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Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Gregorio Martínez Sierra (6 May 1881 – 1 October 1947) was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, and theatre director, a key figure in the revival of the Spanish theatrical avant-garde in the early twentieth century. Biography Firstborn son of Eduardo Martínez Cuesta and Emilia Sierra Muñoz, he had 5 sisters and 2 brothers. In 1900, he married the writer María de la O Lejárraga García. The deft handling of female characters in Martínez Sierra's works has been attributed to the collaboration of his wife. Since the publication of her memoir ''Gregorio y yo'' ('Gregorio and I', 1953), her authorship of many of his plays has been increasingly recognised by scholars. Work as a poet and playwright Martínez Sierra's literary career began at the age of 17 with the publication of ''El poema del trabajo'' ('The Poem of Work', 1898), a volume of poetry in the modernist style. His subsequent books of poetry included ''Diálogos fantásticos'' ('Fantastic Dialogues', 1899), ''Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-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 Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism (arts), symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature. He initially rose to fame with ''Romancero gitano'' (''Gypsy Ballads'', 1928), a book of poems depicting life in his native Andalusia. His poetry incorporated traditional Andalusian motifs and avant-garde styles. After a sojourn in New York City from 1929 to 1930—documented posthumously in ''Poeta en Nueva York'' (''Poet in New York'', 1942)—he returned to Spain and wrote his best-known plays, ''Blood Wedding'' (1932), ''Yerma'' (1934), and ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' (1936). García Lorca was homosexual and suffered from Depression (mood), depression after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon (1959 Film)
''Honeymoon'' () is a 1959 film by the British director-writer Michael Powell based in part on the ballet ''El Amor Brujo'' by Manuel de Falla. The film stars Anthony Steel, Ludmilla Tchérina and Spanish ballet dancer Antonio, and features Léonide Massine. The film functions as a travelogue around Spain with dance interludes, mainly set to the repeated theme of "The Honeymoon Song" by Mikis Theodorakis. Performed in the film by Marino Marini and his quartet, it was subsequently recorded by many performers, including the Beatles. It is one of Powell's least regarded movies. Plot Ballet dancer Anna Cato (Ludmilla Tchérina) has just given up the ballet to marry Australian farmer Kit Kelly (Anthony Steel). They are touring Spain in their open top Bentley for their honeymoon before going to live on the sheep station that Kit runs in Australia. An American car races past them at high speed but it soon has to stop to change a burst tyre. The car is driven by the famous Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando De Fuentes
Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 13, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films ''El prisionero trece'', ''El compadre Mendoza'', and ''Vámonos con Pancho Villa'', all part of his ''Revolution Trilogy'' on the Mexican Revolution. Biography Early life and education Born in Veracruz; Mexico on December 13, 1894, son of Fernando de Fuentes and Emelina Carrau de Fuentes. He studied Philosophy at Tulane University in New Orleans. Career On his return to Mexico he worked as executive assistant of Venustiano Carranza during the Mexican Revolution. After his marriage in 1919, he moved to Washington, D.C., and worked at the Mexican Embassy. Back in Mexico, he wrote poetry and undertook journalism as a hobby, and worked in the Film Industry in exhibition. In 1932 he made his first film, "El Anónimo", and in the same year "Una Vida por Otra", in 1933 "El prisionero trece", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canción De Cuna (1953 Film)
''Cradle Song'' () is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes. Plot The daughter of a prostitute is abandoned in a convent where a nun cares for her, as she asks to not be taken to an hospice. Cast * María Elena Marqués * Carmelita González * Alma Delia Fuentes * Anita Blanch * César del Campo * Sara Guasch * Fernando Cortés * Queta Lavat * Matilde Palou * Verónica Loyo * Beatriz Ramos * Josefina Leiner * Marcela Quevedo Reception In ''Historia mínima. La cultura mexicana en el siglo XX'', Carlos Monsiváis cites the film when describing what he considers a decline in the career of director Fernando de Fuentes Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 13, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films ''El prisionero trece'', ''El compadre Mendoza'', a ...: "The decline is incomprehensible: how is the director of '' Godfather Mendoza'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Amor Brujo
''El amor brujo'' (, "Love, the sorcerer") is a ballet by Manuel de Falla. The libretto is by María de la O Lejárraga García, although for years it was attributed to her husband Gregorio Martínez Sierra. It exists in three versions as well as a piano suite drawn from four of its movements. Andalusian in character, its music includes the celebrated '' Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance)'', the ''Canción del fuego fatuo (Song of the Will-o'-the-Wisp)'' and the ''Danza del terror''. Its songs are in Andalusian Spanish. Versions and performance history Gitanería (1915) ''El amor brujo'' was commissioned in 1914 as a ''gitanería'', or danced gypsy entertainment, dedicated to the flamenco dancer and cantaora Pastora Imperio. It was finished the next year but its premiere, on 15 April at the Teatro Lara in Madrid, proved unsuccessful. This version, in two scenes, is for dancers and actors and is scored for cantaora voice and chamber ensemble. First revised version (191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Román
Antonio Román (9 November 1911 – 16 June 1989) was a prolific Spain, Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer. Antonio Román was born Ourense, Spain on 9 November 1911. Román began directing films in the later 1930s starting with documentaries. His first dramatic feature film was ''Esquadrilla''. His other work includes an adaptation of ''Lola Montes (1944 film), Lola Montes'' and ''La Fierecilla domada'', a retelling of ''The Taming of the Shrew''. Many of these films star his wife, actress Yvonne Bastien. Román has won several international awards such as Golden Olive Tree from the Cine de Humor de Bordighera in Italy for ''Bombas para la paz'' and an award for ''Pacto de silencio'' from the Cork Festival in Ireland. Román died on 16 June 1989. Prior to his death, he worked with Radio Exterior. The Spanish newspaper ''El País'' stated on his death that Román was one of the most "prominent names in post-war Spanish cinema" directing over 30 films. Filmograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Hombres Las Prefieren Viudas
''Los hombres las prefieren viudas'' (''Men Prefer Widows'') is a 1943 Argentine film, directed by Gregorio Martínez Sierra and starring Catalina Bárcena, Santiago Gómez Cou and Alita Román. The film, made by Estudios San Miguel, is based on the play of the same name by Pedro E. Pico. It premiered in Buenos Aires on July 21, 1943. The film was remade in Spain in 1970, with the same title, by León Klimovsky. Plot A single, middle-aged woman pretends to be a widow to find a husband, but the man she claims to be her deceased "husband" reappears alive, complicating her situation. Cast * Catalina Bárcena * Santiago Gómez Cou * Alita Román * Rosa Catá * Rosa Rosen * Marcial Manent * Oscar Villa * Francisco López Silva * Iris Portillo * Perla Mux * Mario Faig * Max Citelli * Miguel Ligero * Muguet-Albaicín * Alberto D'Salvio Release The film was theatrically released in Argentina on 21 July 1943. Reception ''La Nación ''La Nación'' () is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canción De Cuna (1941 Film)
is a 1941 Argentine film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, based on the famous 1911 play by Gregorio Martínez Sierra. It is about a group of nuns who find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent and decide to bring her up. The last act shows the girl, now a full-grown woman, leaving the convent to get married, and dramatizes the struggle of the nun who raised her to let her go. has been filmed many times in Spanish, and produced twice in English on TV's ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'', but this 1941 version is the only one actually directed by the author. The best-known (though extremely rarely shown) version is the 1933 Paramount Pictures production made in English, starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film '' Death Takes a Holiday''. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s .... C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reinhardt (director)
John Reinhardt (1901–1953) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, and film director. He worked for a number of years in Mexico, where he directed the 1948 American Cold War thriller ''Sofia (1948 film), Sofia''.Shapiro p.362 He was married to American screenwriter Elizabeth Reinhardt. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Climax (1930 film), The Climax'' (1930) * ''The Dance Goes On (1930 film), The Dance Goes On'' (1930) * ''Six Hours to Live'' (1932) Director * ''El día que me quieras (1935 film), El día que me quieras'' (1935) * ''Captain Calamity (film), Captain Calamity'' (1936) * ''Tengo fe en ti'' (1940) * ''The Guilty (1947 film), The Guilty'' (1947) * ''High Tide (1947 film), High Tide'' (1947) * ''For You I Die'' (1947) * ''Sofia (1948 film), Sofia'' (1948) * ''Open Secret'' (1948) * ''Chicago Calling'' (1951) * ''Mailman Mueller'' (1953) * ''They Call It Love'' (1953) Screenwriter * ''The River Pirate'' (1928) * ''Primavera en otoño'' (1933) * ''Nothing More Than a Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis King
Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Early years King was born in 1898 in Christiansburg, Virginia. His name was also written as L.H. King and Lewis King. A brother of director Henry King (director), Henry King, he grew up on a tobacco farm. Their parents died in 1918, after which he moved to California, where his brother was already working in films. Career King first worked for his brother, who was acting and directing for the Balboa Film Company. Then he became a "general handy man" for American Film Company. He entered the film business in 1919 as a character actor. He specialized in villains and blusterers. He began his career as a director of a series of Westerns in the 1920s as Lewis King: ''The Bantam Cowboy'' (1928), ''The Fightin' Redhead'' (1928), ''The Pinto Kid'' (1928), ''The Little Buckaroo'' (1928), ''The Slingshot Kid'' (1927), ''The Boy Ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Forde
Eugene Forde (1898–1986) was an American film director. Selected filmography * '' Daredevil's Reward'' (1928) * '' Painted Post'' (1928) * '' Son of the Golden West'' (1928) * '' Charlie Chan's Courage'' (1934) * '' Charlie Chan in London'' (1935) * '' The Great Hotel Murder'' (1935) * '' Your Uncle Dudley'' (1935) * '' 36 Hours to Kill'' (1936) * '' The Lady Escapes'' (1937) * '' Step Lively, Jeeves!'' (1937) * '' Charlie Chan on Broadway'' (1937) * '' Midnight Taxi'' (1937) * '' Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo'' (1938) * '' International Settlement'' (1938) * '' Inspector Hornleigh'' (1938) * '' Pier 13'' (1940) * '' Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise'' (1940) * '' Dressed to Kill'' (1941) * '' Sleepers West'' (1941) * '' Berlin Correspondent'' (1942) * '' The Crimson Key'' (1947) * ''Backlash Backlash may refer to: Literature * '' Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women'', a 1991 book by Susan Faludi * ''Backlash'' (Star Wars novel), a 2010 novel by Aaron Allston * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
