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Juan De Landa
Juan de Landa (1894–1968) was a Spanish film actor, who was born in the Basque Country. de Landa entered the film industry in 1930 following the arrival of sound film. He initially acted in Spanish-language versions of Hollywood films, but later worked mainly in the Spanish and Italian film industries. His best-known role is in Luchino Visconti's 1943 film ''Ossessione''.Bacon p.248 Partial filmography * ''El último de los Vargas'' (1930) - Capitán de los Rurales * ''El valiente'' (1930) - Sargento de policia * ''El presidio'' (1930) - Butch * ''De frente, marchen'' (1930) - El sargento Gruñón * ''La fruta amarga'' (1931) - Bill * ''Love in Every Port'' (1931) - Tripode * ''Su última noche'' (1931) - Aquiles Desano * ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1931) - Insp. Hunt * ''Se ha fugado un preso'' (1935) * ''El secreto de Ana María'' (1936) * ''Al margen de la ley'' (1936) * ''Carmen fra i rossi'' (1939) - Amalio * ''The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez'' (1940) - Massimo * ''Saint Roge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Jester
''The King's Jester'' ( it, Il re si diverte) is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Michel Simon, María Mercader and Rossano Brazzi. The film is an adaptation of the play ''Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo and uses music from Verdi's later opera ''Rigoletto''.Fawkes p. 111 It is set at the court of Francis I of France in the Sixteenth century. Cast * Michel Simon as Rigoletto * María Mercader as Gilda * Rossano Brazzi as Il re Francesco Iº * Doris Duranti as Margot * Paola Barbara as La duchessa di Cosse * Elli Parvo as La zingara * Carlo Ninchi as Il conte di Saint Vallier * Juan de Landa as Sparafucile * Loredana as Diana Di Saint Vallier * Franco Coop as Il duca di Cosse * Corrado Racca as Signor De Brion * Giulio Battiferri as Uno dei rapitori di Gilda * Oreste Bilancia as Un cortegiano * Gildo Bocci as Il Gran Visir * Ruggero Capodaglio as Un cortegiano * Stanis Cappello as Un cortegiano * Renato Chiantoni as Il terzo zingaro * Gemm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cento Piccole Mamme
''Cento piccole mamme'' (t.l. ''One Hundred Littles Mums'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Giulio Morelli and Léonide Moguy. Cast * William Tubbs as Prof. Martino Prosperi * Lia Amanda as Anna * Clelia Matania as director Sampieri * Checco Durante as commissioner * Juan de Landa as Don Michele * Ugo D'Alessio See also * ''Forty Little Mothers'' (1936) * ''Forty Little Mothers ''Forty Little Mothers'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor. Plot Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...'' (1940) References External links * 1952 films Italian drama films 1950s Italian-language films Italian remakes of French films Films directed by Léonide Moguy 1952 drama films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brief Rapture
''Brief Rapture'' (Italian: ''Lebbra bianca'') is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Enzo Trapani and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Lois Maxwell and Umberto Spadaro. An Italian war veteran teams up with a police inspector to pursue the drug-dealing gang who have killed his sister. It was shot at the SACI Studios in Rome. Plot Stefano returns to Rome to look for Lucia, a sister he hasn't heard of for months now. Lucia works with a rich family, Stefano goes to the family and finds in Lucia's suitcase an address of a pension, when he arrives at the pension he meets Erika a foreign girl who is a friend of Lucia, but Erika has no information to give him. Stefano who has fallen in love with Erika goes with her to a dance hall where he works, when he arrives at the club he comes into contact with a gang of cocaine traffickers; discovering that Erika is their contact. At this point Stefano goes to a clandestine gambling den and while there is a police raid he learns that Lucia has commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devotion (1950 Film)
''Devotion'' (Italian title ''L'edera'') is a 1950 Italy, Italian melodrama film directed by Augusto Genina. The film is adapted from the famous Italian novel ''L'Edera (novel), L'Edera'' written by Grazia Deledda and published in 1908. Synopsis Annesa (played by Columba Dominguez), is a from a declining aristocratic family and very much devoted to her family, the Decherchi, which is at the edge of financial collapse. The fate of the family depends on the success of their efforts to inherit the estate of a distant uncle who, is hosted by the Decherchis, because of his ill health and is now on the verge of dying. Annesa, exacerbated by the refusal of the uncle to help financially Annesa's financially strapped nephew Don Paulu Decherchi (played by Roldano Lupi), that she is secretly in love with, murders the uncle. Despite the suspicions and investigations by the police, the murder is not discovered. But Annesa, overcome by remorse, confesses her deed to a priest. Cast * Columba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina (film)
''Alina'' is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina. The film stars Gina Lollobrigida as Alina and Amedeo Nazzari as Giovanni. Cast *Gina Lollobrigida as Alina *Amedeo Nazzari as Giovanni *Doris Dowling as Marie *Juan de Landa as Lucien *Otello Toso as Marco *Lauro Gazzolo as Alina's Husband *Camillo Pilotto as Andrea *Gino Cavalieri as Giulio *Vittorio André *Oscar Andriani Oscar Andriani (28 December 1905 – 17 July 1987) was an Italian actor and playwright. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1969. Life and career Born in Brescia, Andriani made his stage debut at 17 years old in the theatrical comp ... as A smuggler * Frank Colson as L'Americano * as Il brigadiere External links * 1950 films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Films directed by Giorgio Pastina 1950 drama films Italian drama films Melodrama films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vila Family
''The Vila Family'' (Spanish:''La familia Vila'') is a 1950 Spanish comedy film directed by Ignacio F. Iquino and starring José Isbert, Juan de Landa and Modesto Cid.Labanyi & Pavlović p.66 Cast * Barta Barri * Modesto Cid as Abuelo * Jesús Colomer as Jaime * Juan de Landa as Teófilo Torrens * Silvia de Soto as Patrona * María Victoria Durá as Engracia * María Francés as Adela * Maruchi Fresno as Carmen * José Isbert José Enrique Benito y Emeterio Ysbert Alvarruiz (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), also known as José Isbert and/or Pepe Isbert, was a Spanish actor. Biography Early life In 1903 he worked at the Court of Accounts (Trib ... as Señor Vila * Lina Izquierdo as Nuri * Liria Izquierdo as Izquierdo, Lina * Fernando Nogueras as Jorge Alsua * Juana Soler as Elvira * Eugenio Testa as Don Cosme References Bibliography * Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. John Wiley & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Beloved Juan
''My Beloved Juan'' (Spanish:''Mi adorado Juan'') is a 1950 Spanish comedy film directed by Jerónimo Mihura and starring Conchita Montes, Conrado San Martín and Juan de Landa. Synopsis The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate it, falling all suspicion on a certain Eloísa, the proud daughter of a scientist who uses dogs to create an antidote against sleep. Juan is a person who is everyone's friend because his only occupation is to do favors for everyone and sleep a lot, with the conviction that whoever sleeps well has to be a good person, without the evil and rancor that comes from not sleeping. In this way he establishes acquaintance with Eloisa. Cast * Conchita Montes as Eloísa Palacios * Conrado San Martín as Juan * Juan de Landa as Sebastián * Luis Pérez de León as Doctor Vidal * Alberto Romea as Doctor Palacios * José Isbert as Pedro * Rafael Navarro as Doctor Manríquez * Julia Lajos as Rosa * Rosita Valero a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maragatan Sphinx
''The Maragatan Sphinx'' (Spanish:''La esfinge maragata'') is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Antonio de Obregón and starring Paquita de Ronda.Fernández-Medina & Truglio It takes its title from the Maragatería region. Synopsis The action takes place in a Maragata hacienda that is sinking into misery, whose situation can only be resolved through a marriage of convenience. But the marriageable girl, during a train trip, falls in love with a young poet and is reciprocated. Her family opposes this relationship, since they have promised her in marriage with a man of good position. Cast * Paquita de Ronda as Mariflor Salvadores * Luis Peña as Rogelio * Juan José Martínez Casado as Antonio Salvadores * Juan de Landa as Tío Cristóbal * Fernando Fernández de Córdoba * Carmen Reyes * Julia Caba Alba as Tía de Mariflor * Gabriel Algara * Juana Mansó * Julia Pachelo * Manena Algora * Emilio Pages * Concha López Silva * Mari Paz Molinero Mari may refer to: Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Corner Of Spain
''In a Corner of Spain'' (Spanish: ''En un rincón de España'') is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Jerónimo Mihura and starring Carlos Agostí, Juan de Landa and Blanca de Silos. It was the first Spanish film in colour, using the cinefotocolor process.Bentley p.95-96 Part of the narrative portrays the lives of Polish political refugees who have settled in Spain. Cast * Carlos Agostí as Pablo * José Bruguera as Padre Luis * Jesús Castro Blanco as Médico * Arturo Cámara as Comisario * Juan de Landa as Alcalde * Blanca de Silos as Lida Kluber * Osvaldo Genazzani as Stanis Kluber * José Isbert as Tío Tomás, el pescador * María Martín as Rosa María * Adriano Rimoldi as Vladimir * Conrado San Martín as Ian Eminowicz * Aníbal Vela as Juan Carlos * Bartolomé Planas * Manuel Requena * Juan Manuel Soriano Juan Manuel Soriano (1920 – 10 October 1995) was a Spanish voice actor and his career spanned over 50 years including a radio program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Any Woman
''Just Any Woman'' (Spanish: ''Una mujer cualquiera'') is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring María Félix, Antonio Vilar and Mary Delgado. Synopsis A woman who is alone tries to get ahead on her own, but precisely her beauty hinders her because all men see her as an instrument of pleasure, and the only way out of her is to "do the street". She then meets Luis, who is going to get her into a big mess, turning her life into a frenetic obstacle course. Cast * María Félix as Nieves Blanco * Antonio Vilar as Luis * Mary Delgado as Isabel * Juan Espantaleón as Comisario * José Nieto as Vecino * Juan de Landa as Padre de Luis * Manolo Morán as Taxista * Eduardo Fajardo as Ricardo * Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Doctor * Ángel de Andrés as Camionero * Carolina Giménez as Rosa * Ricardo Acero as Viajero tren * Julia Caba Alba as Ofelia * María Isbert as Pasajera tren * Félix Fernández as Julio * Rafael Bardem as Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Party Goes On
''The Party Goes On'' (Spanish:''La fiesta sigue'') is a 1948 Spanish drama film directed by Enrique Gómez and starring Antonio Casal, María Isbert and Juan Vázquez. It is set in the world of bullfighting Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms wh ...Bentley p.107 Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1948 films 1948 drama films Spanish drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Enrique Gómez Films scored by Jesús García Leoz Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish films {{1940s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |