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Carlos Martínez Baena
Carlos Martínez Baena (7 May 1889 – 29 May 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. At a young age he moved to Mexico with his family where he became a journalist. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1970. Selected filmography References External links * 1889 births 1971 deaths Spanish male film actors Spanish emigrants to Mexico {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...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] |
1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Analfabeto
''The Illiterate One'' (Spanish: ''El analfabeto'') is a 1961 Mexican comedy film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado, starring Cantinflas, Lilia Prado, and Sara García. It is the second Cantinflas film presented by Columbia Pictures. Plot An inheritance attorney sends a letter to Inocencio Prieto y Calvo telling him that he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos, which he has only to claim by producing his baptismal certificate as proof of identity. However, as an illiterate, Inocencio has no idea of the contents of the letter, even telling his godmother, whom he lives with that it's perhaps someone who wants to borrow money. While waiting for the local druggist to wait on him so he can have the letter read to him, Inocencio is embarrassed to see that a customer's young daughter is able to read while he, a grown man, cannot. He leaves without telling the druggist his problem, resolved to go to school and to wait to learn the letter's contents until he can read th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Media Luz Los Tres
''A media luz los tres'' is a 1958 Mexican film directed by Julián Soler. It was written by Luis Alcoriza, adapted from the play by Miguel Mihura. Cast *Arturo de Córdova *Lilia Prado *María Elena Marqués *Martha Roth * Sofía Álvarez *Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish backg ... *Guillermo Orea *Pedro de Aguillón *Luis Aragón *Carlota Solares *José Peña *Rosa María Moreno *Carlos Martínez Baena * Luis Otero *Silvia Carrillo References External links * 1958 films Mexican romantic comedy-drama films 1950s Spanish-language films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River And Death
''The River and Death'' (Spanish: ''El río y la muerte'') is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel. The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952 novel ''Muro blanco en roca negra'' (White Wall on a Black Rock). Cast * Columba Domínguez – Mercedes * Miguel Torruco – Felipe Anguiano * Joaquín Cordero – Gerardo Anguiano * Jaime Fernández – Romulo Menchaca * Víctor Alcocer – Polo Menchaca * Silvia Derbez – Elsa * José Elías Moreno – Don Nemesio * Carlos Martínez Baena – Don Julian * Alfredo Varela – Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.) * Miguel Manzano – don Anselmo Background The film, an adaptation of a novel about a blood revenge that has lasted for several generations, is so country-specific that the audience at the Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Intrusa (1954 Film)
''La intrusa '' ("The Intruder") is a 1954 Mexican film. It was directed by Miguel Morayta, produced by Fernando de Fuentes, and starring Rosario Granados, Eduardo Fajardo and Evangelina Elizondo. Plot A young woman, Gabriela (Rosario Granados) goes to a farm and one of the owners, Raúl (Eduardo Fajardo) falls in love with her. However, a jealous woman, Tania (Evangelina Elizondo) tries to eliminate her. Cast * Rosario Granados - Gabriela Almeida * Eduardo Fajardo - Raúl Gómez de Fonseca * Evangelina Elizondo - Tania * Luis Beristáin - Francisco Salvatierra * Carlos Martínez Baena - Don Pedro * Miguel Ángel Ferriz - Doctor Suárez * Enrique García Álvarez - Tío Juan * Matilde Palou - Tía Rita * María Herrero - Margarita Salvatierra * Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yes, My Love
''Yes, My Love'' (Spanish: ''Sí, mi vida'') is a 1953 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Lilia Michel, Rafael Baledón and Pedro Infante.Wilt p.403 Cast * Lilia Michel as Lilia * Rafael Baledón as Rafael * Pedro Infante as Cameo * María Victoria as Cantante * Pedro Vargas as Cantante * Mario Rey as Cantante * Los Churumbeles de España as Cantantes * Carlota Solares as Alegria * Carlos Martínez Baena as Doctor Amado Castellanos * Carlos Riquelme as Jaime * Rafael Banquells as Valentín Chagoya * Ernesto Finance as Jefe Demetrius * Sergio Virel as Joven pretendiente de Lilia * Lupe del Castillo as Señorita directora * Héctor Mateos as Dr. Zavala * Guillermo Cramer as Esbirro de Demetrius * Omar Jasso as Mensajero * Chel López as Esbirro de Demetrius * Agustín Fernández as Esbirro de Demetrius * Concepción Martínez as Profesora * Magdalena G. de Banquells as Profesora * Alberto 'Chivo' Córdoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neither Rich Nor Poor (film)
''Neither Rich nor Poor'' (Spanish: ''Ni pobres ni ricos'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Fernando Cortés.Amador p.118 Cast * Lily Aclemar * Pepe Biondi * Guillermo Bravo Sosa * Dick * Fernando Galiana * Ángel Garasa * Conchita Gentil Arcos * Agustín Isunza * José Jasso * José Alfredo Jiménez * Víctor Junco * Ismael Larumbe * Carlos Martínez Baena * Gloria Marín * Pepe Nava * Manuel Noriega * José Pidal * Francisco Reiguera * Abel Salazar * Manuel Santigosa * Jorge Treviño * Alfredo Varela padre * Pedro Vargas * Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who worked on the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, on films such as '' The Saint Who Forged a Country'' (1942), '' Historia de un gran amor'' (1942), and ... * Acela Vidaurri References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Él (film)
''Él'' (Spanish: ''Him''; re-issued in the US as ''This Strange Passion'') (1953), by Luis Buñuel, is a Mexican film based upon the novel by Mercedes Pinto. It deals with many themes common to Buñuel’s cinema, including a May–December romance between a woman and her obsessively overprotective '' bourgeois'' husband, and touches of surrealism. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film opens during a foot washing ceremony in a Christian church where a man named Francisco sees an attractive young woman from across the room. They have seen each other many times before, and she seems reluctant to engage him. She leaves the church and escapes Francisco, despite his attempt to chase after her. Another day, Francisco finds her again in the church. He works up the courage to speak with her, but she seems uninterested, and insists that they can never speak to each other again. Francisco follows her to a restaurant and sees her meeting with Raul, a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loving Women
''The Loving Women'' (Spanish: ''Las cariñosas'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Amalia Aguilar, Lilia del Valle and Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achiev ....Amador p.140 Cast References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1953 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Fernando Cortés Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
