cold towards her and abruptly leaves, claiming that he has urgent business at home and will make arrangements for her to follow. Five days later, Celia arrives at Mark's home town of Levender Falls. Mark is in the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilda (film)
''Gilda'' is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, glamorous setting, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole (choreographer), Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio", sung by Anita Kert Ellis, Anita Ellis. Over the years ''Gilda'' has gained cult classic status. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Plot Johnny Farrell, an American newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, wins money from sailors at the city's docks by playing craps with weighted dice. He is rescued from a robbery attempt by a stranger, Ballin Mundson. Mundson tells Farrell about an illegal high-class casino in the city, but warns him not t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Times
The ''Santa Maria Times'' is a daily American newspaper on California's Central Coast serving the cities of Santa Maria; Orcutt; Guadalupe; Nipomo; unincorporated parts of northern Santa Barbara County and southern San Luis Obispo County. It is published Tuesday through Saturday, and is part of Santa Maria California News Media Inc., which also publishes the ''Lompoc Record'' and ''Santa Ynez Valley News'', among other newspapers. History The ''Santa Maria Times'' was established in April 1882.Storke, Yda AddiA Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura, California pp. 517-18 (1891)(31 March 2019) ''Santa Maria Times'' In 1918, the paper became a daily.(1 July 2012) ''Santa Maria Times'' Owner E.L. Petersen sold the paper in 1938 to Robert and Stanworth Hancock, who in turn sold the paper to Kansas-based Stauffer Communications in 1948.(27 March 1948)Kansan Purchases Santa Maria Times ''Los Angeles Times'' In 1947 the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
