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Tony D'Algy
Tony D'Algy (born Antonio Eduardo Lozano Guedes; 1897 – 29 April 1977) was a Portuguese film actor. He appeared in 57 films between 1924 and 1949, including ''The Boob'', a silent comedy where Joan Crawford makes one of her first appearances. He was born in Luanda, Angola, and died in Lisbon, Portugal. He was the older brother of actress Helena D'Algy (born 1906). Selected filmography * '' A Sainted Devil'' (1924) * ''The Rejected Woman'' (1924) * '' Meddling Women'' (1924) * '' Soul Mates'' (1925) * ''The Boob'' (1926) * '' Figaro'' (1929) * ''An Ideal Woman'' (1929) * '' The Incorrigible'' (1931) * ''The Birth of Salome'' (1940) * ''Whirlwind A whirlwind is a phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow ( current) gradients. Whirlwinds can vary in size and last from a cou ...'' (1941) * '' The White Dove'' (1942) References External links * 1897 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luanda
Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil. In 2020 the population reached more than 8.3 million inhabitants (a third of Angola's population). Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, Luanda was founded in January 1576 as ''São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda'' by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais, being occasionally called "Leonda" or "St Paul de Leonda" by non-Portuguese sources. The city served as the centre of the Slavery in Angola, slave trade to Brazil before the institution was prohibited. At the start of the Angolan Civil W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Ideal Woman
''An Ideal Woman'' (French: ''La femme rêvée'') is a 1929 French silent film directed by Jean Durand and starring Arlette Marchal, Charles Vanel, and Alice Roberts (actress), Alice Roberts.Rège p.353 Cast * Arlette Marchal * Charles Vanel * Alice Roberts (actress), Alice Roberts * Harry Pilcer * Tony D'Algy * Thérèse Kolb * Jeanne Grumbach References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * * 1929 films French silent films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Jean Durand French black-and-white films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Luanda
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Male Silent Film Actors
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1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...n separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is founded in Prague. February * February 10 – Freedom of religion is proclaimed in Madagascar. * February 16 – The French conquer the island of Raiatea and capture the rebel chief Teraupo'o, ending the Leeward Islands War and brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Dove (1942 Film)
''The White Dove'' (Spanish: ''La blanca Paloma'') is a 1942 Spanish musical drama film directed by Claudio de la Torre and starring Juanita Reina, Tony D'Algy and Antonio Huelves.Peiró p.302 It was remade in 1955 as ''It Happened in Seville'' with Reina again in the role of Esperanza. Cast * Juanita Reina as Esperanza * Tony D'Algy as Juan Antonio * Antonio Huelves as Alberto * José Portes as Don Fernando * Dolores Bremón as Tita Pasión * Eloísa Mariscal as Martina * Isabel Urcola as Setefilla * Josefina de la Torre Josefina de la Torre Millares (25 September – 12 July 2002) was a Spanish poet, novelist, and opera singer, as well as a stage, film, radio, and television actress. She was closely associated with the Generation of '27, an influential group ... as La enfermera * Narciso Ojeda as Tachuelita * Rafael Ragel as Ponciles * Félix Fernández as Licenciado * José Andrés Vázquez as Don Ricardo References Bibliography * Eva Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whirlwind (1941 Film)
''Whirlwind'' (Spanish: ''Torbellino'') is a 1941 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis Marquina and starring Estrellita Castro, Manuel Luna and Tony D'Algy.Bentley p.107 It was made by Spain's largest film company of the era CIFESA Cifesa is the acronym for Compañía Industrial Film Española, a noted Spanish film studio. They have released such films as ''Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (1947), and the 1954 film version of '' El alcalde de Zalamea'', as well as being responsible .... Synopsis The young Sevillian Carmen arrives at a decrepit radio station that is going through bad times with the desire to succeed in this medium. Thanks to her, the station will get a highly rated prize. Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1941 films 1941 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Marquina Spanish black-and-white films Cifesa films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birth Of Salome
''The Birth of Salome'' (Italian: ''La nascita di Salomè'', Spanish: ''El nacimiento de Salomé'') is a 1940 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Jean Choux and starring Conchita Montenegro, Armando Falconi and Nerio Bernardi. Rège p.220 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Giorgio Pinzauti and Ivo Battelli. Cast * Conchita Montenegro as Deliah * Armando Falconi as Aristobulo * Fernando Freyre de Andrade as Mardocheo * Nerio Bernardi as Il re dei Parti * María Gámez as Salomè * Luis Peña as Kadòr, l'ambasciatore * Primo Carnera as Il lottatore * Marika Spada as Un'ancella * Salvatore Furnari Salvatore may refer to: * Salvatore (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * "Salvatore", a song by Lana Del Rey, on her 2015 album ''Honeymoon'' * Salvatore (band), a Norwegian instrume ... as Il nano * Emilio Gutiérrez * Miguel Pozanco * Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incorrigible (film)
''The Incorrigible'' (Spanish: ''La incorregible'') is a 1931 film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Enriqueta Serrano, Tony D'Algy and Gabriel Algara.Finkielman p.172 Made at the Joinville Studios in Paris, it is the Spanish-language version of the 1930 American film ''Manslaughter''. Such multi-language versions were common in the early years of film. Paramount Pictures also made French, German and Swedish versions of the film. Cast * Enriqueta Serrano as Evelyn * Tony D'Algy as Roy O'Bannon * Gabriel Algara as Albee * Marita Ángeles as Elinor * Ricardo Baroja as Mason * Carmen Muñoz Carmen Muñoz is a Costa Rican politician and activist. She is the Vice-Minister Of Government and Police named by president Luis Guillermo Solís and commissioned to separate and turn it into an independent ministry of the Ministry of Public Sec ... as Mary * Francisco Gómez Ferrer as Detective * Antonia Arévalo * Manuel Bernardos * Antonio Gentil * Alfonso Granada * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figaro (film)
''Figaro'' is a 1929 French silent historical comedy film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Ernst Van Duren, Arlette Marchal and Marie Bell.Waldman & Slide p.71 It is an adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play ''The Marriage of Figaro'', with material also used from its two sequels. It was released in 1929 in the US as a silent film, then reissued there in 1932 with an added music track, recorded by SpA Bixiophone, under the title ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia''. Cast * Ernst Van Duren as Figaro * Arlette Marchal as Rosine * Marie Bell as Suzanne * Léon Belières as Batholo * José Davert as Basile * Tony D'Algy as Le Comte Almaviva * Jean Weber as Chérubin * Odette Talazac Odette Pauline Talazac (; 6 May 1883 – 29 March 1948) was a French singer and stage and film actress.Capua p.129 Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing ... as Marceline * Genica Missirio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
