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Cantaclaro
''Cantaclaro'' is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán. The film is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho. Plot Florentino (Antonio Badú), nicknamed "Cantaclaro", after saving his family's lands, goes to the plains to learn more songs to sing. There he falls in love with Rosángela (Esther Fernandez), a young woman surrounded by many secrets. Cast * Esther Fernandez as Rosangela / Angela Rosa * Antonio Badú as Florentino Coronado Cantaclaro * Alberto Galán as Doctor Juan Crisostomo Payara * Paco Fuentes as Juan Parado * Rafael Lanzetta as Guarriqueño * Fanny Schiller as Doña Nico * Rafael Alcayde as Carlos Jaramillo * Ángel T. Sala as Coronel Buitrago * Alejandro Ciangherotti as Juan el Veguero * Maruja Grifell as Nana * Arturo Soto Rangel as Don Aquilino * Gilberto González * Salvador Quiroz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses. Biography Fanny Schiller Hernández was born on 3 August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20, she began performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the country. She then worked as a dancer with José María Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, María Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas. She made her starring film debut in the movie '' El Cristo de oro' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of nine months during 1948, he governed as the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power by military officers in the 1948 Venezuelan coup. Rómulo Gallegos is considered the most relevant Venezuelan novelist of the 20th century, and a prominent figure in Latin American literature. Early life and writings Rómulo Gallegos was born in Caracas to Rómulo Gallegos Osío and Rita Freire Guruceaga, into a family of humble origin. He began his work as a schoolteacher, writer, classical music enthusiast, and journalist in 1903. His novel '' Doña Bárbara'' was first published in 1929, and it was because of the book's criticisms of the regime of longtime dictator Juan Vicente Gómez that he was forced to flee the country. He took refuge in Spain, where he continued to write: his acclaimed novels ''Cantaclaro'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maruja Grifell
Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1946) * ''Music Inside'' (1947) * '' The Lost Child'' (1947) * ''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (1947) * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * ''Music, Poetry and Madness'' (1948) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) * ''The Great Madcap'' (1949) * ''Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * ''Immaculate'' (1950) * ''Lost'' (1950) * ''History of a Heart'' (1951) * ''Acapulco'' (1952) * '' Women Who Work'' (1953) * ''You've Got Me By the Wing'' (1953) * '' Seven Women'' (1953) * ''Pablo and Carolina ''Pablo and Carolina'' (Spanish:''Pablo y Carolina'') is a 1957 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Mauricio de la Serna and starring Pedro Infante, Irasema Dilián, Alejandro Ciangherotti, and premiered after Infante' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Soto Rangel
Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which won three Academy Awards and starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, and many other successful actors. Soto last appeared on television in 1963, where he starred in ''Voy de gallo''. Early life Soto was the only son of Don José Nemesio de Jesús Soto Ornelas born on October 30, 1852, in Ciudad Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, México, and of a lady whose last name was Rangel. His mother died giving birth and was a widow from a previous marriage. Soto's stepmother was Doña María de la Luz Gordoa Montes de Oca born in León, Guanajuato, México. Arturo had five half-siblings: Ignacio Soto Gordoa, Guadalupe Soto Gordoa, Angelina de la Luz Soto Gordoa, Maria de la Luz Soto Gordoa, and Alfonso Soto Gordoa. Career Soto was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Badú
Antonio Badú (August 13, 1914 – June 29, 1993) was a Mexican film actor and producer.de la Mora p.90 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career, which began during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * '' ¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!'' (1946) * ''Ramona'' (1946) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Hypocrite'' (1949) *solo Veracruz es bello (1949) * ''Love for Love'' (1950) * ''A Gringo Girl in Mexico'' (1951) *Los Hijos De Maria Morales (1952) * *''Paco the Elegant'' (1952) * ''Pain'' (1953) *''The Life of Agustín Lara'' (1959) * ''The White Renegade ''The White Renegade'' (Spanish: ''El renegado blanco'') is a 1960 Mexican adventure film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Mauricio Garcés, Abel Salazar and Rafael Baledón.Riera p.42 Cast * Mauricio Garcés as Juan * Abel Salazar as ...'' (1960) References Bibliography * Sergio de la Mora. ''Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film''. University of Texas Press, 2009. Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Galán
Alberto Galán (November 20, 1901 – January 5, 1977) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor. He starred in the 1943 film ''María Candelaria''.Mora p.62 Selected filmography * ''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''María Candelaria'' (1943) * ''The House of the Fox'' (1945) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success an ...'' (1946) References Bibliography * Mora, Carl J. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society''. University of California Press, 1989. External links * 1901 births 1977 deaths Mexican male film actors Spanish male film actors Spanish emigrants to Mexico People from Cantabria 20th-century Mexican male actors {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Figueroa
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who is regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He has worked in over 200 films, which cover a broad range of genres, and is best known for his technical dominance, his careful handling of framing and chiaroscuro, and affinity for the aesthetics of artists. Early life and career Born in 1907, Figueroa grew up in Mexico City, where he studied painting at the Academy of San Carlos, and violin at the National Conservatory. He was the grandson of the famous lawyer, journalist and liberal writer Juan A. Mateos and first cousin to Mexican president Adolfo Lopez Mateos. His mother died after giving birth to him and his father, unable to cope with the loss of his wife, left Gabriel and his brother Roberto to be cared for by their aunts. He then fled to Paris, where he eventually succumbed to alcohol and despair. When the family fortune ran dry, Figuero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Schoemann
Gloria Schoemann (1910–2006) was a Mexican film editor. Schoemann was very prolific, working on more than two hundred films during her career.Edwards p.150 Selected filmography * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Gran Casino'' (1946) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * '' Enamorada'' (1946) * ''Flor de caña'' (1948) * '' The Unloved Woman'' (1949) * ''Lola Casanova'' (1949) * ''Immaculate'' (1950) * ''Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''Captain Scarlett'' (1953) * '' Arm in Arm Down the Street'' (1956) * ''Where the Circle Ends'' (1956) * ''The Boxer "The Boxer" is a song written by Paul Simon and recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, '' Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it was released as a standalone sing ...'' (1958) References Bibliography * Edwards, Gwynne. ''A Companion to Luis Buñuel''. Tamesis Books, 2005. External links * 1910 births 2006 deaths Mexican film editors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Alcayde
Rafael Alcayde (19 October 1906 – 27 August 1993) was a Mexican film actor.Ruétalo & Tierney p.306 Selected filmography * ''Kiss and Make-Up'' (1934) * ''I Am a Fugitive'' (1946) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * ''The Kneeling Goddess'' (1947) * ''Adventures of Casanova'' (1948) * ''The Mark of the Skunk'' (1950) * ''The White Rose'' (1954) * ''Bluebeard'' (1955) * ''Drop the Curtain'' (1955) * ''The New World'' (1957) * ''Ten Days to Tulara'' (1958) * ''The Last of the Fast Guns'' (1958) * ''Villa!! ''Villa!!'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by James B. Clark, written by Louis Vittes, and starring Brian Keith, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Carlos Múzquiz and Mario Navarro. The film was released in October 1958, ...'' (1958) References Bibliography * Victoria Ruétalo & Dolores Tierney. ''Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and Latin America''. Routledge, 2009. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Bracho
Jesús Bracho (1910 1976) was a Mexican art director who designed the sets for over a hundred film productions.Durgnat p.173 The young brother of the film director Julio Bracho, he was active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * ''I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * ''Divorced'' (1943) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''La mujer de todos'' (1946) * ''Salón México'' (1949) * '' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) * ''Immaculate'' (1950) * '' Women Who Work'' (1953) * ''The Young One'' (1960) * ''My Mother Is Guilty ''My Mother Is Guilty'' (Spanish: ''Mi madre es culpable'') is a 1960 Mexican drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Marga López, Carlos Baena and Domingo Soler.Riera p.59 The film's sets were designed by Jesús Bracho. Cast * Marga ...'' (1960) References Bibliography * Raymond Durgnat. ''Luis Bunuel''. University of California Press, 1977. External links * 1910 births 1976 deaths Mexican art directors {{Mexico-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) distributes the films produced by 20th Century Studios in home media under the 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment banner. For over 80 years – beginning with its founding in 1935 and ending in 2019 (when it became part of Walt Disney Studios), 20th Century Fox was one of the then "Big Six" major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures and was originally known as the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (while owned by TCF Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in eastern Mexico and is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's largest cities include Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Minatitlán, Poza Rica, Boca Del Río and Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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