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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 Pascua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel M
--> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael (given name), Michael. It may refer to: Places *Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (other), various locations in Azores, Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde People * Miguel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Miguel (singer) (born 1985), Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist *Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish pop new wave musician and actor *Miguel Calderón (born 1971), artist and writer *Miguel Cancel (born 1968), former American singer *Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director *Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author *Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist *Miguel Ferrer (1955–2017), American actor *Miguel Galván (1957–2008), Mexican actor *Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian / American photographer. *Miguel Ángel Landa (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Martínez (actor)
Arturo Martínez (21 January 1919 – 21 August 1992) was a Mexican film actor and director.Wood p.53 He began his career by appearing in ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) during the Golden age of Mexican cinema and went on to appear in around a hundred and eighty films during his career. He started directing films in 1961. Selected filmography Actor * ''Juan Charrasqueado'' (1948) * '' Laura's Sin'' (1949) * ''Rough But Respectable'' (1949) * '' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) * ''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) * ''The Hidden One'' (1956) * '' The Black Scorpion'' (1957) * '' Raffles'' (1958) *''The Boxer'' (1958) *''Northern Courier'' (1960) * ''Chucho el Roto Jesus Arriaga, better known as Chucho el Roto (1858–1885), was a Mexican bandit active in the late 19th century, whose life story has been the basis of number of books, plays and other media since before his death. His real name was Jesús Arriag ...'' (1960) References Bibliography * Wood, Andrew Grant. ''The Borderlands: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Carti
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Carrillo (actor)
Enrique Carrillo Bernal (born 15 July 1953) is a Cuban rowing coxswain. He competed in two events at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1953 births Living people Cuban male rowers Olympic rowers for Cuba Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Coxswains (rowing) Pan American Games medalists in rowing Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Rowers at the 1979 Pan American Games Rowers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games {{Cuba-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupe Carriles
María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles, (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964) was a Mexican character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''La cucaracha'' (1959), starring María Félix. Although she acted in more than 159 films, she often portrayed servants. Selected filmography *'' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) *'' The Doorman'' (1950) *'' The Two Orphans'' (1950) *''Women's Prison'' (1951) *''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) *'' Girls in Uniform'' (1951) *'' The Unknown Mariachi'' (1953) *'' Made for Each Other'' (1953) *''El Bruto'' (1953) *''Your Memory and Me'' (1953) *''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) *''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' (1956) *''Puss Without Boots'' (1957) *''Se los chupó la bruja'' (1958) *''The Soldiers of Pancho Villa'' (1959) *''Young People'' (1961) *''El tejedor de milagros'' (1962) *''The Bloody Vampire'' (1962) *''El rey del tomate ''El rey del tomate'' ("The Tomato King") is a 1964 Mexican comedy-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefina Burgos
Josefina is a female name, a feminine form of Joseph. It may refer to: *Josefina Passadori, Argentine writer * Josefina Lopez, Chicana playwright *Josefina Pla, Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist *Josefina Ayerza, writer and a psychoanalyst *Josefina Deland, Swedish feminist * Josefina Muñoz, Chilean artist * Josefina Wettergrund, Swedish writer Fiction *Josefina LaCosta, a fictional character in the Richard Sharpe series of novels by Bernard Cornwell. *Josefina, Gil Harris' fake girlfriend in the 2002 teen comedy ''The New Guy'' *Josefina Menendez, a fictional character in the 2012 first-person shooter '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II''. * Josefina Montoya, the fictional main character of the American Girl Josefina stories Places *Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur *Josefina (Santa Fe), a commune in the Castellanos Department, Argentina. See also * Josephina (other) * Josephine (other) Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' (1954) * '' The Sin of Being a Woman'' (1955) * ''The Bandits of Cold River ''The Bandits of Cold River'' (Spanish:''Los bandidos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León Barroso
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 * León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora * Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island * Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete North America * León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town * Leon, Iowa, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States * Leon, Wisconsin (other), United States, several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Arroyo (actor)
Daniel Fernando Arroyo (born 6 October 1966) is an Argentine political scientist, professor and politician. He was the country's Minister of Social Development, in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández, from 2019 to 2021. Since 2021, he has been a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province, a position he previously held from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Justicialist Party affiliated with the Renewal Front, Arroyo served as Minister of Social Development of Buenos Aires Province in the cabinet of Governor Daniel Scioli. In addition, he has taught courses at a number of Argentine universities, including the Torcuato di Tella University, the National University of Cuyo, and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. Early life and education Daniel Fernando Arroyo was born on 6 October 1966 in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province. He studied political science at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Social Sciences, where he received his ''licenciatura'' in 1990; h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Meyer
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amparo Arozamena
Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom ''Los Beverly de Peralvillo'' (1968–1973). Arozamena had been acting since her early teens and had her first feature film released at the age of thirteen. Biography Arozamena was born on August 24, 1916, in Mexico City, Mexico. She was the youngest daughter from Eduardo "Nanche" Arozamena (a popular character actor from the variety stage) and his first wife, treble of theatre Clemencia Sánchez Méndez. Many of the family's members had artistic background and successful performing careers. Although Amparo began her career during her early teens in the silent era, she wasn't well known until she played character roles in comedy films during the 1960s, theater plays and TV shows in the 1970s. Death She died on April 30, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchita Gentil Arcos
Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles. She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; Conchita began her work as an actress in 1932, while María did not start her career until 1938. Conchita starred in comedies such as ''Mi viuda alegre'' ("My Cheerful Widow") in 1941 or ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1943, as well as in ''Music, Poetry and Madness'' in 1947, as the dreamy and romantic aunt by Meche Barba's character, a fan of adventure novels that falls in love with Marcelo Chávez's character, or in '' The Lost Child'', also in 1947, alongside Chávez and Germán Valdés. She also appeared as the usurer who flirts with Pedro Infante's character only to be murdered in ''Nosotros los Pobres'' in 1947. The writer Carlos Monsiváis referred to her (alongside her sister María) as one of the "complementary faces" of Mexican cinema, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
