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Gustavo Rojo
Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan-Mexican actor. Life and career Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His mother was the prominent Spanish author Mercedes Pinto, who emigrated to Uruguay for political reasons. His two older siblings, Pituka de Foronda and Ruben Rojo, also became actors. In the late 1920s, Mercedes wrote a play and Gustavo made his theater debut. Gustavo's screen debut came as a child actor in the 1938 Cuban film ''Ahora seremos felices'', in which his older sister Pituka had a starring role. In the 1940s, the family moved to Mexico, where Rojo worked steadily throughout the 1940s. In 1947, he made his Hollywood debut in the film '' Tarzan and the Mermaids'', which starred Johnny Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce. Rojo was engaged to Austrian actress Erika Remberg in 1958. He died on 22 April 2017 at the age of 93. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels Of The Street (1953 Film)
''Angels of the Street'' (Spanish: ''Ángeles de la calle'') is a 1953 Cuban-Mexican drama film directed by Agustín P. Delgado.García Osuna p.35 Cast * Rolando Barral as Pititi * Hortensia Betancourt as Mariposa * Jaime Calpe * Emilia Guiú as Magda * Andrea Palma as Regla * Ismael Pérez * Gustavo Rojo Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan-Mexican actor. Life and career Gustavo Rojo was born on 5 September 1923 on a German ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His mother was the prominent Spanish auth ... * Enrique Santisteban * Lupe Suárez as Brigida References Bibliography * Alfonso J. García Osuna. ''The Cuban Filmography: 1897 through 2001''. McFarland, 2003. External links * 1953 films Cuban drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Agustín P. Delgado 1953 drama films Cuban black-and-white films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{Cuba-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Island Princess (film)
''The Island Princess'' ( it, La principessa delle Canarie) is a 1954 Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Paolo Moffa. Plot The story takes place in 15th-century Spain. Canarian forces rise against Castille. Backup troops arrive on the island of Gran Canaria for aid due to the rising power of the Grancanarians. However, opinions about the war differ in the royal class. Guanarteme, the king and his daughter want peace. On the other hand, the warrior leader and the high priest want war. One day, Castillian officer Don Hernán falls in love with the king's daughter, despite the difference in their status. The high priest poisons the king fatally, and then tries to marry the princess. Soon after, the embassy of Castille, including Don Hernán, arrives for peace. His confession of love causes war in his camp. The princess and the high priest marry, despite the Castillian troops advance. The princess runs away with the high priest to the mountains of Tirma. Don Hernán follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehuantepec (film)
''Tehuantepec'' is a 1954 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Katy Jurado, Gustavo Rojo and Enrique Rambal.Quinlan p.281 In the early twentieth century a railway is constructed across Tehuantepec to try and compete with the Panama Canal which was also under construction. Cast In alphabetical order * Manuel Arvide * Victorio Blanco * Manuel Calvo * Eduardo Fajardo * Pedro Galván * Enrique García Álvarez * Eduardo González Pliego * Gilberto González * Enrique Iñigo * Katy Jurado * José Muñoz * Manuel Noriega * Diana Ochoa * Polo Ortín * Consuelo Pastor * Ismael Pérez * Enrique Rambal * Tracey Roberts * Gustavo Rojo * Domingo Soler Domingo Soler (born Domingo Díaz Pavia; 17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961) was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 films. Soler won an Ariel ... * Jorge Treviño Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borrasca En Las Almas
''Borrasca en las almas'' ( en, Storm in the Soul) is a 1954 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana. Cast *María Elena Marqués *Roberto Cañedo *Gustavo Rojo *Carlos Orellana *Emma Roldán *Salvador Quiroz *Carlos Riquelme *José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky' *Eulalio González Eulalio "Lalo" González Ramírez (16 December 1921 – 1 September 2003), nicknamed "Piporro", was a Mexican actor, humorist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, announcer, film director, and film producer. Early life González was born in the home ... *Lidia Franco *Manuel de la Vega *Dolores Tinoco External links * 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1954 drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Sky Of Spain
''Under the Sky of Spain'' (Spanish:''Bajo el cielo de España'') is a 1953 Mexican-Spanish drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Gustavo Rojo and Marisa de Leza.Riera p.1951 Cast References Bibliography * Emilio García Riera. ''Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo, 1897-1997''. Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, 1998. External links * 1953 drama films Spanish drama films Mexican drama films 1953 films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Miguel Contreras Torres Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Mexican black-and-white films Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Younger Brother (film)
''Younger Brother'' (Spanish: ''Hermano menor'') is a 1953 Spanish drama film directed by Domingo Viladomat and starring Gustavo Rojo, María Rivas and Enrique Guitart Enric Guitart i Matas (Barcelona, 1 May 1909 – 30 November 1999), better known as simply Enric Guitart, or Enrique Guitart in Spanish circles, was a Catalan and Spanish stage and film actor. He appeared in around forty films during his career. H ....Gómez p.123 Synopsis Two boys are orphaned by their father, who has committed suicide in the suburbs of a big city. The older brother will make an effort so that his younger sister can study. Cast In alphabetical order References Bibliography * Juan Francisco Cerón Gómez. ''Cien años de cine en Lorca''. EDITUM, 1999. External links * 1953 drama films Spanish drama films 1953 films 1950s Spanish-language films Spanish black-and-white films 1950s Spanish films {{1950s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Madrid To Heaven
''From Madrid to Heaven'' ( es, De Madrid al cielo, links=no) is a 1952 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring María de los Ángeles Morales, Gustavo Rojo and Manolo Morán.Bentley p.118 It is set in early 20th-century Madrid. The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón Enrique Alarcón Sánchez-Manjavacas (1917–1995) was a Spanish art director.Faulkner p.106 He worked on over two hundred films. Selected filmography * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * ''The Phantom and Dona Juanita'' (1945) * '' .... Cast Release The film premiered at the on 16 May 1952. See also * List of Spanish films of 1952 References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. * External links * 1952 musical comedy films Spanish musical comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Suevia Films films Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Spanish black-and-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parsifal
''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is an opera or a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is loosely based on the 13th-century Middle High German epic poem ''Parzival'' of the ''Minnesänger'' Wolfram von Eschenbach, recounting the story of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail. Wagner conceived the work in April 1857, but did not finish it until 25 years later. In composing it he took advantage of the particular acoustics of his Bayreuth Festspielhaus. ''Parsifal'' was first produced at the second Bayreuth Festival in 1882. The Bayreuth Festival maintained a monopoly on ''Parsifal'' productions until 1903, when the opera was performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Wagner described ''Parsifal'' not as an opera, but as (a festival play for the consecration of the stage). At Bayreuth a tradition has arisen that audiences do not applaud at the end of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evil Forest
''The Evil Forest'' ( es, Parsifal) is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by Daniel Mangrané. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Plot During World War III, two soldiers enter a ruined building. They find an old book containing the story of Parsifal. The story is located in Spain during the barbarian invasions. The warrior Roderico, tired of fighting, stops Klingsor from abusing a captive woman. Klingsor challenges him as a coward before the barbarian king who holds the holy lance. In the fight, Roderico wins but refuses to kill Klingsor, who treacherously wounds him. Roderico leaves with the captive. The king disapproves of treachery. Klingsor challenges him and becomes the king of the barbarians. He devotes himself to magic. After Roderico's death, the captive bears a boy, Parsifal. She tries to find the grail but cannot. They refuge in Montserrat. A troop of grail knights passes and encourages the young child. When looking for Parsifal, his mother falls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronghold (1951 Film)
''Stronghold'' is a 1951 American-Mexican Western historical film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott and Arturo de Córdova. A separate Spanish version ''Red Fury'' was also made. The cost of both films was $519,000. Plot In 1865, Señora Stevens and her American daughter Maria leave the US to return to Stevens' homeland of Mexico along with their servant Caesar. Both Maria's father and brother were killed in the US Civil War (the father fighting for the South, the brother for the North), and they hope to live peacefully under Emperor Maximilian. Maria, her mother and Cesar are kidnapped by the bandit Ignacio López as soon as they land. Señora Stevens fakes a collapse, which allows Caesar to attack Lopez and the women to escape. They arrive at an estate belonging to Don Pedro Álvarez, the son of an old friend of Senora Stevens. Nacho arrives with Caesar and it is revealed that Alvarez is an ally of Benito Juárez who is leading the fight agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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