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Luana Alcañiz
Luana Alcañiz (1906–1991) was a Spanish actress. She appeared in a number of films during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Her final uncredited, appearance was in the 1965 film '' Doctor Zhivago'' by David Lean. Castelli & Cleeland p.92 Selected filmography * ''Primavera en otoño'' (1933) * ''Nothing More Than a Woman ''Nothing More Than a Woman'' (Spanish: ''Nada más que una mujer'') is a 1934 American drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Berta Singerman, Alfredo del Diestro and Juan Torena. It is the Spanish-language version of Fox Film Corporati ...'' (1934) * '' Frontiers of '49'' (1939) * '' Verbena Tragica'' (1939) * '' The Shack'' (1945) * '' María Magdalena'' (1946) * '' Chachita from Triana'' (1947) * '' You Have the Eyes of a Deadly Woman'' (1947) * '' Nobody's Wife'' (1950) * '' A Girl from Chicago'' (1960) * '' Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) References Bibliography * Castelli, Louis P. & Cleeland, Caryn Lynn. ''David Lean: A Guide to References and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 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, second-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 at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shack (1945 Film)
''The Shack'' or ''The Hut'' (Spanish: ''La barraca'') is a 1945 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Domingo Soler, Anita Blanch and Amparo Morillo.Paranaguá p.193 It is based on the 1898 novel of the same title by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to super ... Francisco Marco Chillet and Vicente Petit. Cast References Bibliography * Paulo Antonio Paranaguá. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995. External links * 1945 films 1945 drama films Best Picture Ariel Award winners Mexican drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films based on works by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the National Consultative Assembly, Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between French Third Republic, France and German Empire, Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake, Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a Anglo-German naval arms race, naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl From Chicago
''A Girl from Chicago'' (Spanish: ''Una chica de Chicago'') is a 1960 Spanish comedy film directed by Manuel Mur Oti and starring Ana Bertha Lepe, Javier Armet and Rafael Durán.Labanyi & Pavlović p.236 synopsis A Spanish girl educated in Chicago comes back to her little town and starts a feminist movement. The male hillbillies are confused and scared, so they beg help to a lawyer, the mayor's son. Cast * Ana Bertha Lepe * Javier Armet * Rafael Durán * Roberto Rey * José María Lado * Ángel Ter * Porfiria Sanchíz * Joaquín Roa * Tony Soler * Manuel Bermúdez 'Boliche' * Luana Alcañiz * Manuel Requena * Lola Alba * Pilar Gómez Ferrer * Julia Pachelo * Ángel Calero * Josefina Bejarano * Ramón Giner * Félix Briones * Fernando San Clemente * Pilar Sanclemente * Marisa Prado * José Marco Davó José Marco Davó (May 10, 1895 – September 27, 1974) was a Spanish film actor.Pitts p.307 Selected filmography * ''Es mi hombre'' (1934) * ''Don Quint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Wife (1950 Film)
Nobody's Wife may refer to: Film * Nobody's Wife (1918 film), American film directed by Edward LeSaint * Nobody's Wife (1937 film) Nobody's Wife () is a 1937 Mexican drama film directed by Adela Sequeyro, and starring Sequeyro and Mario Tenorio. Cast * Adela Sequeyro - Ana María * Mario Tenorio - Marcelo * José Eduardo Pérez - Leonardo * Eduardo González Pliego - Rod ..., Mexican film * Nobody's Wife (1950 film), Spanish film Music * " Nobody's Wife", a 1997 single by Dutch singer Anouk {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Have The Eyes Of A Deadly Woman (1947 Film)
''You Have the Eyes of a Deadly Woman'' (Spanish: ''Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal'') is a 1947 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Ramón Peón and starring Ramón Pereda, Adriana Lamar and Luana Alcañiz. Riera p.289 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It is an adaptation of the 1926 Spanish play by Enrique Jardiel Poncela. The play was adapted into a 1962 Spanish film '' You Have the Eyes of a Deadly Woman''. Cast * Ramón Pereda as Osidori * Adriana Lamar as Elena Fortún * Luana Alcañiz as Pepita * Elena D'Orgaz as Francisca * Carolina Barret as Enamorada de Sergio * Maruja Grifell as Condesa de San Isidro * Margarita Carbajal as Adelaida * Micaela Castejón as Esposa de Reynaldo * María Elena de la Cruz as Leonor * Anita Villalaz as Pariente * Eleanor Stadie as Nita Nurmi * Yolanda Reyes as Nina * José Baviera as Sergio Hernán * José Goula as Reynaldo Pantecosti * Jesús Valero as Arturito * Rafael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachita From Triana
''Chachita from Triana'' (Spanish: ''Chachita la de Triana'') is a 1947 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Evita Muñoz, Carlos Martínez Baena and René Cardona. Wilt p.103 The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint. Synopsis A Spanish painter and his Mexican dancer wife travel from Spain to visit his father in Mexico to ask for his assistance. As the older man dislikes women and had opposed their marriage, they get their daughter Chachita to dress up as a boy in order to win over her grandfather. Cast * Evita Muñoz as Chachita * Carlos Martínez Baena as Don Carlos * René Cardona as Don Roberto * Jorge Reyes as Che * Florencio Castelló as José mayordomo * Luana Alcañiz as Rocío * Luis Manuel Pelayo as Andrés * Leonor Gómez as Vecina * Felipe de Flores * Raquel Díaz de León * Pedro de Urdimalas * Alfonso Jiménez Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbena Tragica
''Verbena Trágica'' (''Tragic Festival'', also known as ''Block Party'') is a 1939 film directed by Charles Lamont. The film was made in 1938 in the Spanish language only, unusual for the time but most likely due to the film's themes of adultery and revenge. In 1996, the film was deemed to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for the National Film Registry The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation (library and archival science), preservation, each selected for its cultural, historical, and aestheti .... Plot On the eve of Columbus Day festivities in New York, the boxer Mateo Vargas is released early from a jail term he served after he struck a police officer. He returns home for a surprise reunion with his family, but his wife Blanca faints. Mateo learns from her doctor that she is pregnant. Mateo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontiers Of '49
''Frontiers of '49'' is a 1939 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Alcañiz and Charles King (character actor), Charles King.Blottner p.53 Plot Cast * Wild Bill Elliott as Major John Freeman * Luana Alcañiz as Dolores de Cervantes * Charles King (character actor), Charles King as Howard Brunton * Hal Taliaferro as Kit * Slim Whitaker as Deputy Sheriff Brad * Octavio Giraud as Don Miguel Cervantes * Carlos Villarías as Padre * Joe De La Cruz (actor), Joe De La Cruz as Ramon Romero * Jack Walters as Pete Martin - Auctioneer * Al Ferguson as Red - Henchman * Buzz Barton as Auctioneer's Assistant * Kit Guard as Bert - Brunton's Clerk * Jack Ingram (actor), Jack Ingram as Captain Beatty * Bud Osborne as Judge Scott * Lee Shumway as Bidding Rancher References Bibliography * Blottner, Gene. ''Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1939 films 1939 Western (genre) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
