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Manuel Valdés
Fernando Manuel Alonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo (21 January 1931 – 28 August 2020) was a Mexican actor and comedian. A member of the Valdés family, he was the brother of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed "Don Ramón" on the sitcom ''El Chavo'', and Germán Valdés (a.k.a. "Tin Tan"). He was also the father of singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés. He died of complications of cancer. Personal life Manuel Valdés was born on 21 January 1931 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. His parents were Rafael Gómez-Valdés Angellini and Guadalupe Castillo. Valdés had eight siblings: Rafael, Germán, Guadalupe, Pedro, Armando, Ramón, Cristóbal, and Antonio. The Valdés-Castillo family moved to Nuevo Laredo when Manuel was seven years old because the elder Valdés worked for the Mexican customs agency and had to move frequently. Germán Valdés was already successful as "Tin-Tan." He wanted to buy the family a house, but his father turned him down and they moved to Mexico City. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Juárez Municipality with an estimated population of 1.5 million people. It lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) river, south of El Paso, Texas, United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez, the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana), with a combined population of over 2.7 million people. Four international points of entry connect Ciudad Juárez and El Paso: the Bridge of the Americas, the Ysleta–Zaragoza International Bridge, the Paso del Norte Bridge, and the Stanton Street Bridge. Combined, these bridges allowed 22,958,472 crossings in 2008, making Ciudad Juárez a major point of entry and transportation into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Dolls
''Midnight Dolls'' (Spanish: ''Muñecas de medianoche'') is a 1979 Mexican erotic drama film directed by Rafael Portillo and starring Jorge Rivero, Isela Vega and Sasha Montenegro.Ramírez Berg p.127 Cast * Jorge Rivero * Isela Vega * Sasha Montenegro * Carmen Salinas * Rafael Inclán * Víctor Manuel Castro * Pompín Iglesias * Princesa Lea * Roberto G. Rivera * Irina Areu * Diana Arriaga * Angélica Chain * Enrique Cuenca * Humberto Elizondo * Armando Silvestre Armando Silvestre Carrascosa (born January 28, 1926) is a Mexican-American actor. Life and career Silvestre was born on January 28, 1926 in San Diego, California, but he is originally from Tijuana, Mexico. He dropped out of college in order to ... References Bibliography * Charles Ramírez Berg. ''Cinema of Solitude: A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983''. University of Texas Press, 2010. External links * 1979 films 1970s erotic drama films Mexican erotic drama films 1970s Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Darling! Look What You've Done!
''Oh Darling! Look What You've Done To Me!'' (Spanish:''¡Ay, amor, cómo me has puesto!'') is a 1951 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rebeca Iturbide and Marcelo Chávez.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.116 A bakery delivery man falls in love with a middle-class woman after helping her following an accident, but her family object to him. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Rebeca Iturbide as Margarita * Marcelo Chávez as Patrón de la Panaderia * Famie Kaufman as Vitola * Jorge Reyes as Doctor Esteban * Mimí Derba as Doña Beatriz, mamá de Margarita * Arturo Soto Rangel as don Manuel, padre de Margarita * Pascual García Peña as Ranilla * Lucrecia Muñoz as Lupita * José René Ruiz as Pepito * Club de Foot-Ball Marte * Armando Arriola as Enfermero * Stephen Berne as man in the cantina * Enrique Carrillo as Policía * Fernando Curiel as Doctor * Magdalena Estrada as Esposa del patrón * Leonor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Got Me By The Wing
''You've Got Me By the Wing'' (Spanish: ''Me traes de un ala'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Silvia Pinal and Aurora Segura.Amador, p. 116. Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Silvia Pinal as Rosita Alba Vírez * José María Linares-Rivas as Gámez * Aurora Segura as María Celis * Fernando Soto as Narciso * Marcelo Chávez as Jiménez * Maruja Grifell as Eulalia * Wolf Ruvinskis as Mayordomo * Juan García as Jefe de redacción * Joaquín García Vargas as Comisario * Guillermo Hernández as Criado * Pepe Hernández as Guardia * Pompín Iglesias as Policía * Araceli Julián as Cantante * Elena Julián as Cantante * Rosalía Julián as Cantante * Vicente Lara as Vendedor de cigarros * Consuelo Monteagudo as Adelaida - cantante ridícula * José Ortega as Ojitos de celuloide * José Pardavé * Francisco Reiguera * Humberto Rodríguez * Julio Sotelo as Anunciador teatro * Rafael Torres as Mesero * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Is Never Too Late To Love
''It Is Never Too Late to Love'' (Spanish: ''Nunca es tarde para amar'') is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Libertad Lamarque, Roberto Cañedo and José Elías Moreno.Amador p.132 Partial cast * Libertad Lamarque as Malisa Morales * Roberto Cañedo as Claudio Pérez de Castro * José Elías Moreno as Doctor Zamora * José Baviera as Señor Rodríguez * Dolores Tinoco as Rosario * Jesús Valero as Lic. Bustamante * Andrés Velázquez as Quique * Martha Valdés Martha Valdés (1 January 1928 – 20 November 2014) was a Mexican actress. She is known for her work in several films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1950s before disappearing from the scene at the end of the decade, such as ''Espa ... as Amelia References Bibliography * María Luisa Amador. ''Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950-1959''. UNAM, 1985. External links * 1953 films 1953 drama films Mexican drama films 1950s Spanish-language films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Mariachi
''The Unknown Mariachi'' (Spanish:''El mariachi desconocido'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Rosa de Castilla and Gloria Mange.Agrasanchez p.26 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Germán Valdés as Agustín / Tin Tan * Rosa de Castilla as Lupita * Gloria Mange as Yolanda * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Tito Novaro as Manuel * Lupe Carriles as Doña Chona, tía de Lupita * Alta Mae Stone as Gringa en el tenampa * Gregorio Acosta as Sacaborrachos del tenampa * José Ortega (actor), José Ortega as Ojitos de capulin * Jorge Chesterking as Gringo en el tenampa * Georgina González as Clienta del rebozo * Emilio Garibay as Charro en el tenampa * Ignacio Peón as Feriante de los caballos * José Escanero as Don Casimiro, feriante de las pelotas * Magda Pastor * Rosita Fornés as Rosita * Armando Bianchi as Señor Bianchi * Silvia Carrillo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
''Las viudas del cha-cha-cha'' ( en, The Cha Cha Cha Widows) is a 1955 in film, 1955 Mexico, Mexican Musical film, Musical Comedy film, Comedy directed by Miguel M. Delgado. Cast * Amalia Aguilar * Raúl Martínez * Chula Prieto * Andrés Soler * Eduardo Alcaraz * León Barroso * María Herrero * Otilia Larrañaga External links * 1955 films Films directed by Miguel M. Delgado Mexican black-and-white films Rumberas films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican musical comedy films 1955 musical comedy films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look What Happened To Samson
''Look What Happened to Samson'' (Spanish:''Lo que le pasó a Sansón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Yolanda Varela.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.117 Main cast * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan / Sansón * Ana Bertha Lepe as Lila / Dalila * Yolanda Varela as Soledad / Semadar * Andrés Soler as Tío de Lila / Gran Sarán * Marcelo Chávez as Arthur / Príncipe Atur * Eduardo Alcaraz as Padre de Dalila *Elvira Quintana as Miriam * Manuel Calvo as Matouk * María Herrero as Arpagona * Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo * Armando Arriola as Don Santiago / Arquitecto Pío Rea * Elvira Lodi Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic ( Gothic) origin. Elvira may refer to: People Nobility * Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of Le ... * Carlos Bravo y Fernández as Guardia References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trip To The Moon (1958 Film)
''Trip to the Moon'' (Spanish:"Viaje a la luna'") is a 1958 Mexican comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ... featuring Viruta and Capulina. External links * Mexican comedy films 1958 comedy films 1950s Mexican films 1950s Spanish-language films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Música De Siempre
Música de siempre is a 1958 film produced by the A.N.D.A. that provided work for hundreds of union members at a time when the Regent of Mexico City Ernesto P. Uruchurtu cracked down on the entertainment business. The film is a combination of acts strung together with a story of a theater janitor, played by the comedian Manuel Valdes, who tries to persuade two film producers to make a movie about music. Among the entertainers he suggests for the movie is Libertad Lamarque, Toña la Negra, Edith Piaf, and nine-year-old Angélica María, along with Altia Michel, German Valdes, Agustín Lara, Alejandro Algara and Tongolele Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington (born January 3, 1932), better known by her stage-name Tongolele, is an American-Mexican dancer, actress and vedette. Early life Yolanda Yvonne Montes Farrington, was born in Spokane, Washington, United States, .... ''Música de siempre'' was one of the first Mexican movies filmed in color. The lavish colorful sets and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand And One Nights (1958 Film)
''A Thousand and One Nights'' (Spanish:''Las mil y una noches'') is a 1958 Mexican film. It was produced by Fernando de Fuentes. Cast * Germán Valdés - Ven Aquí * María Antonieta Pons - Ven Acá * Óscar Pulido - Sultán Ali Pus * Martha Valdés - Soberana Sobeyra * Mapita Cortés - Yamirka * Marcelo Chávez * Manuel Valdés * Miguel Arenas - Sultán de Basora * Elena Julián * Ramón Valdés Ramón Antonio Esteban Gómez Valdés y Castillo (2 September 1923 – 9 August 1988) was a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Don Ramón. He is also recognized as one of Mexico's best comedians. Born in Mex ... * Silvia Carrillo - Odalisca * Roberto Y. Palacios * Leticia Julián * Antonio Valdés External links * 1958 films Mexican fantasy comedy films 1950s Spanish-language films Films scored by Manuel Esperón 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangers Of Youth
''Dangers of Youth'' (Spanish: ''Peligros de juventud'') is a 1960 Mexican drama film directed by Benito Alazraki and starring Elvira Quintana, Tere Velázquez and Fernando Luján.Riera p.107 Cast * Elvira Quintana as Sue * Tere Velázquez as Catalina * Fernando Luján as Ricardo * Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Charol * Roberto G. Rivera as Federico - Papá de Catalina * Aída Araceli as Elsa * Guillermina Téllez Girón as Alma * Xavier Loyá as Andrés * Héctor Godoy as Alfredo * Judy Ponte as Amiga de Matilde * Erika Rener as Matilde * José Luis Moreno * Emma Roldán as Lupe * Guillermina Mayaudón * Leopoldo Salazar * Ivan Richard Kraskin * Mario Cid * Enedina Díaz de León as Vendedora de flores * Ignacio Peón as Profesor * Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
