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Francisco Reiguera
Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965), ''Major Dundee'' (1965) and ''Guns for San Sebastian'' (1968). Selected filmography * ''The Noiseless Dead'' (1946) * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * '' The Genius'' (1948) * ''Tender Pumpkins'' (1949) * ''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) * ''The Brave Bulls'' (1951) * ''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * ''Engagement Ring'' (1951) * ''Snow White'' (1952) * ''You've Got Me By the Wing'' (1953) * ''Juan Polainas'' (1960) * ''Three Black Angels'' (1960) * ''Chucho el Roto'' (1960) * ''Juan Polainas'' (1960) * ''Guns for San Sebastian'' (1968) * ''Shark! ''Shark!'' (also known as ''Caine'' and ''Man-Eater'') is a 1969 Mexican-American action film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Burt Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. While in his 20s, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project, including an adaptation of ''Macbeth'' with an entirely African-American cast and the political musical '' The Cradle Will Rock''. In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including ''Caesar'' (1937), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''. In 1938, his radio anthology series ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel ''The War of the Worlds'', which caused s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!
''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (Spanish: ''¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Germán Valdés, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Agrasánchez p.40 Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin-Tan * Óscar Pulido * Yolanda Montes * Marcelo Chávez * José René Ruiz * Emma Rodríguez * Tito Novaro * Joaquín García Vargas * Miguel Manzano * Pompín Iglesias * Ildefonso Sánchez Curiel * Pedro de Urdimalas * Nicolás Rodríguez * Jesús Graña * Jorge Treviño * Guillermo Calles * Abel Cureño * El Gigantón * Los Sherife * José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Narrator * Victorio Blanco * Guillermo Bravo Sosa * Leonor Gómez as Cliente en bar * Héctor Mateos * José Muñoz * José Pardavé * Juan Pulido * Francisco Reiguera * Ismael Rodríguez as Transeúnte * Ramón Valdés * Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shark!
''Shark!'' (also known as ''Caine'' and ''Man-Eater'') is a 1969 Mexican-American action film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Burt Reynolds and Silvia Pinal. Plot Caine, a gunrunner, becomes stranded in a small port on the Red Sea. While there, he meets an attractive woman, Anna, who propositions him to dive into shark-infested waters off the coast. Though she alleges the purpose of the dive is scientific research, Caine eventually realizes that the woman and her partner are actually treasure hunters, and sees an opportunity to utilize the riches from the wreck they hope to raid to compensate for the earlier loss of his cargo. Cast * Burt Reynolds as Caine * Arthur Kennedy as Doc * Barry Sullivan as Professor Dan Mallare * Silvia Pinal as Anna * Francisco Reiguera as Yusef (credited as Francisco Reyguera) * Enrique Lucero as Inspector Barok * Manuel Alvarado as Latalla * Carlos Barry as Runt Production Development The film was based on the novel ''His Bones are Cora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chucho El Roto (film)
''Chucho el Roto'' is a 1960 Mexican historical adventure film directed by Manuel Muñoz and starring Carlos Baena, Adriana Roel and Óscar Pulido.Riera p.148 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century bandit Chucho el Roto. Cast * Carlos Baena as Chucho el Roto * Adriana Roel * Óscar Pulido * Arturo Martinez * Miguel Arenas * Tito Novaro * Fanny Schiller * Norma Angélica * Carlos Ancira * Emma Roldán * Francisco Reiguera Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965 ... References Bibliography * Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1959-1960''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994. External links * 1960 films 1960s action adventure films Mexican action adventure films 1960s historical adventure films Mexican historical adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Black Angels
''Three Black Angels'' (Spanish: ''Tres angelitos negros'') is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Miguel Aceves Mejía, Yolanda Varela and Pedro Vargas.Amador & Blanco p.158 Cast * Miguel Aceves Mejía as Ángel Reynosa * Yolanda Varela as Catalina * Pedro Vargas as Señor cura * Óscar Pulido as Tomás * Rodolfo Landa as Alonso * Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Don Óscar * José Pardavé as Matias Galván * Rafael Estrada * Enedina Díaz de León as Doña Perfecta, ama de llaves * Francisco Reiguera as Doctor * Carmen Romano * Américo Caggiano * Marujita Díaz María del Dulce Nombre Díaz Ruiz (27 April 1932 – 23 June 2015) better known as Marujita Díaz was a Spanish singer and actress. She was born in Seville, Spain. Díaz was known for presenting the very popular show '' Música y estrellas' ... as Maruja References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador & Jorge Ayala Blanco. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1960-1969' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Polainas
''Juan Polainas'' is a 1960 Mexican comedy film directed by René Cardona.García Riera, p. 182 Cast * Irma Dorantes * Antonio Espino * Daniel 'Chino' Herrera * Omar Jasso * Paco Michel * Francisco Reiguera * Andrés Soler * José Torvay José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ... References Bibliography * García Riera, Emilio. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1959-1960''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994. External links * 1960 films 1960 comedy films Mexican comedy films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by René Cardona 1960s Mexican films {{1960s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Got Me By The Wing
''You've Got Me By the Wing'' (Spanish: ''Me traes de un ala'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Silvia Pinal and Aurora Segura.Amador, p. 116. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Silvia Pinal as Rosita Alba Vírez * José María Linares-Rivas as Gámez * Aurora Segura as María Celis * Fernando Soto as Narciso * Marcelo Chávez as Jiménez * Maruja Grifell as Eulalia * Wolf Ruvinskis as Mayordomo * Juan García as Jefe de redacción * Joaquín García Vargas as Comisario * Guillermo Hernández as Criado * Pepe Hernández as Guardia * Pompín Iglesias as Policía * Araceli Julián as Cantante * Elena Julián as Cantante * Rosalía Julián as Cantante * Vicente Lara as Vendedor de cigarros * Consuelo Monteagudo as Adelaida - cantante ridícula * José Ortega as Ojitos de celuloide * José Pardavé * Francisco Reiguera * Humberto Rodríguez * Julio Sotelo as Anunciador teatro * Rafael Torres as Mesero * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow White (1952 Film)
''El ceniciento'' is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Alicia Caro, and Andrés Soler.Paranaguá p.90 It is a retelling of the Cinderella story from a male perspective. Cast * Germán Valdésas Valentín Gaytán * Alicia Caro as Magdalena * Andrés Soler as Andrés * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Tito Novaro as Marcelito * Magda Donato as Sirenia * Daniel Arroyo as Invitado a fiesta * Jaime Fernández as Anunciador * Francisco Reiguera Francisco Reiguera (November 9, 1899 – March 15, 1969) was a Spanish actor who is best known for playing the title role in Orson Welles’ unfinished film version of ''Don Quixote''. He also appeared in the films ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965 ... as Inspector celestial * Humberto Rodríguez as Jugador de cartas References Bibliography * Paulo Antonio Paranaguá. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995. * Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez. ''Latin America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engagement Ring (film)
''Engagement Ring'' (Spanish: ''Anillo de compromiso'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring David Silva, Martha Roth and Carmen Montejo. It was written by Luis Alcoriza. Cast *David Silva * Martha Roth *Carmen Montejo * Andrés Soler *Miguel Manzano *Felipe de Alba *José María Linares-Rivas * Nicolás Rodríguez *Cuco Sánchez *Beatriz Ramos *Armando Arriola *Francisco Reiguera *Olga Donoso *Juan Pulido *Diana Ochoa Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) ... References External links * 1951 films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1951 drama films Films directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Bulls (film)
''The Brave Bulls'' is a 1951 American drama film directed by Robert Rossen and written by John Bright. The film stars Mel Ferrer, Miroslava, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias, José Torvay and Charlita. The film was released on April 18, 1951 by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast *Mel Ferrer as Luis Bello * Miroslava as Linda de Calderon *Anthony Quinn as Raul Fuentes *Eugene Iglesias as Pepe Bello *José Torvay as Eladio Gomez *Charlita as Raquelita *Jose Luis Vasquez as Yank Delgado *Alfonso Alvirez as Loco Ruiz *Alfredo Aguilar as Pancho Perez *Francisco Balderas as Monkey Garcia *Felipe Mota as Jackdaw *Pepe López as Farique *Jose Meza as Little White *Vicente Cárdenas as Goyo Salinas *Manuel Orozco as Abundio de Lao *Estive Domínguez as Tacho *Silviano Sánchez as Policarpe Cana *Francisco Reiguera as Lara *Eduardo Arozamena as Don Alberto Iriarte *Luis Corona as Rufino Vega *Esther Laquin as Señora Bello *Juan Assael as Alfredo Bello *Delfino Morales as Indio *Rita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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