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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] |
Spain
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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] |
Currito Of The Cross (1926 Film)
''Currito of the Cross'' (Spanish:''Currito de la Cruz'') is a 1926 Spanish silent film, silent drama film directed by Alejandro Pérez Lugín and starring Jesús Tordesillas, Manuel González (actor), Manuel González and Elisa Ruiz Romero. The film was adapted from Lugin's own 1921 Currito of the Cross (novel), novel of the same title, set in the bullfighting world. The novel has been made into films several times.Goble p.364 Cast * Jesús Tordesillas as Currito de la Cruz * Manuel González as Manuel Carmona * Elisa Ruiz Romero as Rocío * Ana Adamuz as Sor María del Amor Hermoso * Faustino Bretaño as Copita * Domingo del Moral as Gazuza * Elisa Sánchez as Teresa * Cándida Suarez as Manuela 'La Gallega' * Fernando Fresno as El 'Pintao' * José Alba * Ángel Alguacil * Isabel Almarche as Otra gachí * Señor Benítez * Antonio Calvache as Romerita * Rafael Calvo as Padre Almanzor * José Ignacio Caro * Manuel Centeno * Miguel Contreras * Gregorio Cruzada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Leaves For The Ports
''Lola Leaves for the Ports'' (Spanish: ''La Lola se va a los puertos'') is a 1947 Spanish historical musical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Juanita Reina, Nani Fernández and Manuel Luna.Mira p.64 It is based on a 1929 play of the same title. Synopsis The action takes place in Andalusia in the 1860s. A carefree wandering female singer has many admirers in the coastal ports of the area. However, she falls deeply in love with a young man she meets. Cast * Juanita Reina as Lola * Nani Fernández as Rosario * Manuel Luna as Heredia * Ricardo Acero as José Luis * Jesús Tordesillas as Don Diego * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Willy * Faustino Bretaño as Asaúra * María Isbert as Criada * Rafaela Rodríguez as Criada * María Cañete as Mercedes * María Cuevas as Santera * Arturo Marín as Gitano * Fernando Aguirre as Hombre en isla * José María Mompín as Marinero 1 * Joaquín Pujol as Marqués * Manuel Sabatini * Antonio Riquelm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troublemaker (1950 Film)
''The Troublemaker'' or ''The Mischievous Girl'' (Spanish:''La revoltosa'') is a 1950 Spanish musical comedy film directed by José Díaz Morales and starring Carmen Sevilla, Tony Leblanc and Tomás Blanco. It is based on the 1897 zarzuela () is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ... '' The Troublemaker''. Synopsis The action takes place in a typical Madrid sliding house where the characters who bring the film to life humbly live. The rooms or dwellings are distributed around a neighborhood patio, the true protagonist of each scene; From the courtyard a staircase leads to the houses where Mary Pepa — an ironer by trade — and her aunt Josefa de Ella, and Felipe, an officer in a carpentry workshop, stay. Mary Pepa is cheerful and flirtatious, very independent and because o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustina Of Aragon (1950 Film)
''Agustina of Aragon'' (Spanish: ''Agustina de Aragón'') is a 1950 Spanish historical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Aurora Bautista.Klossner p.14 It is also known by the alternative title of ''The Siege''. It portrays the Spanish patriot Agustina of Aragon, known for her role at the 1808 Siege of Zaragoza against Napoleon's French forces. The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest studio. Plot French troops led by Napoleon besiege the city of Zaragoza. Agustina de Aragón (Aurora Bautista) is a young woman who, upon learning that her boyfriend has sold out to the enemy, breaks up with him and falls in love with a Baturro guerrilla. In one of the French attacks, a grenade exploded near the position where Agustina was, falling the soldiers defending the position and there was a threat that the enemy troops could enter the city. Gustine walked through the dead and wounded to a cannon and opened fire. Surprise grippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Of America
''Dawn of America'' (Spanish: ''Alba de América'') is a 1951 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Antonio Vilar, María Martín and José Suárez. The film depicts the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in the late fifteenth century. Production The film was made by the largest Spanish studio CIFESA. The production was conceived as a response to the 1949 British film ''Christopher Columbus''. The British film had attempted a realist depiction of Columbus (portraying him as only partly successful, and his achievements being in spite of the Spanish monarchy). The Spanish response portrayed Columbus as a single-minded adventurer whose discovery led to the greater glory of the Spanish monarchy and the Catholic Church. It was also designed as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the Catholic Monarchs. The film's patriotic theme was strongly backed by the Spanish State of Francisco Franco. The film was made o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 expensive Spanish costume films of the era for the leading studio CIFESA. The film portrays the sixteenth century noblewoman María Pacheco, in a fictitious story that has her battling foreign agents during the reign of Charles V Charles V may refer to: * Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) * Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain * Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise * Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) * Infa .... Synopsis After his defeat in the Battle of Villalar, Juan de Padilla, chief of the comuneros, is executed by beheading together with Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado in the presence of his wife María de Pacheco and his son. After that they swear, before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good News (1954 Film)
''Good News'' (Spanish:''Buenas noticias'') is a 1954 Spanish comedy film directed by Eduardo Manzanos Brochero.Bentley p.128 Plot summary Cast * José Alburquerque * Manuel Arbó * Xan das Bolas * Dolores Bremón * Faustino Bretaño * José Capilla * Federico Chacón * Juan Domenech * Llebe Donay * El Chirri * Máximo Ferrero * Antonio Fornis * María Luz Galicia * María de la Rosa * Julio Montijano * Antonio Moreno * Conchita Muñoz * Francisco Nuño * José Luis Ozores * Teófilo Palou Teófilo is a given name. People with the name include: *Teófilo Barrios (born 1964), Paraguayan football (soccer) defender * Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle-distance runner *Teófilo Borunda (1912–2001), Mexican politician * Teóf ... * Miguel Pastor * José Manuel Ramirez * Joaquín Regález * José G. Rey * Matilde Roldán * Cándido Sol References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982, and again in 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', is first shown at St Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Male Film Actors
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain * Spanish Fort (other) Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to: United States * Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city * Spanish Fort (Color ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
