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Nana (1944 Film)
''Nana'' is a 1944 Mexican film by Celestino Gorostiza and Roberto Gavaldón. The film is an adaptation of Émile Zola's 1880 novel ''Nana'', and is the last film of the Mexican star Lupe Vélez. Plot Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century. Cast * Lupe Vélez as Nana * Miguel Angel Ferríz as Muffat * Chela Castro as Rosa Mignon * Crox Alvarado as Fontan * Luis Alcoriza as De Fauchery Production notes This was the last movie for Lupe Vélez, who committed suicide later in the same year. There was a second Mexican adaptation of ''Nana'', also called ''Nana'', in 1985, produced by and starring Irma Serrano Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro (; born 9 December 1933) is a Mexican singer, actress and politician. Famous for her "tantalizing", "untamed spitfire" voice, she is one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido genres; she was ni .... External links * 1944 films Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Gavaldón
Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wednesday'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film ''Beyond All Limits'' was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film '' Macario'' was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Selected filmography * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942) * '' La Barraca'' (1944) * ''The Shack'' (1945) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * ''La Otra'' (1946) * ''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947) * ''Adventures of Casanova'' (1948) * ''La casa chica'' (1950) * '' Desired'' (1951) * ''En La Palma de Tu Mano'' (1951) * ''La Noche Avanza'' (1952) * ''The Boy and the Fog'' (1953) * ''Las Tres perfectas casadas'' (1953) * ''Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irma Serrano
Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro (; born 9 December 1933) is a Mexican singer, actress and politician. Famous for her "tantalizing", "untamed spitfire" voice, she is one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido genres; she was nicknamed ''La Tigresa de la Canción Ranchera'' and later known simply as "''La Tigresa''" (). At the same time, she developed a film career of more than a dozen films. In the 1970s and 1980s, Serrano achieved great success as an actress and producer in a series of controversial stage plays, highlighting the controversial play ''Naná'' (1973). In the decade of the 1990s, she also ventured into politics and occupied a seat in the Mexican Senate. In her later years, she was the center of multiple scandals and controversies. She has appeared in celebrity gossip magazines and television shows because of her political career as senator of her home state of Chiapas from 1994 to 1997. Early life Serrano is the third of three children (Mario, Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Spanish-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Roberto Gavaldón
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
