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Ada Carrasco
Ada Carrasco (14 September 1912 – 5 April 1994) was a Mexican film and television actress. Early life Carrasco was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco, an engineer, and the opera star Ada Navarrete. Career Carrasco started her career as an actress in 1952, and went on to make over 38 soap operas, including ''Los Ricos También Lloran'', with Verónica Castro in 1979, '' Rosa Salvaje'' in 1987, ''De Frente al Sol'' in 1992, ''Más Allá del Puente'' in 1994, and finally, her last soap opera was made in 1994 in '' Marimar'' with Thalía. She died of a heart attack on 5 April 1994. She is also known for various film appearances from ''Two Mules for Sister Sara'' (1970) where she opposite Clint Eastwood and Shirley Maclean, to ''OK Mister Pancho'' (1981) where she starred as a woman who travels to the United States with María Elena Velasco's character of ''La India María''. Personal life Ada Carrasco's younger sister Queta Carrasco also was an actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queta Carrasco
Queta Carrasco (July 4, 1913 — August 8, 1996) was a Mexican character actress. Early life Enriqueta Carrasco Navarrete was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco and Ada Navarrete. Her father was an engineer and her mother was an opera singer. Her older sister Ada Carrasco also became an actress, as did Ada's daughter Malena Doria. Career Carrasco's first role in a film came in 1962, in ''Ruletera a toda marcha'', directed by Rafael Baledón; her sister Ada was also in that film. She was in more than forty Mexican films, mostly genre films, including ''La Venganza de Huracán Ramirez'' (1967, a "masked wrestler" film) ''Los Asesinos'' (1968), ''Un Quijote sin Mancha'' (1969), ''Elena y Raquel'' (1970), ''Pubertinaje'' (1971), ''El Águila Descalza'' (1971), ''Fé, Esperanza y Caridad'' (1973), ''La presidenta municipal'' (1975), ''Coyote and Bronca'' (1980), She also appeared in telenovelas including ''Gabriel y Gabriela'' (1982), ''Tú eres mi destino'' (1984), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marimar (Mexican Telenovela)
''Marimar'' is a Mexican telenovela created by Inés Rodena and produced by Valentín Pimstein and Verónica Pimstein for Televisa in 1994. It is a remake of the 1977 telenovela '' La venganza'', which is in turn based on the radionovela ''La indomable''. Thalía and Eduardo Capetillo star as the show's romantic leads, while Chantal Andere plays the main antagonist. Plot Marimar is a poor, innocent girl who lives with her grandparents in a hut on the beach at San Martin de la Costa, in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. She falls in love with Sergio, the son of Renato Santibáñez, a wealthy ranch owner. Sergio takes an interest in Marimar due to her humble, sweet demeanor and decides to marry her to spite his father and young stepmother, Angélica. Angélica despises Marimar because of her naivete, her illiteracy, and her ignorance of societal norms, deciding to embark on a campaign to disparage and humiliate her. Angered by his stepmother's behavior, Sergio decides to leave on a short business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Water For Chocolate (film)
''Like Water for Chocolate'' (Spanish: ''Como agua para chocolate'') is a 1992 Mexican romantic drama film in the style of magical realism based on the novel, published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel. It earned ten Ariel Awards including the Best Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film became the highest-grossing foreign-language film ever released in the United States at the time.. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot A woman named Tita living in the early 1900s experiencing the struggles of love, family dynamics and family tradition. A young lady is cutting onions, expressing the influences of emotions and cooking. She begins a story with the birth of a girl named Tita. Tita's mother Elena gives birth on the kitchen table, assisted by the house cook Nacha. Shortly after, Elena's husband dies of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi Segunda Madre
''Mi segunda madre'' ( en, My second mother, italic=yes) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa and broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas in 1989. It starred María Sorté, Enrique Novi and Daniela Castro as protagonists, with Fernando Ciangherotti and Alejandra Maldonado and Cynthia Klitbo as antagonists. Plot Daniela Lorente is an excellent designer, owner of a prestigious fashion house. She is married to Alberto, a bad man who has another wife and two children and steals money from him. One day Daniela discovers Alberto and decides to call the police to lock him up. When denounced by his wife Alberto he is sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, swearing revenge on Daniela for having handed him over. On the other hand, Juan Antonio Méndez Davila is an important businessman who has just suffered the death of his wife, leaving him only with a little girl named Mónica. Unfortunately for the little girl, her father has a frivolous and vain lover, Irene Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amor En Silencio
''Amor en silencio'' (English title: ''Silent Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1988. Its first broadcast was in Mexico in 1988 and then made its debut in Latin America, Europe, Asia and, in a unique situation, it was broadcast in the United States by Telemundo during primetime. It can be said that this is the only Televisa telenovela that was never shown on Univision. Back then Telemundo got the rights to ''Amor en silencio'' and ''Pasión y poder'', the latter one got picked up by Univision in 1993 as daytime programming. The 1st part of the telenovela was starred by Erika Buenfil and Arturo Peniche while Margarita Sanz, Elvira Monsell and Joaquín Cordero starred as antagonists. The 2nd part of the telenovela was starred by Erika Buenfil and Omar Fierro while Margarita Sanz, Elvira Monsell, Alberto Mayagoitía, Alberto Estrella, Rosa Furman and Ada Carrasco starred as antagonists. Plot Marisela is a rich, beautiful, and intelligent wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Cuervos Están De Luto
''Los Cuervos están de luto'' (English: ''The crows are in mourning'') is a 1965 Mexican comedy film directed by Francisco del Villar and starring Silvia Pinal and Lilia Prado. The film is based on the play of the same name by Mexican author Hugo Arguelles. This film was shot at Estudios Churubusco. Plot ''Don'' Lacho ( José Luis Jiménez), a greedy old man, is about to die. His three children, but mainly his daughter-in-law Piedad (Silvia Pinal), are anxiously awaiting his death to collect the inheritance, but the old man refuses to die. In his hallucinations, the old man sees the ghost of his dead wife ( Kitty de Hoyos), who reveals that one of his three children is not his child. The man takes his last moments to torment all in doubt. Things get complicated on the arrival of his third child with his wife (Lilia Prado) and by the indiscretions of the townspeople. Cast * Silvia Pinal as Piedad * Kitty de Hoyos as a Wife's ghost * Lilia Prado as Mariana * Narciso Busquets as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Señor Doctor
''El señor doctor'' (aka ''Mr. Doctor'') is a 1965 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas,León Frías, p. 726 alongside Marta Romero and Miguel Ángel Álvarez. This film is notorious due to its dramatic overtones, in contrast to the more picquaresque tint of Cantinflas' previous films. Plot Salvador Medina (Cantinflas) is a country doctor who, finding many different technological advances in the medical field, and the need to adapt to said new technologies, moves to Mexico City to become an intern in the Medical Center of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Salvador immediately clashes with his superior and Head of Training at IMSS, Dr. Miguel Villanueva (Miguel Ángel Álvarez), while growing closer to Nurse Laura (Marta Romero) who, unbeknownst to him at first, is Dr. Villanueva's sister. In his medical activity at the hospital, Salvador serves various patients by raising their self-esteem and he is jokingly preferred to Dr. Kildar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonatas (film)
''Sonatas'' is a 1959 Mexican-Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring María Félix, Francisco Rabal and Aurora Bautista.Baugh p.81 It premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It is based on novels written by the Spanish author Ramón del Valle-Inclán. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Francisco Canet and Gunther Gerszo. Some location shooting took place in Galicia as well as various locations around Mexico. The film was shot in Eastmancolor. Cast * María Félix as La Niña Chole * Francisco Rabal as Marqués Javier de Bradomín * Aurora Bautista as Concha * Fernando Rey as Capitán Casares * Carlos Rivas as Juan Guzmán * Ignacio López Tarso as Jefe de guerrilleros * Carlos Casaravilla as Conde de Brandeso * David Reynoso as Teniente Elizondo * Nela Conjiu as Joven loca * Manuel Alexandre as Teniente Andrade * Ada Carrasco as Nana * José Torvay as Segundo sargento * Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Candelaria * Rafa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bravados
''The Bravados'' is a 1958 American Western film (color by DeLuxe) directed by Henry King, starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins. The CinemaScope film was based on a novel of the same name, written by Frank O'Rourke. Plot Jim Douglass ( Gregory Peck) is a rancher pursuing four outlaws he is convinced murdered his wife six months before. He rides into Rio Arriba, where these four men, Alfonso Parral (Lee Van Cleef), Bill Zachary (Stephen Boyd), Ed Taylor (Albert Salmi) and Lujan (Henry Silva), are in jail awaiting execution for an unrelated murder. Sheriff Eloy Sanchez (Herbert Rudley) allows Douglass to see the men. In town, Douglass happens upon Josefa Velarde (Joan Collins), whom he met and fell in love with nearly five years previously in New Orleans. She has been looking after her late father's ranch and has never married. Douglass reveals that he did marry, is now a widower, and that he has a daughter (Maria Garcia Fletcher). Josefa later learns, from Rio Arriba's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Photographer (1953 Film)
''The Photographer'' or ''Mr. Photographer'' (Spanish: ''El señor fotógrafo'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy thriller film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas and Ángel Garasa.Dennison & Shaw, p. 120. The film's art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ... was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot An apprentice of photography (Cantinflas) is accidentally involved in an international complot when he ends up being left in charge of a chemical engineer (Ángel Garasa) who went insane after he invents a bomb and an attempt is made against his life. Cast Reception The film set an opening day record in Mexico grossing $5,810 at the Cine Roble. References Bibliography * Shaw, Lisa & Dennison, Stephanie. ''Popular Cinema in Brazil''. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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