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Juarez And Maximillian
''Juarez'' or ''Juarez and Maximilian'' (Spanish: ''Juárez y Maximiliano'') is a 1934 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and Raphael J. Sevilla. The film is set during the French intervention in Mexico during the 1860s, and features the battle between Maximilian I of Mexico and Benito Juárez. The theme is based on the 1925 play called ''Juarez and Maximilian'' by Franz Werfel. The theme is used again in the later 1939 American film '' Juarez''. It was one of the few major commercial successes for the Mexican film industry in the early sound era,Elena & López p.26 before the beginning of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. It was one of the most expensive Mexican films made at that time. Cast * Medea de Novara as Carlota * Enrique Herrera as Maximilian * Alfredo del Diestro as Marshall Bazaine * Antonio R. Frausto as Porfirio DÃaz * Froylan B. Tenes as Benito Juárez * Matilde Palou as Princess of Salm-Salm * Julio Villarreal as Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Orellana
Carlos Orellana MartÃnez (28 December 1900 in Hidalgo – 24 January 1960 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor, film director and screenwriter. Filmography As actor *1932: ''Santa'' - Hipólito *1933: '' El anónimo'' - Médico *1933: ''La llorona'' - Mario - criado *1933: '' La noche del pecado'' *1934: '' Juárez y Maximiliano'' - Doctor Basch *1937: '' No te engañes corazón'' - Don Boni(facio) Bonafé *1937: ''La Paloma'' - Coronel Refugio Romero *1937: '' No basta ser madre'' *1938: '' Sucedió en La Habana'' *1938: '' El Rosario de Amozoc'' - Odilón *1938: ''El romance del palmar'' *1939: ''El capitán aventurero'' - Sgt. Carrasquilla *1939: '' El hotel de los chiflados'' - Administrador *1939: ''En un burro tres baturros'' - Santiago MÃguez *1939: '' Calumnia'' - Dr. Pietro *1939: '' Mujeres y toros'' *1939: ''El signo de la muerte'' - Dr. Gallardo *1940: '' Pobre diablo'' - Ponciano Luque *1940: '' La canción del milagro'' - Isaac *1940: '' Miente y serás fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Herrera (actor)
Enrique Herrera (July 4, 1904 – December 28, 1991) was a Cuban film actor who settled in Mexico. He played the role of Emperor Maximilian in the 1934 Mexican historical film ''Juarez and Maximillian''.Herzberg He wrote, produced and directed the 1940 comedy film ''Narciso's Hard Luck'', his only non-acting credits. Selected filmography * ''Juárez y Maximiliano'' (1934) * ''La paloma'' (1937) * ''Huapango'' (1938) * '' Cada loco con su tema'' (1938) * '' La tÃa de las muchachas'' (1938) * '' Caballo a caballo'' (1939) * '' Los apuros de Narciso'' (1940) * '' Mil estudiantes y una muchacha'' (1941) * ''Hotel de verano'' (1944) * '' Una mujer que no miente'' (1944) * '' Yo soy usted (1944) * '' Cuando quiere un mexicano (1944) * '' Me he de comer esa tuna'' (1945) * '' Lo que va de ayer a hoy'' (1945) * '' El superhombre'' (1946) * '' El conquistador'' (1947) * ''Canasta uruguaya ''Canasta uruguaya'' ("Uruguayan Basket") is a 1951 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Drama Films
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Films
The following is an overview of 1934 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1934 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 26 – Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000. *February 19 – Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade. *April 19 – Fox Studios releases ''Stand Up and Cheer!'', with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine. *May 18 – Paramount releases '' Little Miss Marker'', with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role. *June 13 – An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released. *July 28 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Galán
Alberto Galán (November 20, 1901 – January 5, 1977) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor. He starred in the 1943 film ''MarÃa Candelaria''.Mora p.62 Selected filmography * ''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Simón BolÃvar'' (1942) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''MarÃa Candelaria'' (1943) * ''The House of the Fox'' (1945) * ''Cantaclaro'' (1946) * ''Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success an ...'' (1946) References Bibliography * Mora, Carl J. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society''. University of California Press, 1989. External links * 1901 births 1977 deaths Mexican male film actors Spanish male film actors Spanish emigrants to Mexico People from Cantabria 20th-century Mexican male actors {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorio Blanco
Victorio Blanco (1893–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Riera p.220 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career, appearing in around three hundred films. Selected filmography * ''Judas'' (1936) * '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940) * ''Simón BolÃvar'' (1942) * '' The Magician'' (1949) * '' Another Spring'' (1950) * '' The Doorman'' (1950) * ''Cabaret Shangai'' (1950) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1950) * ''Aventurera'' (1950) * ''Traces of the Past'' (1950) * ''Los Olvidados'' (1950) * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * ''Serenade in Acapulco'' (1951) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) * ''MarÃa Montecristo'' (1951) * ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951) * ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * ''Los enredos de una gallega'' (1951) * ''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * ''My Darling Clementine'' (1953) * '' The Player'' (1953) * ''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) * ''Tehuantepec'' (1954) * '' The Sin of Being a Woman'' (1955) * ''The Bandits of Cold River ''The Bandits of Cold River'' (Spanish:''Los bandidos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis G
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Peón
Ramón Peón (1887–1971) was a Cuban actor, screenwriter and film director. He also produced and edited some of his films.Hershfield & Maciel, p. 41 Selected filmography * '' El veneno de un beso'' (1929) * '' Road of Hell'' (1931) * ''Sanctuary'' (1933) * ''La Llorona'' (1933) * '' Heroic Silence'' (1935) * '' Women of Today'' (1936) * '' A Dangerous Adventure'' (1939) * ''Opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...'' (1949) References Bibliography * Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. External links * 1887 births 1971 deaths Cuban film editors Cuban film producers Cuban screenwriters Cuban male writers Male screenwriters Cuban male film actors Cuban film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MarÃa Luisa Zea
MarÃa Luisa Zea (5 February 1913 – 27 December 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In her career spanning 24 years, she appeared in over 50 motion pictures. Selected filmography *'' La Llorona'' (1933) *''Sanctuary'' (1933) *'' La noche del pecado'' (1933) *''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Bajo el cielo de Mexico'' (1937) *'' La Zandunga'' (1938) *''Una luz en mi camino'' (1939) *'' Cuando habla el corazón'' (1943) *'' My Lupe and My Horse'' (1944) *'' El corsario negro'' (1944) *'' El jagüey de las ruinas'' (1944) *''El Gran campeón'' (1949) *''Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado'' (1949) *''They Say I'm a Communist ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (Spanish: ''Dicen que soy comunista'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Adalberto MartÃnez, MarÃa Luisa Zea and Miguel Manzano.Agrasánchez p.26 Cast * Adalberto MartÃnez as ...'' (1951) References External links * 1913 births 2002 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Villarreal
Julio Villarreal (7 December 1885 – 4 August 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico. He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Taibo p.155 Born as Julio Crochet i MartÃnez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theater actors, he moved to Argentina and Perú in 1900, then returned to Spain in 1921. After the Spanish Civil War, Julio moved to the United States and in 1932 he finally settled in Mexico City. He acted in many Mexican movies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema along with many stars such as MarÃa Félix, Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete who became his son in law by marrying Elisa Christy (Elisa Crochet Asperó), daughter of Julio Villarreal. Selected filmography * ''El rey de los gitanos'' (1933) * ''Sanctuary'' (1933) * ''The Unknown Policeman'' (1941) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942) * ''Simón BolÃvar'' (1942) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''The White Monk'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''Adultery'' (1945) * ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Salm-Salm
Agnes Salm-Salm (December 25, 1844 – December 21, 1912) was the American wife of Prince Felix zu Salm-Salm, a Prussian mercenary beside whom she played a role in the American Civil War, the Mexican Civil War between President Benito Juárez and the Austrian archduke Maximilian I of Mexico, and the Franco-Prussian War. Family and childhood She was born Agnes Elisabeth Winona Leclerc Joy in Franklin, Vermont, the daughter of American general William Leclerc Joy (1793–) and his second wife, Julia Willard (died 1882). Her paternal grandfather was Mica (Micah) Joy (1753–1826) who married Mercy Terrill (1764–1843). She was described as red-haired, strong willed, small, and dainty.''A Victorian Lady's Trip to Europe Summer 1914: Rachel Brewer Halsey's diary'' ; accessed Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilde Palou
Matilde Palou was a Mexican film actress.Hershfield p.116 She appeared in thirty films during her career. Selected filmography * ''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Narciso's Hard Luck'' (1940) * ''The Eternal Secret ''The Eternal Secret'' (Spanish:''Secreto eterno'') is a 1942 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Orellana and starring Orellana, Marina Tamayo and David Silva.Gubern, p. 38, 214 The film's sets were designed by Ramón RodrÃguez Granada. ...'' (1942) * '' Susana'' (1951) * '' El derecho de nacer'' (1952) * '' Cradle Song'' (1953) * '' La intrusa'' (1954) References Bibliography * Hershfield, Joanne. ''Mexican Cinema/Mexican Woman, 1940-1950''. University of Arizona Press, 1996. External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Mexican film actresses 20th-century Mexican actresses {{Mexico-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
