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Armando Calvo
Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, and Mexico appearing in ninety films between 1939 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''El genio alegre'' (1939) - Antoñito * ''Amore di ussaro'' (1940) - Carlos * ''L'ispettore Vargas'' (1940) * ''Tierra y cielo'' (1941) - Juan Ernesto Florín * ''Goyescas (film), Goyescas'' (1942) - Luis Alfonso de Nuévalos * ''Correo de Indias'' (1942) - Virrey del Perú * ''The Scandal (1943 film), The Scandal'' (1943) - Fabián Conde * ''Life Begins at Midnight'' (1944) - Ricardo * ''El hombre que las enamora'' (1944) - Eduardo * ''Espronceda'' (1945) - José de Espronceda * ''Last Stand in the Philippines'' (1945) - Teniente Martín Cerezo * ''La mujer de todos, Everybody's Woman'' (1946) - Capitán Jorge Serralde * ''Bel Ami (1947 film), Bel Ami'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the United States Census Bureau, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, 57th-most populous city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish Empire, Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port City"). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and is the List of North American settlements by year of foundation, oldest European-established city under United States of America, United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in the historic district of Old S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Francisquita (film)
''Doña Francisquita'' is a 1952 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Francisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he has fallen in love with Aurora, a purebred Madrid woman used to flirting with all men. Cardona, a friend of Fernando's, decides to help Francisquita, even at the risk of confusing everything. Cast * Mirtha Legrand as Doña Francisquita * Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, ... as Fernando * Antonio Casal as Cardona * Manolo Morán as Lorenzo * Emma Penella as Aurora 'La Beltrana' * Julia Lajos as Doña Francisca * José Isbert as Maestro Lambertini * Jesús Tordesillas as Don Matías * Ángel Álvarez as Un señor (uncredited) * Antonio Riquelme as Pepe (uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister X (1967 Film)
''Avenger X'' () is a 1967 film based on the Italian comic series '. Plot George Lamarro is the head of a pharmaceutical company that is also involved in the production and distribution of illegal narcotics. When his secretary attempts to blackmail him for a share of the profits and his hand in marriage, he has her killed with her death arranged in a way to implicate a master criminal called "Mister X" who is a master of disguise, efficient killer and professional golf champion. The real Mister X uses his skills to discover the criminals are involved in a scheme by an unnamed foreign nation using the company and a Scottish and an American criminal to distribute illegal narcotics in the Western World. Cast * Pier Paolo Capponi as Mister X * Gaia Germani as Timmy * Armando Calvo as George Lamar * Anna Zinnemann as Dolly * Umberto Raho as MacDoug * Renato Baldini as Jack Caruso * Franco Fantasia as Inspector Roux * Dante Posani as Jim * Helga Liné as Gloria Production ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Crosses At Danger Pass
''Two Crosses at Danger Pass'' ( and ) is a 1967 Spanish western film directed by Rafael Romero Marchent. It is produced by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero, written by Enzo Battaglia, Eduardo Manzanos and Gianlorenzo Battaglia, and starring Pietro Martellanza, Mario Novelli and Mara Cruz. It is scored by Francesco De Masi. Cast * Pietro Martellanza as Alex Mitchell * Mara Cruz as Judy Mitchell * Luis Gaspar as Mark * Anthony Freeman as Charlie Moran * Miguel S. del Castillo as Powell * Emilio Rodríguez as Johnny Miller * Dianik as Gloria Moran * Eduardo Coutelenq * Nuccia Cardinali as Edith * Antonio Pica as Sheriff Doug * Cris Huertas as Loud Drunk * Xan das Bolas as Bartender * Jesús Puente as Sheriff T. Mitchell * Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kriminal (film)
''Kriminal'' is a 1966 superhero film directed and written by Umberto Lenzi. The film is about a thief and murderer called Kriminal (Glenn Saxson) who escapes from a prison and is chased after by Inspector Milton ( Andrea Bosic). It was followed by a sequel, '' Il marchio di Kriminal'' ( The Mark of Kriminal). Cast * Glenn Saxson as Kriminal * Andrea Bosic as Insp. Milton * Helga Liné as Inge - Trude * Esmeralda Ruspoli as Lady Gold * Ivano Staccioli as Alex Lafont Production In August 1964, the ''fumetti neri'' series '' Kriminal'' began publication. The comics often contained themes of sex and violence, which included the title character seducing scantily-dressed women, then strangling or stabbing them to conceal his identity. Director Umberto Lenzi stated that he initially wanted to make a comic book-inspired film with an adaptation of ''Diabolik''. Lenzi found himself unable to get the rights to ''Diabolik'', which had purchased by Dino De Laurentiis. Lenzi then attempted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Cuatro Salvajes
''Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance'' () is a 1966 Italian western film directed by Mario Caiano, scored by Francesco De Masi and starring Anthony Steffen. It was shot in Almería. Cast * Anthony Steffen as Ringo * Frank Wolff as Trikie Ferguson * Eduardo Fajardo as Tim * Armando Calvo as Fidel * Alejandra Nilo as Manuela * Alfonso Godá as Sheriff Sam Dellinger * Román Ariznavarreta as Jugador * Manuel Bermúdez 'Boliche' as Mortimer * Agustín Bescos as Ciudadano * Ricardo Canales as Alcalde de san agustin * Nazzareno Natale as Paco * Antonio Orengo as Sacerdote * Joaquín Parra as Ayudante del sheriff * Patty Shepard as Chica del saloon * Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli (9 July 1906 – 30 November 1971) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Ronciglione, Viterbo, at very young age Trilli worked as a circus artist, then in 1922 he studied performance at the Accademi ... as Boss of Mexican Village * Rafael Vaquero as Hombre de Trikie Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Coffin For The Sheriff
''A Coffin for the Sheriff '' () is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Fulvia Franco, George Rigaud and Armando Calvo. Synopsis A mysterious gunslinger named Shenandoah arrives to the town of Richmond, which is in terror of the famous criminal Lupe Rojo. Rojo and his gang carry a rule of lawlessness, but the townspeople allow him and his gang to stop there after robberies out of fear, while the town sheriff is being paid by the Rojo and looks the other way. Shenandoah quickly falls in with the group of outlaws, but he has a hidden past: he is actually former US Marshal Joe Logan and he is on a revenge mission, searching for the gang member who murdered his wife two years ago. Cast * Anthony Steffen as Joe "Texas" Logan/Shenandoah * Eduardo Fajardo as Russell Murder/Murdock/Banner * Fulvia Franco as Lulu Belle * George Rigaud as Wilson * Armando Calvo as Lupe Rojo/Red Wolf * Arturo Dominici A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Witch's Mirror
''The Witch's Mirror'' (Spanish: ''El espejo de la bruja'') is a 1960 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Chano Urueta, written by Alfredo Ruanova and Carlos Enrique Taboada, and produced by Abel Salazar. The film's plot follows the murder of a wife, Elena ( Dina de Marco), by her husband Eduardo (Armando Calvo); Elena's godmother Sara ( Isabela Corona) seeks revenge on Eduardo and Eduardo's new wife Deborah ( Rosita Arenas) by using a mirror to summon Elena's ghost. Plot Sara is a witch who works as a housekeeper for her goddaughter Elena and Elena's husband, a doctor named Eduardo. Sara and Elena learn from a magic mirror that someone seeks to murder Elena. Sara calls upon otherworldly spirits to reveal the identity of the person who is to kill Elena, and the mirror shows that it is Eduardo. The mirror also shows the face of a woman whose identity neither Sara nor Elena know, but whom Sara deems to be Elena's "rival". As Elena prepares to go to bed, Eduardo poiso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thieves (1959 Film)
''The Thieves'' (, ) is a 1959 Italian-Spanish criminal comedy film written and directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Totò and Giovanna Ralli. Plot Gangster Joe Castagneto is declared undesirable by the U.S. government and returns to Naples where, under a special surveillance, he will have to deal with the hard-working and smart Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio. Cast * Totò as Police Commissioner Gennaro Di Sapio * Armando Calvo as Joe Castagnato/Inspector Mac Millan * Giovanna Ralli as Maddalena Scognamiglio, Vincenzo's wife * Giacomo Furia as Vincenzo Scognamiglio * Enzo Turco as Brigadier Lanocella * Fred Buscaglione Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (; 23 November 1921 – 3 February 1960) was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humoro ... as himself * Juan José Menéndez as Alberto * Rafael Luis Calvo as Ciardella * Maria Luisa R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Torch Song
''The Last Torch Song'', better known under its Spanish title ''El último cuplé'', is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera. It was released in Spain on 6 May 1957. It was immensely popular domestically and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point. The film's soundtrack album had also a wide international release. Cast Production The filming took place in Barcelona between November 1956 and January 1957. Montiel accepted to star in the film as a deference to its director Juan de Orduña and during a vacation in Spain in between her Hollywood filmings ''Serenade In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Ital ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Calle De Los Amores
''La Calle de los amores'' ("The Street of Love") is a 1954 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana. Cast * Luis Beristáin * Victorio Blanco * Armando Calvo * Jorge Casanova * Felipe de Flores * Teresa de Sevilla * Rafael Estrada * Jacqueline Evans * Esther Fernández * Maria Antonieta Herrera * María Herrero * Juan José Hurtado * José Luis Jiménez * Cecilia Leger * Álvaro Matute * Carlos Orellana * Elda Peralta * Lilian Plancarte * Beatriz Ramos * Raúl Ramirez * Emma Roldán Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award. ... * Raphael J. Sevilla * Virginia Sánchez Navarro External links * 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films Films directed by Raphael J. Sevilla 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance De Fieras
''Romance de fieras'' ("Romance of Beasts") is a 1954 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana. Cast * Armando Calvo - Ricardo Narváez * Martha Roth - Gabriela de Alba * Joaquín Cordero Joaquín Cordero (; August 16, 1922 – February 19, 2013) was a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre and telenovelas. Biography Shortly after his birth, Cordero's family moved to Mexico City. In the following years he studied in a seminary and ... - Lic. Javier Ponce * Carlos Orellana - Don Carlos Narváez * Verónica Loyo - Patricia * Emma Rodríguez - Magda * María Gentil Arcos - Tía Milagros * Conchita Gentil Arcos - Tía Remedios * Guillermo Bravo Sosa - Juan el Capataz * Agustín de la Lanza - Luisito * Julio Daneri - Federico de Alba * Julio Sotelo - Juez External links * 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican crime films 1954 crime films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
