|
Aventurera
''Aventurera'' ("Adventuress" in English) is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla and Andrea Palma (actress), Andrea Palma. It's considered a masterpiece of the ''Rumberas film''. The film features Pedro Vargas and Ana María González (Mexican singer), Ana María González as club singers. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City with sets designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Plot The quiet life of the young Elena (Ninón Sevilla), changes dramatically when her mother runs off with her lover, causing the suicide of her father. Too depressed to remain in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Elena accepts a job as a secretary in Ciudad Juárez. A string of employers sexually harass her and she fights off each one. Hungry and still looking for work, Elena bumps into an old friend, Lucio (Tito Junco (Mexican actor), Tito Junco), who takes her to dinner at a cabaret, promising her a secretarial job and getting her drunk on expens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith González
Edith González Fuentes (; 10 December 1964 – 13 June 2019) was a Mexican actress. She is best remembered for working on multiple telenovelas produced by three different multimedia companies, which included Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo. González made her acting debut on the telenovela produced by Televisa ''Cosa juzgada'' in 1970. She would later start a prominent career on multiple telenovelas produced by the same company, with her most famous works including ''Los ricos también lloran'' (1979–1980), ''Bianca Vidal'' (1982–1983), ''Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series), Corazón salvaje'' (1993–1994), ''Salomé (TV series), Salomé'' (2001–2002), ''Mundo de fieras (Mexican TV series), Mundo de fieras'' (2006–2007), ''Palabra de mujer (TV series), Palabra de mujer'' (2007–2008) and ''Camaleones'' (2009–2010). In 2011, she moved to TV Azteca, the second best-known multimedia company in Mexico, where she starred in the telenovelas ''Cielo rojo'' (2011–2012), ''V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumberas Film
The Rumberas film (in Spanish, Cine de rumberas) was a film genre that flourished in Mexico, in the so-called Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its main stars were the so-called '' rumberas'', dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms. The genre is a film curiosity, one of the most fascinating hybrids of the international cinema. Today, thanks to their unique characteristics, they are considered cult films. The Rumberas film is one of the contributions of Mexican cinema to international cinema. The Rumberas film represented a social view of the Mexico of the 1940s and 1950s, specifically of those women considered as sinners and prostitutes, who confronted the moral and social conventions of their time. The genre was a more realistic approach to the Mexican society of that time. It was melodramas about the lives of these women, who were redeemed through exotic dances. Etymology The ''rumberas'' were the dancers and actresses that swayed to Afro-Caribbean rhythms i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninón Sevilla
Emelia Pérez Castellanos (10 November 19211 January 2015), known professionally as Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. Early life Sevilla was born and raised in Centro Habana, a popular section of Havana. As a youth, she thought about becoming a missionary nun, but after she started dancing with success in nightclubs and cabarets, she opted for a career in show business. She adopted her stage name in tribute to the legendary French courtesan Ninon de Lenclos and began to work in the chorus of the Cuban comedians Mimí Cal and Leopoldo Fernández, respectively known as "Nananina" and "Tres Patines" . Career Sevilla came to Mexico as part of a show starring the Argentinean singer Libertad Lamarque. Her number in the show was so successful that she was soon booked in other spectacles in Mexico City. While performing in the Teatro Lírico, producer Pedro Arturo Calderón saw Sevilla on stage and offered her a film contract. Her debut in cinema was in 1946 in ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Gout
Alberto Gout (1913–1966) was a Mexican screenwriter, producer and film director.Biltereyst & Gennari p.76 Selected filmography * ''Saint Francis of Assisi'' (1944) * '' Smoke in the Eyes'' (1946) * ''The Well-paid'' (1948) * ''Revenge'' (1948) * ''Courtesan'' (1948) * ''Aventurera'' (1950) * '' Sensualidad'' (1951) * '' En carne viva'' (1951) * ''Sacrificed Women'' (1952) * ''Aventura en Río'' (1953) * '' I Want to Live'' (1953) * '' La sospechosa'' (1955) * ''The Rape of the Sabine Women The Rape of the Sabine Women ( ), also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other citi ...'' (1962) References Bibliography * Daniel Biltereyst & Daniela Treveri Gennari. ''Moralizing Cinema: Film, Catholicism, and Power''. Routledge, 2014. External links * 1913 births 1966 deaths Mexican film producers Writers from Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Gentil Arcos
María Gentil Arcos (11 April 1905 – 18 July 1965) was a Spanish-Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of Conchita Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; María began her work as an actress in 1938, while Conchita had already started her career in 1932. Among her characters stand out the mute and paralyzed mother of Pepe el Toro (Pedro Infante) who dies from the beating given by Miguel Inclán's character in ''Nosotros los Pobres'' (1948), and as the determined mother of Kid Terranova (David Silva) in ''Champion Without a Crown'' (1946).RA 2000, p. 65 The writer Carlos Monsiváis Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (May 4, 1938 – June 19, 2010) was a Mexican philosopher, writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers within the country's progressive sectors. ... referred to her (alongside her sister Marí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itatí Cantoral
Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi (born May 13, 1975) is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer, She is of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in Televisa's telenovela ''María la del Barrio'' (1995) and as Alejandra Álvarez del Castillo Fernández "La Licenciada" in Televisa's telenovela ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' (2009). On November 18, 2015, Cantoral was named Mr. Amigo, which is an association in Brownsville, Texas that honors a Mexican citizen each year to promote international friendship and good will between the U.S. and Mexico. Itatí is the second member of the Cantoral family to be awarded Mr. Amigo after her father, Roberto Cantoral, was awarded in 1981. Her ''maldita lisiada'' scene in ''María la del Barrio'' has become an internet meme. Early life and education Cantoral was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is the daughter of Mexican composer and songwriter, Roberto Cantoral, and Argentine actress of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Salinas
Carmen Salinas Lozano (5 October 1939 – 9 December 2021) was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a politician. She appeared in 115 films, 70 theater works, 23 telenovelas, and 9 television series. Life Salinas was born in 1939, the daughter of Jorge Perez Tejada Salinas and Carmen Lozano Viramontes. She made her television debut in 1964 under the direction of Ernesto Alonso, appearing in such shows as ''La vecindad'' (The Neighborhood), ''La frontera'' (The Border) and ''El chofer'' (The Chauffeur). She also appeared in plays, more than 110 movies, and 30 plus television shows,. She worked alongside actors and producers including Denzel Washington (in '' Man on Fire'') and Juan Osorio. Salinas' other successful projects included her touring musical ''Aventurera''. In 1956, Salinas and Pedro Plascencia had a son, Pedro Plascencia Salinas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Rojo
Rubén Rojo Pinto (1922–1993) was a Spanish-Mexican actor.Durgnat p.171 Selected filmography * ''Ahora seremos felices'' (1938) - Radio Station boy #2 (uncredited) * '' My Children'' (1944) - Eduardo * ''Imprudencia'' (1944) * ''Adán, Eva y el diablo'' (1945) * ''Escuadrón 201'' (1945) - Manuel Ceballos * ''Sol y sombra'' (1946) * ''El puente del castigo'' (1946) * '' Smoke in the Eyes'' (1946) - Juan Manuel * '' Soledad'' (1947) - Carlos * ''Cortesã'' (1948) * ''Algo flota sobre el agua'' (1948) - Lalo * ''Dueña y señora'' (1948) - Luis * ''El dolor de los hijos'' (1949) - Librado * ''Cuando baja la marea'' (1949) * ''La hija del penal'' (1949) - Ernesto del Villar * ''The Great Madcap'' (1949) - Pablo * ''Un cuerpo de mujer'' (1949) - Javier * ''La liga de las muchachas'' (1950) - Pablo * ''Un grito en la noche'' (1950) * ''Mujeres en mi vida'' (1950) - Javier Arias * ''Cabellera blanca'' (1950) - Roberto Palacios * ''Mala hembra'' (1950) * ''El sol sale para todos'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Inclán
Miguel Inclán (1897–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 He became known for his villainous roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * ''Nobleza ranchera'' (1938) - Pánfilo * '' The Cemetery of the Eagles'' (1939) - Gral. Pedro Ma. Anaya * ''United But Not Mixed'' (1939) - Sisebuto Corrales * ''Heart of a Child'' (1939) - Señor Precusa * ''Los olvidados de Dios'' (1940) - Macario Hernández García 'El Gorrión' * ''The Hawk'' (1940) - Gaspar * ''Los de abajo'' (1940) - El meco * ''El charro Negro'' (1940) - Pancho, esbirro de Emilio * ''Mala yerba'' (1940) - Manuel * ''El monje loco'' (1940) * ''El Zorro de Jalisco'' (1941) - 'Sonaja' * '' Creo en Dios'' (1941) * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941) - Jefe de Policía * '' Cuando los hijos se van'' (1941) - Patricio Gómez * '' El rápido de las 9.15'' (1941) - El Anticuario * ''Amor chinaco'' (1941) * ''¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes!'' (1941) - Chueco Gallegos * ''El barbero prodigioso'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Vargas
Pedro Vargas Mata (San Miguel de Allende, 29 April 1906 – Mexico City, 30 October 1989) was a Mexican tenor and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema, participating in more than 70 films. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Americas", "Song Samurai" or "Continental Tenor". Despite his training in opera, he dedicated his career to popular song, reaching international recognition and becoming one of the main interpreters of Agustín Lara. Biography Early life Vargas was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato on 29 April 1906 and died on 30 October 1989, in Mexico City. He was the second of twelve children that José Cruz Vargas and Rita Mata had. Born into a family of modest means, Pedro Vargas sang in the church choir in his hometown from the age of seven. In 1920, when he was only 14 years old, he came to Mexico City and immediately began singing in the choirs of several churches and giving serenades. It was in ''Colegio Francés de La Salle'' where he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churubusco Studios
Estudios Churubusco is one of the oldest and largest movie studios in Mexico. It is located in the Churubusco neighborhood of Mexico City. History It was inaugurated in 1945 after a 1943 agreement between RKO and Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (of Televisa). In 1950 it was acquired by the government of Mexico and merged with Estudios y Laboratorios Azteca to form Estudios Churubusco Azteca. Since 1958 it has been controlled by the government of Mexico. Of the four motion picture studios during the golden age of Mexican cinema—the others were Estudios America, Estudios San Angel and Estudios Tepeyac—it and Televisa San Angel (the former Estudios San Angel) are still in operation. It is estimated that 95% of the films produced in Mexico since 2000 have used many of the services the studio provides. Among the films shot at the Estudios Churubusco were Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Amores perros, nominee for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1999), and Frida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Lozano
Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' (Salvador album), 2000 * ''Salvador'' (Ricardo Villalobos album), 2006 * ''Salvador'' (Sega Bodega album) 2020 *"Salvador", a song by Jamie T from the 2007 album '' Panic Prevention'' Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Salvador'' (book), a 1983 book by Joan Didion *Salvador (character), a fictional character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * ''Salvador'' (film), a 1986 motion picture about the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s *''Salvador (Puig Antich)'', a 2006 Spanish film about Salvador Puig Antich * "Salvador" (short story), a 1984 science fiction short story by Lucius Shepard Places El Salvador * El Salvador, a Central American country ** San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador Philippines * El Salvador, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
