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A Aldeia Da Roupa Branca
''Aldeia da Roupa Branca'' is a 1938 Portuguese film directed by Chianca de Garcia. Plot The life, picturesque customs, pesky conflicts and passions of the populars who are in charge of washing the clothes of Lisbon inhabitants – an artisanal but very competitive industry... Competition between carriers: Uncle Jacinto and the sour goddaughter Gracinda, with the widow Quitéria and her son Luis. Cast * Beatriz Costa: Gracinda * José Amaro: Chico * Manuel Santos Carvalho: Uncle Jacinto * Óscar de Lemos: Luis * Elvira Velez: Widow Quitéria * Armando Machado : Zé da Iria * Octavio de Matos: Simão * Jorge Gentil: Chitas * Mario Santos: Borges * Aida Ultz ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1 ... * Carlos Alves References External links * Portuguese black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chianca De Garcia
Chianca de Garcia (14 May 1898 – 28 January 1983) was a Portuguese film director. * Pureza 1940 based on Pureza (José Lins do Rego novel) ''Pureza'' is a 1937 Portuguese-language novel by the Brazilian writer José Lins do Rego. The novel has been translated into English and published twice as ''Pureza - A Novel of Brazil'' translated Lucie Marion 1947, and again ''Pureza'' 1968 Th ... References Portuguese film directors 1898 births 1983 deaths People from Lisbon {{Portugal-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Gentil
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the '' Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Farida of Egypt, Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls), Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Comedy Films
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Black-and-white Films
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alves (actor) , Portuguese professional footballer
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Carlos Alves may refer to: * Carlos Zingaro (born 1948), Portuguese violinist * Carlos Santana (Carlos Augusto Alves Santana, born 1947), American musician * Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (born 1982), Portuguese footballer playing in Switzerland * Carlos Alves Júnior (1903–1978), Portuguese international footballer * Carlos Alves, Angolan football striker in the 80s, for Primeiro de Agosto * Carlos Alves (footballer, born 1988) Carlos Miguel Pereira Alves (born 6 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Olivais e Moscavide as a left back. Club career Born in Oeiras, Lisbon District, Alves finished his development at local C.F. Os Belene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aida Ultz
''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central place in the operatic canon, receiving performances every year around the world; at New York's Metropolitan Opera alone, ''Aida'' has been sung more than 1,100 times since 1886. Ghislanzoni's scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source is actually Temistocle Solera. Elements of the opera's genesis and sources Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, commissioned Verdi to write an opera to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal, but Verdi declined. However, Auguste Mariette, a French Egyptologist, proposed to Khedive Pasha a plot for a celebratory op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio De Matos
Octavio is a Spanish language masculine given name. In the Portuguese language the given name Octavio or Octávio is also found, but in Portuguese the normal spelling is Otávio. It is also used as a surname in the Philippines. Individuals * Octavio Dotel, Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Octavio Paz Lozano, Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature * Octavio Ocampo, Mexican artist * Octavio Vazquez, Spanish-American composer * Octavio Zambrano, Ecuadorian soccer coach * Octavio Lugo, American entrepreneur, founder of StormTek, banker, businessman Portuguese and Brazilian * Octávio Trompowsky, Brazilian chess player * Marco Octávio informal name of Brazilian beach soccer coach * Octávio Mateus, Portuguese paleontologist Fictional * A character in '' Scarface (1983 film)'' * A character in '' Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds'' * List of characters in King of the Hill#Other recurring characters, a character in ''King of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Costa
Beatriz Costa (born Beatriz da Conceição, 14 December 1907 – 15 April 1996) was a Portuguese actress, the best-known actress of the golden age of Portuguese cinema. She was the author of several books. Filmography * ''A Aldeia da Roupa Branca'', de Chianca de Garcia (1939); * '' O Trevo de Quatro Folhas'', de Chianca de Garcia (1936); * ''A Canção de Lisboa'', de Cottinelli Telmo (1933) * ''Minha Noite de Núpcias'', de E. W. Emo (1931) * ''Lisboa'', de J. Leitão de Barros (1930) * '' Fátima Milagrosa'', de Rino Lupo (1928); * ''O Diabo em Lisboa'', de Rino Lupo Rino Lupo (1888–1934) was an Italian-Portuguese film director.Vieira, p. 143. He made films in several countries during the silent era. He was forced to flee from Russia following the Russian Revolution in 1917. Selected filmography * 1915 - ... (1926). Books * ''Sem Papas na Língua'' (1975) * ''Quando os Vascos Eram Santanas… e Não Só'' (1977) * ''Mulheres Sem Fronteiras'' (1981) * ''Nos Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Machado
Armando Artur da Silva Machado (Lisbon, 1899-1974) was a Portuguese fadista, guitarist and "viola" player, meaning the viola caipira guitar. He performed with his wife Maria de Lourdes Machado, a nurse who became an accomplished Fado singer. In 1937 he opened the Adega Machado in Lisbon's Bairro Alto, which was the second fado bar in the bairro, but the first to give daily performances. In 1996 Belgian conductor Paul Van Nevel Paul Van Nevel (born 4 February 1946) is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out lit ... selected Machado's ''So pode ser amor'' for inclusion on his ''Tears of Lisbon'' tribute to Fado. Notable works * Fado Cigano - bolero, Cigano da Fronteira. * Fado Cunha e Silva (Fado Aracélia) * Fado Licas - dedicated to the couple's son Licas, text by João Linhares Barbosa, text commissioned by Maria de Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Camões
The Instituto Camões ( English: ''Camões Institute''), formally, Camões — Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I. P. ( English: ''Camões — Institute for Cooperation and Language, Public Institute''), is a Portuguese international institution dedicated to the worldwide promotion of the Portuguese language, Portuguese culture, and international aid, on behalf of the Government of Portugal. Headquartered in Lisbon with centers across five continents, the mission of the Instituto Camões is the promotion of Portugal's language, culture, values, charity, and economy. The institution is named for Portuguese Renaissance author Luís Vaz de Camões, considered the greatest poet of the Portuguese language and the national poet of Portugal. Originating in the early 20th century as the ''Portuguese Institute for High Culture'', the institution restructured with a greater linguistic focus in 1980, and absorbed the Portuguese Institute for Development Support, Portugal's developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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