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Victorio Blanco
Victorio Blanco (1893–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Riera p.220 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career, appearing in around three hundred films. Selected filmography * ''Judas'' (1936) * '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' The Magician'' (1949) * '' Another Spring'' (1950) * '' The Doorman'' (1950) * '' Cabaret Shangai'' (1950) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1950) * ''Aventurera'' (1950) * '' Traces of the Past'' (1950) * '' Los Olvidados'' (1950) * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * '' Serenade in Acapulco'' (1951) * '' They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) * '' María Montecristo'' (1951) * '' Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951) * '' The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * '' Los enredos de una gallega'' (1951) * ''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * ''My Darling Clementine'' (1953) * '' The Player'' (1953) * '' A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) * ''Tehuantepec Tehuantepec (, in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarado, Veracruz
''Alvarado'' (officially: ''Ilustre, Heroica y Generosa Ciudad y Puerto de Alvarado'') is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located from the city of Veracruz, Veracruz, on Federal Highways 180 and 125. Alvarado is bordered by Boca del Río, Tlalixcoyan, Medellín, Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad Lerdo de Tejada, Tlacotalpan and Acula. It is above sea level. It lies in the so-called "Region Papaloapan" bordered on the south by the municipalities of Acula, Tlacotalpan and Lerdo de Tejada, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by Ignacio de la Llave. The geographic size of Alvarado is . The INEGI said that the population by 2000 was 22,608 people. History Alvarado was founded in the 16th century. In 1518, Pedro de Alvarado arrived to ''Atlizintla''. In 1563, Juan de Sahagún built a port in the area to supply the Port of Veracuz. The locality started being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade In Acapulco
''Serenade in Acapulco'' (Spanish: ''Serenata en Acapulco'') is a 1951 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Martha Roth, Óscar Pulido and Andrés Soler. Riera p.151 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Martha Roth as Alicia del Valle * Roberto Romaña as Luis Bravo * Óscar Pulido as Don Ramón Constancia * Andrés Soler as Don Aurelio del Valle, gerente hotel * Raúl Martinez as Raúl * Joaquín García Vargas as Pancho * Alfonso Iglesias Padre as Aniceto, administrador hotel * Glòria Martí as La rorra Benitez * Trío Calaveras as Trio * Dolly Sisters as Bailarinas * María Victoria as Cantante * Los Diamantes as Cantantes * Chelo La Rue * Dámaso Pérez Prado as Pérez Prado * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as Señor Félix Martínez * Enrique del Castillo as Alfonso * Pedro Elviro Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Births
Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The '' Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bandits Of Cold River
''The Bandits of Cold River'' () is a 1956 Mexican western film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Luis Aguilar, César del Campo and Dagoberto Rodríguez.Beezley & Curcio p.84 The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Juan Robreño * César del Campo as Fernando de los Monteros, Marqués de Valle Alegre * Dagoberto Rodríguez as Evaristo * Fernando Casanova as Marcos, adulto * Rita Macedo as Mariana del Sauz * Fernando Soto as Hilario * Prudencia Grifell as Agustina * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Padre de Juan * Alfredo Varela as Lic. Lamparilla * Víctor Velázquez as Coronel Barinelli * Ernesto Finance as Señor presidente * Georgina Barragán as Doña Cecilia * Lupe Inclán as Yerbera * Enriqueta Reza as Yerbera * Berta Cervera as Tule, sirvienta * Rogelio Fernández as Emperador, militar * Manuel Vergara 'Manver' as José el tuerto * Carmen Manzano as Pantaleona, criada de Cecilia * José Chávez as Tender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sin Of Being A Woman
''The Sin of Being a Woman'' (Spanish: ''El pecado de ser mujer'') is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and starring Tito Guízar and Alma Rosa Aguirre.Alcerreca, p. 158 The film's sets were designed by art director Javier Torres Torija. Plot Javier Morales (Tito Guízar) is a singer-songwriter who seduces a young woman, María Luisa (Alma Rosa Aguirre), who he gets pregnant and then abandons. Twenty years later, Javier falls into poverty. After he's mistakenly declared dead, he ends up going to his own funeral, without knowing that he is going to face his own past. Cast * Tito Guízar as Javier Morales * Alma Rosa Aguirre as María Luisa Aguirre * Ricardo Román as Javier Aguirre * Armando Velasco as Señor Romero * Emilio Brillas as Fernando * Roberto G. Rivera as Radio show announcer *Carlos Bravo y Fernández as Costume party guest * Ángel Merino as Carlos Patiño * Estela Matute as Felisa Dieguez, reporter * Tito Guízar hijo as Javier Aguirre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehuantepec (film)
''Tehuantepec'' is a 1954 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Katy Jurado, Gustavo Rojo and Enrique Rambal.Quinlan p.281 In the early twentieth century a railway is constructed across Tehuantepec to try and compete with the Panama Canal which was also under construction. Cast In alphabetical order * Manuel Arvide * Victorio Blanco * Manuel Calvo * Pedro Elviro * Eduardo Fajardo * Pedro Galván * Enrique García Álvarez * Eduardo González Pliego * Gilberto González * Enrique Iñigo * Katy Jurado * José Muñoz * Manuel Noriega * Diana Ochoa * Polo Ortín * Consuelo Pastor * Ismael Pérez * Enrique Rambal * Tracey Roberts * Gustavo Rojo * Domingo Soler Domingo Díaz Pavia (17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961), better known by the stage name Domingo Soler, was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 ... * Jorge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tailored Gentleman
''A Tailored Gentleman'' (Spanish: ''Caballero a la medida'') is a 1954 Mexican comedy film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Martha Valdés and Ángel Garasa.Pilcher, p. 156. The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot Cantinflas is a model of tuxedos for a tailor shop, wandering around in the streets wearing the tuxedos while also wearing an ad put on his back. In the meantime, he also works as a tailor for his neighbors, and collaborates with Lita (Martha Valdés) and Father Feliciano (Domingo Soler) in the neighborhood's dispensary, where Lita works as a nurse. At the same time, the life of Don Pascual Lachica ( Ángel Garasa), an anguished millionaire whose family only respects him as a provider, is shown. One day after work, Cantinflas arrives to return the tuxedo, but the store was closed, so he takes the ad off his back and returns home while still well-dressed, running on his way home into the wedding of Don Pascual's daughter. Don Pascual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Player (1953 Film)
''The Player'' (Spanish: ''El jugador'') is a 1953 Mexican crime film directed by Vicente Oroná and starring David Silva David Josué Jiménez Silva (born 8 January 1986) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder and o ..., Carmelita González and Aurora Segura. Plot summary Alberto Maciel is a prosperous and respected businessman in 1950s Mexico City who appears to have everything a man could want - a thriving enterprise, social standing, and the unwavering devotion of Alicia Ramírez, known affectionately as Licha. The daughter of the traditional Don Gervasio, Licha represents stability and genuine love in Alberto's life. However, beneath his successful exterior lies a fatal weakness that will ultimately consume him: an uncontrollable addiction to gambling. What begins as occasional visits to gambling houses soon escalates in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Darling Clementine (1953 Film)
''My Darling Clementine'' (Spanish: ''Mi adorada Clementina'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Rafael Baledón and starring Marga López, Joaquín Pardavé and Antonio Aguilar.Amador p.128 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Cast * Marga López as Clementina * Joaquín Pardavé as Don Carlos * Antonio Aguilar as Alfredo * Elda Peralta as Norma * Pedro de Aguillón as Doctor R. Obon * José Jasso as Gregorio * Leobardo Acosta * Norma Ancira * León Barroso as Detective * Victorio Blanco as Invitada a fiesta * Ángel Merino * Irlanda Mora as Invitada a fiesta * Isaac Norton as Invitado a fiesta * José Pidal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ... as Mayordomo * María Valdealde as Invitada a fiesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!
''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (Spanish: ''¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Germán Valdés, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Agrasánchez p.40 Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin-Tan * Óscar Pulido Óscar Pulido (1906–1974) was a Mexican actor who acted in over 100 Mexican films. Selected filmography *''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * ''A Day with the Devil'' (1945) * ''The Game Rooster'' (1948) * ''The Last Night (1948 film), The Last ... * Yolanda Montes * Marcelo Chávez * José René Ruiz * Emma Rodríguez * Tito Novaro * Joaquín García Vargas * Miguel Manzano * Pompín Iglesias * Ildefonso Sánchez Curiel * Pedro de Urdimalas * Nicolás Rodríguez * Jesús Graña * Jorge Treviño * Guillermo Calles * Abel Cureño * El Gigantón * Los Sherife * José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Narrator * Victorio Blanco * Guillermo Bravo Sosa * Leonor Gómez as Cliente en b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Enredos De Una Gallega
''Los enredos de una gallega'' ("The Entanglements of a Galician Woman") is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Soler and starring Niní Marshall and Fernando Soto. Plot Cándida (Niní Marshall) is a Galician woman who lives in Mexico and earns a living selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to be able to buy a restaurant, but she doesn't have enough money. In her quest to try to make it, she stumbles upon a scammer, Filogono (Fernando Soto). In a stroke of luck she wins the first prize of the lottery, but the bad luck for her continues because she cannot find the ticket. Cast * Niní Marshall as Cándida * Fernando Soto as Filogonio (as Fernando Soto "Mantequilla") * Joaquín Roche hijo as Beto * Ramón Gay as El Bicicletas * Sara Montes as Magda * Antonio Bravo as Don Severo * Nacho Contla as Don Feliciano * Eduardo Alcaraz as Don León * Aurora Ruiz as Doña María * Luis Badillo as Cándida's Yucatecan Boss * Emilio Brillas as Vacuum Cleaner Salesman * Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masked Tiger
''The Masked Tiger'' (Spanish:''El tigre enmascarado'') is a 1951 Mexican western film directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and starring Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre and Aurora Segura.Pitts p.356 The film's art direction was by Jorge Fernández. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Landa, El tigre enmascarado * Flor Silvestre as Rosita * Aurora Segura as Rigoleta * Francisco Avitia as Don Pepe * Emma Roldán as Doña Rebeca * Pascual García Peña as Picardia * Carlos Valadez as El Cortado * Roberto G. Rivera * José L. Murillo as Justo * Agustín Fernández as Don Tomás * Victorio Blanco as Don Raúl * Rogelio Fernández Rogelio () is a masculine Spanish given name and a variant of the first name Roger. Notable people with the name include: * Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (born 1962), Filipino chess player * Rogelio Armenteros (born 1994), Cuban pitcher in Major League Ba ... as Espectador * Eufrosina García as Soledad * José René Ruiz as Enano Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
