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Edmundo Espino
Edmundo Espino (July 19, 1894 – December 24, 1964) was a Mexican film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a 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 (), lite ....Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography References Bibliography * Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer''. McFarland, 2010. External links * 1894 births 1964 deaths Mexican male film actors People from Zacatecas {{Mexico-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazapil Municipality
Mazapil is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas and the state's largest municipality by area. The Peñasquito mine, Mexico's largest gold mine, is located in this sparsely populated municipality. Geography The municipality of Mazapil is located in northern Zacatecas where it borders three other Mexican states. The Zacatecan municipalities it borders are Melchor Ocampo to the north, General Francisco R. Murguía to the west, Villa de Cos to the south and Concepción del Oro to the east. Mazapil also borders the municipalities of Catorce, Santo Domingo and Vanegas, to the east, all part of San Luis Potosí; San Juan de Guadalupe in the state of Durango to the west; and Saltillo and Viesca to the north, both in Coahuila. Mazapil is Zacatecas's largest and Mexico's twelfth largest municipality, covering an area of and comprising 16.1% of the state's area. Mazapil is situated in the Chihuahuan Desert and has an elevation range between . Matorral vegetation predominates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacatecas
, image_map = Zacatecas in Mexico (location map scheme).svg , map_caption = State of Zacatecas within Mexico , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Mexico , subdivision_type1 = Capital , subdivision_name1 = Zacatecas , subdivision_type2 = Municipalities , subdivision_name2 = 58 , established_title = Admission , established_date = December 23, 1823 , established_title2 = Order , established_date2 = 10th , founder = , seat_type = , seat = , government_footnotes = , leader_party = , leader_title = Governor , leader_name = David Monreal Ávila , leader_title1 = Senators , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = Deputies , leader_name2 = , unit_pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...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] |
Film Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a 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 hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic 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 medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critters 3
''Critters 3'' is a 1991 American science fiction comedy horror direct to video movie and the third installment of the ''Critters'' franchise, directed by Kristine Peterson. Cary Elwes mentioned on the commentary for the uncut edition DVD of ''Saw 3D'' that he passed on the role of Josh. It was shot simultaneously (from February 1991 until July 1991) with its sequel, ''Critters 4''. Unlike the first two films, it does not take place in the town of Grover's Bend. Plot Sometime after the events in '' Critters 2: The Main Course'', Charlie MacFadden is tracking down the last of the Critters. A family of three – Annie (the main protagonist), Johnny (her little brother) and Clifford (the father) – stops at a rest stop when their car's tire pops. At the rest stop, Charlie warns them and Josh, stepson of a corrupt landlord, about the Critters. As this happens, a Critter lays eggs under the family's car and the family leaves, unknowingly taking the eggs with them. Soon after they ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison Ivy (1992 Film)
''Poison Ivy'' is a 1992 American erotic thriller film directed by Katt Shea. It stars Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, and Cheryl Ladd. The original music score is composed by David Michael Frank. The film was shot in Los Angeles. It was nominated for the 1992 Grand Jury prize of Best Film at the Sundance Festival. Sara Gilbert was nominated for Best Supporting Female at the 1993 Independent Spirit Awards. Although it did not fare very well at the box office, grossing $1,829,804 with its limited theatrical release to 20 movie theaters, the film received favorable word-of-mouth, and became a success on cable and video in the mid-1990s. It is the first installment in a ''Poison Ivy'' film series that includes three direct-to-video sequels. Plot Sylvie Cooper is a young girl at a private school for the wealthy. At a local hangout, she first meets Ivy, a street-smart but poor girl, and witnesses Ivy mercy-killing a heavily wounded dog. In their second meeting, when Syl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Boy's Life (film)
''This Boy's Life'' is a 1993 American Biographical film, biographical List of coming-of-age stories, coming-of-age drama film based on the memoir of the same name by author Tobias Wolff. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias "Toby" Wolff, Robert De Niro as Toby's stepfather Dwight Hansen, and Ellen Barkin as Toby's mother, Caroline. The movie marked the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro ever collaborated. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku and Tobey Maguire, Tobey Maguire's first credited appearance in a feature-length movie. It was the first collaboration on-screen between Maguire and DiCaprio, who both later worked in ''Don's Plum'' and ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby''., and also the first collaboration on-screen between DiCaprio and De Niro, who both later worked in ''Marvin's Room (film), Marvin's Room'', short film ''The Audition (2015 film), The Audition'', and the upcoming f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis and Darlene Cates. It follows 25-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his mother (Cates) and his intellectually disabled younger brother (DiCaprio) in a sleepy Iowa town. Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay, based on his 1991 novel of the same name. Filming took place from November 1992 to January 1993 in various parts of Texas. The film was well received, with Depp and DiCaprio's performances garnering universal acclaim. At the age of 19, DiCaprio received his first nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, becoming the seventh-youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee for the former. Plot In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape is busy caring for Arnie, his intellectually disabled younger brother who is turning 18, as they wait for the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Genius (1948 Film)
''The Genius'' (Spanish:''El supersabio'') is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Perla Aguiar and Carlos Martínez Baena.Standish & Bell p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. Plot Cantinflas is an assistant to a leading scientist. He is pursued by a gang who wish to discover the secret formula for a cheaper fuel that his boss has allegedly discovered. Cast * Cantinflas as himself * Perla Aguiar as Marisa Miranda * Carlos Martínez Baena as Professor Archimedes Monteagudo * Alejandro Cobo as Octavio * Aurora Walker as Angélica Montes * Alfredo Varela as Pepe Montes * José Pidal as Doctor Inocencio Violante * Eduardo Casado as Presidente de directorio petroleo * Francisco Jambrina as Fiscal * Pepe Martínez as Lic. Remigio Paredes * Felipe Montoya as Señor Humberto Moya * Rafael Icardo asAgustín Montes * Carmen Novelty as Hija de Angélica Montes * Armando Arriola as Ayudante d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocrite (film)
''Hypocrite'' (Spanish: ''Hipócrita..!'') is a 1949 Mexican thriller film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Antonio Badú, Leticia Palma, Carmen Molina and Luis Beristáin. The film included the song "Hipócrita".Sortilegio de vivir: la vida de Antonio Badú en conversaciones Antonio Badú, Jorge Mejía Prieto - 1993 "LA CANCIÓN "HIPÓCRITA — A ti se te recuerda mucho por tu actuación en la película Hipócrita, donde cantas la canción del mismo título. ... Hipócrita, bajo la dirección de Miguel Morayta, se hizo al vapor, en sólo 13 días." The film's sets were designed by Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast * Antonio Badú as Pepe el sabroso * Leticia Palma as Leticia * Carmen Molina as Aurora * Luis Beristáin as Gerardo * Pascual García Peña as Ricardito * Elda Peralta as Vendedora de cigarros * Francisco Reiguera as Don Simón * Wolf Ruvinskis as El rayas * Julián de Meriche as El soplón * Edmundo Espino as Juanito * Ricardo Adalid as Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Eclipse (film)
''Total Eclipse'' is a 1995 erotic historic drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, based on a 1967 play by Christopher Hampton, who also wrote the screenplay. Based on letters and poems, it presents a historically accurate account of the passionate and violent relationship between 19th-century French poets Arthur Rimbaud ( Leonardo DiCaprio) and Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis), at a time of soaring creativity for both men. Warner Bros. has included the film in the catalogue of Warner Archive Collection. Plot The older Paul Verlaine meets Arthur Rimbaud's sister, Isabelle, in a café in Paris. Isabelle and her mother want Verlaine to hand over any copies he may still have of Rimbaud's poems so that they can burn them; they fear the lewdness of his writings. Verlaine reflects on the wild relationship he formed with Rimbaud, beginning when the teenaged Rimbaud had sent his poetry to Verlaine from his home in the provinces in 1871. Verlaine, instantly fascinated, impulsively invite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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