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Jack Draper (cinematographer)
Jack Draper (1892–1962) was an American cinematographer.Berg p.195 He worked in Mexico for most of his career, where he was a leading film worker of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * ''Pony Express Rider'' (1926) * '' Across the Plains'' (1928) * ''Cheyenne Trails'' (1928) * '' Jazzland'' (1928) * '' Trails of Treachery'' (1928) * ''The Phantom'' (1931) * ''Here's the Point'' (1940) * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) * ''I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1943) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945) * ''I Am a Fugitive'' (1946) * ''Ramona'' (1946) * ''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (1947) * '' Over the Waves'' (1950) * ''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1951) * ''What Has That Woman Done to You?'' (1951) * ''The Night Falls'' (1952) * ''The Atomic Fireman'' (1952) * ''Tehuantepec'' (1954) * ''Acapulco'' (1956) * ''Puss Without B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer, Indiana
Spencer is a town in Washington Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,217 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Owen County. Spencer is part of the Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Spencer was platted in 1820, and named for Captain Spier Spencer, who fell at the Battle of Tippecanoe, after whom Spencer County is also named. A post office has been in operation at Spencer since 1821. The current building was constructed with New Deal funds in 1938. The Allison-Robinson House, David Enoch Beem House, Owen County Courthouse, Spencer Public Library, and Spencer Town Hall and Fire Station are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Downtown events include Christmas at the Square, Spencer Pride Festival, and the Rev20 Christian Music Festival. Geography According to the 2010 census, Spencer has a total area of , all land. Climate The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Orphans (1944 Film)
''The Two Orphans'' (Spanish:''Las dos huérfanas'') is a 1944 Mexican historical drama film directed by José Benavides hijo and starring Susana Guízar, Julián Soler and María Elena Marqués.Richard p.542 It is an adaptation of the play '' The Two Orphans'' by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of a large number of film versions that have been made. Cast * Susana Guízar * Julián Soler * María Elena Marqués * Anita Blanch * Rafael Baledón * Virginia Zurí * Rafael Banquells * Virginia Manzano * Miguel Arenas * Víctor Junco * Manuel Noriega * Lidia Franco * María Luisa Serrano * Ramón G. Larrea * José Morcillo * Victoria Argota Victoria Argota was a Spanish-Mexican film actress.García Riera, p. 28, 129, 210 Selected filmography * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico ''My Memories ... * Alma Riva References Bibliography * Alfred Charles Richard. ''Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acapulco (film)
''Acapulco'' is a 1952 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Elsa Aguirre, Armando Calvo and Miguel Torruco.Mora p.260 Cast * Elsa Aguirre as Diana Lozano * Armando Calvo as Ricardo Serrano * Miguel Torruco as Alberto * Óscar Pulido as Don Julio, gerente hotel * José María Linares-Rivas as Don Delfín * Rodolfo Acosta as Alfredo * Maruja Grifell as Enriqueta * Mimí Derba as Abuela de Ricardo * Luis Arcaraz * Manuel Calvo * Eva Garza as Cantante * Antonio Haro Oliva * Carlos Riquelme Carlos Riquelme (13 May 1914 – 17 May 1990) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 160 films between 1939 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''The Absentee'' (19 ... as Alonso, mesero References Bibliography * Carl J. Mora. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1952 films 1952 romantic comedy films M ... [...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] |
The Atomic Fireman
''The Atomic Fireman'' (Spanish: ''El bombero atómico'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Roberto Soto and Gilberto González.Stavans p.91 The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A newspaper delivery man-turned-firefighter-turned-policeman (Cantinflas) embarks on the unexpected mission of caring for a girl whose mother died. Cast * Cantinflas as Agente 777 * Roberto Soto as Comandante Bravo * Gilberto González as El Piquete * Elisa Quintanilla as Rosario * Miguel Manzano as Jefe bomberos * Pascual García Peña as El Chueco * Ernesto Finance as Licenciado / notario * Jorge Mondragon as Silverio * Eduardo Alcaraz as Sargento Policía * Ángel Infante as Policía * Pedro Elviro as Secretario (uncredited) * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) * María Gentil Arcos as Doña Cleofas (uncredited) * Salvador Quiroz as Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited) * Lily Aclemar as Sra. d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Falls
''The Night Falls'' (Spanish: ''La noche avanza'') is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and Rebeca Iturbide.Hernandez-Rodriguez p.62 Armendariz delivers a particularly energetic performance. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Edward Fitzgerald. Cast References Bibliography * R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. ''Splendors of Latin Cinema''. ABC-CLIO, 2009. External links * 1952 films 1952 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Has That Woman Done To You?
What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' What?'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Roman Polanski * "What", the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's comedy routine "Who's on First?" * "What?", the catchphrase of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin Music * ''what.'', a comedy/music album by Bo Burnham, 2013 * What Records, a UK record label * What? Records, a US record label Songs * "What" (song), by Melinda Marx, 1965 * "What?" (Rob Zombie song), 2009 * "What?" (SB19 song), 2021 * "What?", by 666 from ''The Soft Boys'' * "What", by Bassnectar from ''Vava Voom'' * "What?", by Corrosion of Conformity from ''Eye for an Eye'' * "What?", by the Move from ''Looking On'' * "What?", by A Tribe Called Quest from ''The Low-End Theory'' Science and technology * Web H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Speed Ahead (1951 Film) '', attributed to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut
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Full Speed Ahead may refer to: Films * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1936 film), a 1936 British film directed by Lawrence Huntington * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1940 film), a 1940 British film directed by John Hunt * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1951 film), a 1951 Mexican comedy film Music * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (D.R.I. album), 1995 * ''Full Speed Ahead'', a 1990 album by Larry Mercey * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (Pain album), 1999 * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (Táta Vega album), 1976 * ''Full Speed Ahead'', a 2001 album by Autoramas Other * The nautical term ''Full speed ahead'' * The oft quoted command ''Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!
''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (Spanish: ''¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Germán Valdés, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Agrasánchez p.40 Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin-Tan * Óscar Pulido * Yolanda Montes * Marcelo Chávez * José René Ruiz * Emma Rodríguez * Tito Novaro * Joaquín García Vargas * Miguel Manzano * Pompín Iglesias * Ildefonso Sánchez Curiel * Pedro de Urdimalas * Nicolás Rodríguez * Jesús Graña * Jorge Treviño * Guillermo Calles * Abel Cureño * El Gigantón * Los Sherife * José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Narrator * Victorio Blanco * Guillermo Bravo Sosa * Leonor Gómez as Cliente en bar * Héctor Mateos * José Muñoz * José Pardavé * Juan Pulido * Francisco Reiguera * Ismael Rodríguez as Transeúnte * Ramón Valdés * Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Waves (film)
''Sobre las olas'' (English: Over the Waves) is a 1950 Mexican musical biographical film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Pedro Infante, Beatriz Aguirre and Andrés Soler. It portrays the life of the composer Juventino Rosas. Cast * Pedro Infante as Juventino Rosas * Beatriz Aguirre as Lolita * Andrés Soler as Don Marcial Morales * Prudencia Grifell as Doña Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro * Antonio R. Frausto as Porfirio Díaz * Miguel Manzano as Juan de Dios * Beatriz Jimeno as Doña Carmelita Romero Rubio de Díaz * Bertha Lomelí as Ángela Peralta * Alicia Neira as Dolores * José Luis Jiménez as Pepe Reyna * Armando Acosta as Espectador teatro * Norma Ancira * Daniel Arroyo as Invitado en reunión * Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Invitado a reunión * Emilio Brillas as Anunciador en fiesta de palacio * Jorge Chesterking as Invitado en reunión * José Chávez as Invitado fiesta de palacio con turbante * Roberto Corell as Mayer, prestamista * Julio Daneri as Embajador d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Away, Young Man!
''Fly Away, Young Man!'' (Spanish: ''¡A volar joven!'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Julio Villarreal, Miroslava and Ángel Garasa. It was produced by Posa Films and distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures.Couret, p. 204. Cast *Cantinflas as Cantinflas *Ángel Garasa as Repelas *Chino Herrera as Sargento *Andrés Soler as Don Lupe Chávez *Carolina Barret as Margarita *Julio Villarreal as Coronel *Maruja Grifell as Doña Encarna *Francisco Jambrina as Capitán *Roberto Cañedo as Soldado *Manuel Trejo Morales as Soldado * Estanislao Schillinsky as Oficial * Miroslava as María Chávez *Ramiro Gamboa as Reportero radiofónico *Armando Arriola as Soldado (uncredited) *Joaquín Cordero as Soldado mensajero (uncredited) *Pedro Elviro as Periodista (uncredited) *Edmundo Espino as Redactor de periódico (uncredited) *Rafael Icardo as Juez del registro civil (uncredited) *Chel López as Oficial (uncredited) *Manuel Noriega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramona (1946 Film)
''Ramona'' is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Víctor Urruchúa and starring Esther Fernandez. It is an adaptation of the 1884 American novel ''Ramona'' by Helen Hunt Jackson. The film was both a financial and critical failure.Stavans p.61 The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Moya. Plot summary Cast * Antonio Badú * Juan Calvo * Esther Fernandez * Rafael Icardo * Cuquita Martinez * Carlos Navarro * Bernardo Sancristóbal * Fanny Schiller Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for bes ... References Bibliography * Ilan Stavans (ed.) ''Border Culture''. ABC-CLIO, 2010. External links * 1946 films 1946 drama films Mexican drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Víctor Urruchúa Films based on American novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
