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Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro
Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro (1896–1975) was a Spanish film actress.D'Lugo p.261 She was the mother of the actress Luchy Soto. Her sisters Matilde Muñoz Sampedro and Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro were also both actors. Selected filmography * '' Heart of Gold'' (1941) * '' Stowaway on Board'' (1941) * '' Intrigue'' (1942) * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' Radio Stories'' (1955) * '' Miracles of Thursday'' (1957) * '' The Last Torch Song'' (1957) * '' The Showgirl'' (1960) * '' Queen of the Tabarin Club'' (1960) * '' Maribel and the Strange Family'' (1960) * ''Television Stories ''Television Stories'' (Spanish:''Historias de la televisión'') is a 1965 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Concha Velasco, Tony Leblanc and José Luis López Vázquez. It updated the basic plot of the 1955 ...'' (1965) * '' A Decent Adultery'' (1969) * '' The Green Envelope'' (1971) * '' Zorrita Martinez'' (1975) References Bibliography * D'L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 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, third-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. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Torch Song
''The Last Torch Song'', better known under its Spanish title ''El último cuplé'', is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera. It was released in Spain on 6 May 1957. It was immensely popular domestically and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point. The film's soundtrack album had also a wide international release. Cast Production The filming took place in Barcelona between November 1956 and January 1957. Montiel accepted to star in the film as a deference to its director Juan de Orduña and during a vacation in Spain in between her Hollywood filmings '' Serenade'' and ''Run of the Arrow ''Run of the Arrow'' is a 1957 American Western film written, directed, and produced by Samuel Fuller and starring Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, and a young Charles Bronson. Set at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10– February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorrita Martinez
''Zorrita Martinez'' (Spanish: ''Zorrita Martínez'') is a 1975 Spanish comedy drama film directed by Vicente Escrivá and starring José Luis López Vázquez, Nadiuska and Manuel Zarzo.de España p.83 A Venezuelan performer living in Spain, gets married so she can get a permit to stay in the country. The film's sets were designed by the art director Adolfo Cofiño. Cast * José Luis López Vázquez as Serafín * Nadiuska as Zorrita * Manuel Zarzo as Manolo * Bárbara Rey as Bibiana * Rafael Alonso as Don Arturo * Fernando Santos as Comisario * Jesús Guzmán as Subirana * Francisco Cecilio as Mariquita * José Luis Lizalde * Luis Barbero as Sacerdote * Emilio S. Espinosa * Carmen Platero * José Alonso * Yolanda Farr * Mariano Venancio * Raquel Rodrigo as Monja * Judy Stephen as Mujer de Jonathan * Víctor Israel as Paciente con muletas * Alfonso del Real as Ortigosa * Juana Jiménez * Marisa Bell as Corista * Lola Lemos * Emilio Forne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Envelope
''The Green Envelope'' (Spanish:''El sobre verde'') is a 1971 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Tony Leblanc, Esperanza Roy and Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro (1896–1975) was a Spanish film actress.D'Lugo p.261 She was the mother of the actress Luchy Soto. Her sisters Matilde Muñoz Sampedro and Mercedes Muñoz Sampedro were also both actors. Selected filmography * '' ....Bentley p.201 Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1970s musical comedy films Spanish musical comedy films 1971 films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil 1971 comedy films 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Decent Adultery
''A Decent Adultery'' (Spanish:''Un adulterio decente'') is a 1969 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Carmen Sevilla, Fernando Fernán Gómez and Manolo Gómez Bur.Mira p.124 Cast * Carmen Sevilla as Fernanda * Fernando Fernán Gómez as Dr. Leopoldo Cumberri * Manolo Gómez Bur as Melecio * Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón as Eduardo Bernal * Andrés Pajares as Federico Latorre * José Orjas as Eladio * Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro as Baruti * Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Magdalena * Mary Begoña as Emiliana Regueiro * Venancio Muro as Raigoso * María Isbert as Antonia * Julio Riscal as Paco * Rosa Palomar as Patro * Manuel Alexandre as Joaquín Renovales * Erasmo Pascual as Dr. Fernández * Maribel Hidalgo as Margarita * Rafael Hernández as Fermín * Vicente Haro as Galán * Mónica Randall as Pupé * José Alfayate as Bartolomé Ortigueira * Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Stories
''Television Stories'' (Spanish:''Historias de la televisión'') is a 1965 Spanish comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Concha Velasco, Tony Leblanc and José Luis López Vázquez. It updated the basic plot of the 1955 film '' Radio Stories'' by the same director.Bentley p.129 Partial cast * Concha Velasco as Katy (2) * Tony Leblanc as Felipe Carrasco * José Luis López Vázquez as Eladio (1) * Antonio Garisa as Don Marcelino (1,2) * Alfredo Landa as Antonio Parrondo y Carnicero, novio de Katy (2) * José Calvo as Ramón Valladares * José Alfayate as Faustino Carrasco * Manuel Alexandre as Técnico de TV (1) * José Luis Coll as Afrodisio Rincón, participante en concurso de TV (1) * Paco Morán as Agustín Cañizo, concursante escayolado (1) * Luchy Soto as Monja #2 * Rafaela Aparicio as Criada de Don Marcelino (1) * Gracita Morales as Esposa embarazada de Eladio (1) * Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro as Suegra de Eladio (1) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maribel And The Strange Family
''Maribel and the Strange Family'' (Spanish: ''Maribel y la extraña familia'') is a 1960 Spanish comedy film directed by José María Forqué and starring Silvia Pinal, Adolfo Marsillach and Julia Caba Alba.Bentley p.166 A widower wishes to marry an ex-prostitute, but her friends become convinced that he has murdered his first wife. 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 References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. External links * 1960 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1960 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by José María Forqué 1960s Spanish films {{1960s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of The Tabarin Club
''Queen of the Tabarin Club'' ( es, La reina del Tabarín / ) is a 1960 French-Spanish comedy film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Mikaela, Yves Massard and Dora Doll. It follows the adventures of a troupe of travelling musicians in the 1910s. It was released in France as ''Mariquita, La Belle de Tabarin''. Soledad Miranda Soledad Rendón Bueno (9 July 1943 – 18 August 1970), better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda (or sometimes Susan Korday), was an actress and pop singer who was born in Seville, Spain. She starred in several erotic th ... had a very small uncredited role in this film, the first time she appeared in a Franco film. She would later go on to star in 6 of Franco's thrillers in 1970, before her death in a tragic automobile accident. This was the first time Franco worked for producer Marius Lesouer as well, who would go on to produce many of Franco's later films, including his 1961 opus ''The Awful Dr. Orloff''. Partial cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Showgirl
''The Showgirl'' (Spanish: ''La corista'') is a 1960 Spanish musical film directed by José María Elorrieta and starring Marujita Díaz, Espartaco Santoni and Luis Sánchez Polack.Crusells p.222 Cast * Marujita Díaz as Marieta * Espartaco Santoni as Alfredo * Luis Sánchez Polack as Periodista * Joaquín Portillo 'Top' as Fotógrafo * Rafael Corés * Manolo Gómez Bur as Felipe * Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro as Clara * Paquito Cano as Sebastián * Félix Fernández as Pulino * Eduardo Hernández * Mara Laso as Rosa * Antonio Molino Rojo * Julia Pachelo * Antonio Riquelme as Novio de Rosa * José María Tasso as Pedro * José Villasante as Inspector de policía * Manuel Zarzo Manuel López Zarza (born 26 April 1932) better known as Manuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in more than 150 films since 1951. Selected filmography * '' Day by Day'' (1951) * '' Love in a Hot Climate'' (1954) * '' Cursed M ... References Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracles Of Thursday
Los jueves, milagro ( "On Thursday, miracle") is a 1957 Spanish comedy film directed by Luis García Berlanga. The movie is about people in a small village of Spain who decide to fake a miracle in order to increase tourism but things don't go as planned. Most shots of the film were made in Alhama de Aragón, Zaragoza. Plot A small Spanish town decides to follow the example of Fátima, Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Châ ... and other places that have progressed thanks to religious apparitions, and its "living forces" decide to invent a miracle to promote their spa. For this, five local characters (the mayor, the teacher, the doctor, the landowner and the owner of the spa) decide to make the town believe in the appearance of a saint, in order to revitalize th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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