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Carlos De Valdez
Carlos De Valdez (19 March 1894 – 30 October 1939) was a Peruvian-American film actor who appeared in around forty American films.Pitts p. 169 De Valdez died in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles at the age of 45. Partial filmography * ''Paris Interlude'' (1934) * '' The Prescott Kid'' (1934) * ''The Florentine Dagger'' (1935) * ''Bonnie Scotland'' (1935) * '' Robin Hood of El Dorado'' (1936) * ''The Bold Cavalier'' (1936) * ''Men in Exile'' (1937) * ''Old Louisiana'' (1937) * '' Drums of Destiny'' (1937) * ''The Last Train from Madrid'' (1937) * ''Lancer Spy'' (1937) * ''Conquest'' (1937) * ''Romance in the Dark'' (1938) * ''Blockade'' (1938) * ''Suez Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same bou ...'' (1938) * '' The Llano Kid'' (1939) References Bibliography * Pitts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arica
Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital (political), capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and Parinacota Region. Arica is located at the orocline, bend of South America's western coast known as the Arica Bend or Arica Elbow. At the location of the city are two valleys that dissect the Atacama Desert converge: Azapa Valley, Azapa and Lluta River, Lluta. These valleys provide citrus and olives for export. Arica is an important port for a large inland region of South America. The city serves a free port for Bolivia and manages a substantial part of that country's trade.In addition it is the end station of the Bolivian oil pipeline beginning in Oruro, Bolivia, Oruro. The city's strategic position is enhanced by being next to the Chile Route 5, Pan-Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drums Of Destiny
''Drums of Destiny'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence and Budd Buster.Gevinson p.736 Following the War of 1812 a force of American troops are raised to combat Spanish-led Indian attacks from Spanish Florida. It sometimes confused with the 1937 film ''Old Louisiana'' also made by Crescent and starring Keene, which was originally known by this title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frank Dexter. Cast * Tom Keene as Capt. Jerry Crawford * Edna Lawrence as Rosa Maria Dominguez * Budd Buster as Kentuck * Ray Bennett as Jenkins * Robert Fiske as Bill Holston * Carlos De Valdez as Don Salvador Dominguez * David Sharp as Lt. Bill Crawford * John Merton as Toby Simmons * Chief Flying Cloud as Indian * Henry Hall as Pa Green * Chief Many Treaties as Indian * Aurora Navarro as Rosa Maria's Duenna * Artie Ortego as Indian * Marin Sais as Ma Green * Charles Unger as Johnny Green S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Emigrants To The United States
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese and Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Census, Peru is the fifth most populous country in South America. Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Male Film Actors
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese and Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Census, Peru is the fifth most populous country in South America. Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Llano Kid
''The Llano Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring Tito Guízar in the title role of Enrique Ibarra/the Llano Kid. Released on December 8, 1939, it was a remake of Gary Cooper's 1930 film '' The Texan''. ''The Llano Kid'' was directed by Edward Venturini. Others in the film include Gale Sondergaard as Lora Travers, Alan Mowbray as John Travers, and Jan Clayton Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series ''Lassie''. Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton start ... as Lupita Sandoval. Plot The Llano Kid is a romantic highwayman who robs stagecoaches along the Texas-Mexico border. In the film, John and Lora Travers are searching for Enrique Ibarra to inform him that he is the heir to a substantial fortune and ranch/hacienda south of the border. If they find him, they will receive a significant reward. During their search for Ibarra, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suez (film)
''Suez'' is an American romantic drama film released on October 28, 1938 by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, and Annabella. It is very loosely based on events surrounding the construction, between 1859 and 1869, of the Suez Canal, planned and supervised by French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps. The screenplay is so highly fictionalized that, upon the film's release in France, de Lesseps' descendants sued (unsuccessfully) for libel. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Cinematography ( Peverell Marley), Original Music Score (uncredited Louis Silvers) and Sound Recording (uncredited Edmund H. Hansen). Plot "Paris in 1850 Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Bonaparte, is president of the French Republic." During a tennis match in Paris between Ferdinand de Lesseps (Tyrone Power) and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour (Joseph Schildkraut), the enthusiastic admiration of Counte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (1938 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, and Leo Carrillo. Premise During the Spanish Civil War a farmer takes up arms to fight for the Republican side. Cast * Madeleine Carroll as Norma * Henry Fonda as Marco * Leo Carrillo as Luis * John Halliday as Andre Gallinet * Vladimir Sokoloff as Basil * Robert Warwick as General Vallejo * Reginald Denny as Edward Grant * Peter Godfrey as Magician * Fred Kohler as Pietro * Carlos De Valdez as Major del Rio * Nick Thompson as Seppo * William B. Davidson as Commandant * Katherine DeMille Katherine Lester DeMille (born Katherine Paula Lester; June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. The adopted daughter of director Cecil B. De ... as Cabaret Girl Release The film had a loss of $135,672. References External links * * 1938 films Spanish Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance In The Dark
''Romance in the Dark'' is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, and Claire Dodd. It is one of five films produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into films.TIME Magazine - Jan. 25, 1937 It is based upon the play ''The Yellow Nightingale'' by Hermann Bahr. Cast See also * '' Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) * ''Give Us This Night'' (1936) * '' Champagne Waltz'' (1937) * ''Ambush An ambush is a long-established military tactic in which a combatant uses an advantage of concealment or the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind mo ...'' (1939) References External links * 1938 films Films directed by H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquest (1937 Film)
''Conquest'' (also called ''Marie Walewska'') is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland. It stars Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson, Dame May Whitty, George Zucco, and Maria Ouspenskaya. The movie was adapted by S.N. Behrman, Samuel Hoffenstein, Helen Jerome and Salka Viertel from the novel ''Pani Walewska'' by Wacław Gąsiorowski. It was directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatý (uncredited). It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Boyer) and Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning). Its worldwide gross amounted to $2,141,000. But its massive budget led to a loss of $1,397,000. MGM initially advertised the upcoming release of the film under the title "Marie Walewska", but at the last moment changed it to the more marketable "Conques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancer Spy
''Lancer Spy'' is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him. Plot Cast Production ''Lancer Spy'' was based on a story written by Marthe McKenna, a Belgian woman who was a spy for England during World War I. She had previously written the 1932 memoir ''I Was a Spy'', the basis of a 1933 film of the same title. Gregory Ratoff signed a contract with 20th Century Fox to write, produce and direct. The film was originally to star Michael Whalen in the part that was eventually played by George Sanders. French actor Germaine Aussey was to have made her American debut in the film but was replaced by Dolores del Río soon after filming began in May 1937. Peter Lorre was cast after his success in '' Think Fast, Mr Moto''. Fox bought his contract from the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Colin Clive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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