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Alfredo Del Diestro
Alfredo del Diestro (1885–1951) was Chilean actor and film director.Ramírez Berg p.69 Selected filmography *'' Revolution'' (1933) *''Prisoner 13'' (1933) *''Godfather Mendoza'' (1934) *'' The Crying Woman'' (1933) * '' Nothing More Than a Woman'' (1934) * ''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Gold and Silver'' (1934) * ''Heroic Silence ''Heroic Silence'' (Spanish: ''Silencio sublime'') is a 1935 Mexican drama film directed by Ramón Peón. It stars Alfredo del Diestro, Leopoldo "Chato" Ortín, and Adria Delhort. The film was produced by La Mexicana and Elaboradora de Películ ...'' (1935) * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941) References Bibliography * Charles Ramírez Berg. ''The Classical Mexican Cinema: The Poetics of the Exceptional Golden Age Films''. University of Texas Press, 2015. External links * 1885 births 1951 deaths Chilean male film actors Chilean film directors People from Valparaíso {{Chile-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juarez And Maximillian
''Juarez'' or ''Juarez and Maximilian'' (Spanish: ''Juárez y Maximiliano'') is a 1934 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and Raphael J. Sevilla. The film is set during the French intervention in Mexico during the 1860s, and features the battle between Maximilian I of Mexico and Benito Juárez. The theme is based on the 1925 play called ''Juarez and Maximilian'' by Franz Werfel. The theme is used again in the later 1939 American film '' Juarez''. It was one of the few major commercial successes for the Mexican film industry in the early sound era,Elena & López p.26 before the beginning of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. It was one of the most expensive Mexican films made at that time. Cast * Medea de Novara as Carlota * Enrique Herrera as Maximilian * Alfredo del Diestro as Marshall Bazaine * Antonio R. Frausto as Porfirio Díaz * Froylan B. Tenes as Benito Juárez * Matilde Palou as Princess of Salm-Salm * Julio Villarreal as Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Male Film Actors
Chilean may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Chile, a country in South America * Chilean people * Chilean Spanish * Chilean culture * Chilean cuisine * Chilean Americans See also *List of Chileans This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. Economists * Ricardo J. Caballero – MIT professor, Department of Economics * Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993–1996), prolific author and media per ... * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through the Nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Births
Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant, on Mary Gartside. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroic Silence
''Heroic Silence'' (Spanish: ''Silencio sublime'') is a 1935 Mexican drama film directed by Ramón Peón. It stars Alfredo del Diestro, Leopoldo "Chato" Ortín, and Adria Delhort. The film was produced by La Mexicana and Elaboradora de Películas. Plot A poor man is imprisoned, but manages to flee just on the day of his daughter's wedding. Cast * Alfredo del Diestro as Antonio Rodríguez * Leopoldo "Chato" Ortín as Tomás García (as Polo Ortín) * Adria Delhort as Dolores * Aurora del Real as Lupita * Emma Roldán as Teresa * René Cardona as Ricardo * Estela Ametler as Doña Leonor * Carlos López as El Pescado *Miguel Arenas as Don Guillermo * Fanny Schiller as Modista * Manuel Noriega as Manuel, cantinero * Estela Alicia Epstein as Lupita niña * Gerardo del Castillo as José López El Seco * José Escanero as Agente de policía * José Ignacio Rocha as Agente de policía, preso *Carlos L. Cabello as Preso * Chel López as Preso * Felipe de Flores as Invitado a la boda *Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold And Silver
''Gold and Silver'' (Spanish:''Oro y plata'') is a 1934 Mexican drama film directed by Ramón Peón and starring Carmen Guerrero, Adolfo Girón and Alfredo del Diestro.Riera p.124 The film's art direction was by Fernando A. Rivero. Cast * Carmen Guerrero as Maruca * Adolfo Girón as Rubén del Castillo * Alfredo del Diestro as Don Ridrigo * Domingo Soler as Juan Antonio * Julio Villarreal as Don Ricardo del Castillo * Beatriz Ramos as Violeta * Antonio R. Frausto as Lencho * Dolores Camarillo as Pareja de Lencho * Paco Martinez as Pedro, criado * Pepe Martínez Pepe Martínez (José Martínez León, 8 September 1922 – 1984) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist born into a musical family, in the Seville quarter of Macarena, Seville, Macarena. His mother, Isabel, was famous for her singing of religiousl ... as Juan * Manuel Tamés as Basilio * Pedro Nava F. as Cura * Felipe de Flores as José * Fabio Acevedo as Simón * A.L. Rocha as Colás ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing More Than A Woman
''Nothing More Than a Woman'' (Spanish: ''Nada más que una mujer'') is a 1934 American drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Berta Singerman, Alfredo del Diestro and Juan Torena. It is the Spanish-language version of Fox's ''Pursued'' (1934).Jarvinen p.120 Cast * Berta Singerman as Mona Estrada * Alfredo del Diestro as Julio Franchoni * Juan Torena as David Landeen * Luana Alcañiz as Gilda * Lucio Villegas as Doctor Steiner * Carmen Rodríguez as Madame Lascar * Julian Rivero as Hansen * Frazer Acosta as Ali * Juan Ola as Native * James Dime James Dime (December 19, 1897 – May 11, 1981), nicknamed ''Sheik of Spring Street'', was a Yugoslavian-American professional boxer and actor known for ''The Last Hurrah'' (1958), '' So Big'' (1953), '' Steel Town'' (1952), ''Anne of the Indi ... as Native References Bibliography * Jarvinen, Lisa. ''The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939''. Rutger's University P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crying Woman (1933 Film)
''La Llorona'' () is a 1933 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Ramón Peón and starring Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Adriana Lamar and Carlos Orellana. It was the first Mexican horror film with sound. Cast Cast adapted from the liner notes of the Indicator home video release of ''La Llorona''. Production In the 1930s, a cycle of horror films began. In Mexico, the first sound film was released in 1932. ''La Llorona'' was one of the 21 sound films created in Mexico in 1933. The film's story is based on that of La llorona, a crying woman from Hispanic folklore who mourns her dead child. According to the newspaper '' El Universal'', the filmmakers found difficulty in finding a voice for the ghost that would be convincing and not encourage laughter from the audience. Journalists of the newspaper noted that great expense was made to recreate the sets in the film to represent New Spain. Release and reception Prior to the film's release, Emily Masincup of the Northwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfather Mendoza
''Godfather Mendoza'' (Spanish: ''El compadre Mendoza'') is a 1934 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes, and is the second of his ''Revolution Trilogy'', preceded by ''El prisionero trece'' and followed by '' Vámonos con Pancho Villa''. In 1994, the Mexican magazine ''Somos'' published a list of "The 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico" in its 100th edition and choose ''El compadre Mendoza'' the 3rd better of all time, just behind ''Vámonos con Pancho Villa'' and ''Los olvidados''.Las 100 mejores películas del cine mexicano . September 17, 2012 Plot This is the story of Rosalío Mendoza, a Mexican landowner during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Rosalío survives by befriending both the army and the revolutionaries. Everyone is welcomed in his ranch, but the si ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
