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Blanca Pozas
Blanca Pozas Oliveira (sometimes accredited as Blanquita Pozas) (1893 - 29 August 1978) was a Chilean vedette and actress who participated in nine movies during her cinematographic career which lasted from 1926 to 1953. Biography Born in Valparaíso, she soon triumphed in Spain as a vedette at the Teatro Martín. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, she premiered the most popular shows of the billboard, among which stand out: Frivolina (1918), Las corsarias (1919), Ris, Ras (1927), Los faroles (1928), Los caracoles (1928), La casa de Quirós (1931), La camisa de la Pompadour (1934) and Las Peponas (1934). She worked with the most popular comedians of her time: Lino Rodríguez, Castrito, Ramón Peña, Faustino Bretaño, etc. Unlike her husband Miguel Ligero, she worked little in the cinema, appearing in a total of nine films, among which Marianela (1940), Viaje sin destino (1942) and El rey de las finanzas (1944) stand out. Filmography * ''Frivolinas'' (1926) * ''Crisis mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cementerio De La Almudena
The ''Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena'' ( en, Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery), former ''Necrópolis del Este'' (East cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of people buried is estimated to be about five million, larger than the population of Madrid itself, since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of the population of Madrid. Notable burials * Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), Real Madrid player * Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), president of the Second Spanish Republic * Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), poet, Nobel laureate * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), writer * Ángel de Andrés (1918–2006), actor and theatre director * Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish writer * Luis Barbero (1916–2005), actor * Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish writer * José Bódalo (1916–1985), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedette (cabaret)
A vedette is the main female artist of a show derived from cabaret and its subcategories of revue, vaudeville, music hall or burlesque. The purpose of the vedette is to entertain and captivate the public. The vedette has to know how to sing, dance and act on stage. Particularly accomplished artistes are considered ''super vedettes'' or ''first vedettes''. Vedettes often appear alongside groups of dancers, flashy and revealing costumes, magicians, comedians, jugglers, or even performing animals. Vedettes specializing in burlesque generally do striptease and may also perform nude on stage. In the 20th century, vedette shows were successful in the cabarets, theaters and nightclubs of countries such as Spain, France, Argentina and Mexico. Paris and Las Vegas were considered the main cradle of the vedettes. Etymology ''Vedette'' is a French word originally used to designate an artist of great fame and notoriety. The term underwent changes over the years. From the early twentieth ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ligero Rodríguez
Miguel Ligero Rodríguez (21 October 1890 – 26 January 1968) was a Spanish actor. Films include ''La hermana San Sulpicio'' (1934), ''El novio de mamá'' (1934), '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) ''Morena Clara'' (1936), ''El rey de las finanzas'' (1944), ''Morena Clara'' (1954) and ''La verbena de la Paloma'' (1963). He also had several roles as a character actor in Hollywood Spanish-language films. Selected filmography * ''World Crisis'' (1934) * '' Sister San Sulpicio'' (1934) * ''Bound for Cairo'' (1935) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1938) * ''The Reluctant Hero'' (1941) * ''Malvaloca'' (1954) * ''La cruz de mayo'' (1955) * '' The Moorish Queen'' (1955) * ''Fountain of Trevi'' (1960) * '' Queen of The Chantecler'' (1962) * ''The Fair of the Dove'' (1963) * ''Aragonese Nobility ''Aragonese Nobility'' (Spanish:'' Nobleza baturra'') is a 1965 Spanish musical film directed by Juan de Orduña.Mira p.237 It is a remake of the 1935 film '' Nobleza baturra''. Cast * Manuel Arbó * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link=no) or The Uprising ( es, La Sublevación, link=no) among Republicans. was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic, and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties, some of which had opposed the government in the pre-war period. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists led by a military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets and was variously viewed as cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faustino Bretaño
Faustino Bretaño (1895–1978) was a Spanish film actor.Goble p.220 Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * ''Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (1947) * '' The Troublemaker'' (1950) * '' Agustina of Aragon'' (1950) * ''Dawn of America'' (1951) * ''The Lioness of Castille ''The Lioness of Castille'' (Spanish: ''La leona de Castilla'') is a 1951 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Amparo Rivelles, Virgilio Teixeira and Alfredo Mayo. De Orduña had directed a number of the most e ...'' (1951) * '' Good News'' (1954) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1895 births 1978 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish male silent film actors 20th-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ligero (Spanish Actor)
Miguel Ligero Rodríguez (21 October 1890 – 26 January 1968) was a Spanish actor. Films include ''La hermana San Sulpicio'' (1934), '' El novio de mamá'' (1934), '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) ''Morena Clara'' (1936), ''El rey de las finanzas'' (1944), ''Morena Clara'' (1954) and ''La verbena de la Paloma'' (1963). He also had several roles as a character actor in Hollywood Spanish-language films. Selected filmography * '' World Crisis'' (1934) * '' Sister San Sulpicio'' (1934) * '' Bound for Cairo'' (1935) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1938) * '' The Reluctant Hero'' (1941) * '' Malvaloca'' (1954) * ''La cruz de mayo'' (1955) * '' The Moorish Queen'' (1955) * ''Fountain of Trevi'' (1960) * '' Queen of The Chantecler'' (1962) * ''The Fair of the Dove'' (1963) * ''Aragonese Nobility ''Aragonese Nobility'' (Spanish:'' Nobleza baturra'') is a 1965 Spanish musical film directed by Juan de Orduña.Mira p.237 It is a remake of the 1935 film '' Nobleza baturra''. Cast * Manuel Arbó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianela (1940 Film)
''Marianela'' is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Benito Perojo. It is based on the 1878 novel by Benito Pérez Galdós. Plot The tragic story of Marianela, a poor and ugly girl, and Pablo, a man born blind who is in love with her. The action takes place between Socartes, mining town, and Aldeacorba, agricultural area, where Don Francisco Penáguila lives with her son Pablo. Life has been generous with mister Penáguila, but his whole well-being has been overshadowed by the blindness of his son. Pablo is happy beside his guide, a girl who everyone calls "Nela"; with her Pablo walks, talks and delights. Nela, meanwhile, a poor orphan who lives with the family of the mine foreman, mister Centeno, despised by all, incapable of anything useful, just feel joy accompanying Pablo. The souls of the two are so attuned that Pablo one day promises to marry her. The blind man thinks his guide must be extraordinarily beautiful, expression of his goodness. But now comes to Socartes the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viaje Sin Destino
''Journey to Nowhere'' (Spanish: ''Viaje sin destino'') is a 1942 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Antonio Casal, Luchy Soto and Alberto Romea.Labanyi & Pavlović p.277 Synopsis The "Panoramas" travel agency is going through a precarious financial situation and to advertise itself organizes a journey without a destination: several passengers get on their bus and set off aimlessly. Cast * Luchy Soto as Rosario * Blanca Pozas as Doña O. * Fuensanta Lorente * Antonio Casal as Poveda * Alberto Romea as Garviza * Miguel Pozanco * Manuel Arbó as Rianza * José Prada as Bráñez * Jorge León as Venancio * Pedro Cabré as Presidente * Valeriano Ruiz París as Consejero * Alberto López * Camino Garrigó * Manrique Gil * Joaquín Torréns * Pedro Mascaró * Vicente Vega * Joaquín Cuquerella Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Crisis
''World Crisis'' (Spanish:''Crisis mundial'') is a 1934 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Antoñita Colomé, Miguel Ligero and Ricardo Nunez. The film is set mostly in a Swiss luxury hotel in the wake of the Wall Street Crash. It was a box office success, but is now considered a lost film.Bentley p.57 Cast * Antoñita Colomé as Mery * Miguel Ligero as Pololo * Ricardo Núñez as Julio Lonaty * José María Linares-Rivas as Herbert Parker * Alfonso Tudela as Ferdinando Martini Martinelli * Laly Cadierno as Vampiresa * Carlos del Pozo as Gerente del hotel * Blanca Pozas * Nicolás D. Perchicot * Pedro Chicote as Barman * Francisco Zabala * Fernando Freyre de Andrade * Ricardo Muñoz * Pastora Peña * Luchy Soto Lucía Soto Muñoz (1919–1970), known professionally as Luchy Soto, was a Spanish film and television actress.D'Lugo p.261 She was the daughter of the actors Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro and Manuel Soto. She married actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
