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Pájaros De Cristal
''Pájaros de cristal'' is a 1955 Argentine film directed by Ernesto Arancibia. The film deals with the world of ballet. Cast * Mecha Ortiz ..Irina Galowa * Alba Arnova ...Vera Baralli * Georges Rivière ...Miguel Legrand - Mitia * Gloria Guzmán ...Betty Baralli * Renée Dumas ...Carla * Antonia Herrero ...Ljuba * Fernando Siro Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and work Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given ... ...Germán References External links * 1955 films 1950s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Ernesto Arancibia 1950s Argentine films {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery. Etymology Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecha Ortiz
Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in '' Safo, historia de una pasión'' (1943) and won it again in 1946 for her performance in '' El canto del cisne'' (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. ''Safo, historia de una pasión'' was the first erotic Argentine film, though there was no nudity. She also played in the first film in which a woman struck a man and the first film with a lesbian romance. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts. Early life and background María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Arnova
Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and film actress. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled in the university at the medical faculty. She became the principal classical dancer of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and changed her surname first to Ars Nova and then to Arnova. She left Argentina in 1948, for a six months stage tour, and eventually remained in Rome, where she worked first in theater as a classical dancer and as a revue and avanspettacolo soubrette. She began acting in films in 1949, though usually in minor roles. In 1956 Arnova created a controversy when she appeared on the RAI television variety show ''La piazzetta'' wearing a tight leotard that made her appear semi-nude because of the lighting effects and the black-and-white system. The show was suspended and she was subsequently fired and banned from Italian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Rivière
Georges Aristide Claude Félix Rivière (born 1 July 1924) is a French retired actor who worked in Argentine cinema in the 1950s. He appeared in nearly 50 films between 1948 and 1970. Selected filmography *'' The Lame Devil'' (1948) – Marquis de la Tour de Bournac *''The Black Vampire'' (1953) – Presumed guilty *''Mujeres casadas'' (1954) *''En carne viva'' (1954) *'' Pájaros de cristal'' (1955) – Miguel Legrand – Mitia *''La delatora'' (1955) *''Bacará'' (1955) *''Mi marido y mi novio'' (1955) *''De noche también se duerme'' (1955) *''Alejandra'' (1956) *''La dama del millón'' (1956) *''Susana y yo'' (1957) – Arturo Hernán *''Las campanas de Teresa'' (1957) *''Cargaison blanche'' (1958) – Raymond *''El calavera'' (1958) *''Un centavo de mujer'' (1958) *''Houla Houla'' (1959) – Dr. Gilbert Rousset *''Asphalte'' (1959) – Roger *''John Paul Jones'' (1959) – Russian chamberlain *''Visa pour l'enfer'' (1959) – Mario Balducci *''Normandie-Niémen'' (1960) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Guzmán
Gloria Guzmán (1902–1979) was a Spanish-born Argentine vedette and actress who performed in the early Argentine theater. Biography Gloria Guzmán was born on 15 April 1902 (or possibly 1894) in Vitoria, Alava, Spain. She arrived in Argentina in 1924 with a zarzuela company and had her debut in the play ''Las camisas negras''. By 1926, she was dubbed as one of the three great "Bataclanas" (showgirls)of the Maipo Theater along with Carmen Lamas and Iris Marga. In 1931, she began making films debuting in ''Luces de Buenos Aires'' with Sofía Bozán and Pedro Quartucci. That same year, she starred in '' Un caballero de frac'' directed by Roger Capellani and Carlos San Martín with Roberto Rey and Rosita Díaz Gimeno. In 1936, she filmed ''Radio Bar'' directed by Manuel Romero with starring alongside Olinda Bozán and Carmen Lamas. '' Cuatro corazones'' (1939) directed by Miguel Gómez Bao and Carlos Schliepper paired her with Irma Córdoba, Herminia Franco and Eduardo Sandrini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Dumas
Renée (without the accent in non-French speaking countries) is a French/Latin feminine given name. Renée is the female form of René, with the extra –e making it feminine according to French grammar. The name Renée is the French form of the late Roman name Renatus and the meaning is ''reborn'' or ''born again''. In medieval times, the meaning was associated with the Christian concept of being spiritually born again through baptism. Renee was among the top 100 names given to girls in the United States in the late 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s and the early 1980s. It ranked as the 734th most popular name given to American girls in 2008 and is continuing to fall in popularity. Given name * Renée and Renato, British male/female vocal duo *Renée Adorée (1898–1933), French actress of the silent era *Renee Alway (born 1986), American fashion model * Renee Amoore (born 1953), American health care advocate *Renée Asherson (born 1920), English actress *Renée Aubin (born 1963 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Herrero
Antonia Herrero (c. 27 November 1897 – 11 April 1978) was an Argentine film actress born in Spain. She began acting in theater at Spain and moved to Argentina where she acted in the Argentine cinema between 1944 and 1973. Antonia Herrero was the mother of comedian Marisa Herrero. Selected filmography * ''The Black Crown ''The Black Crown'' (stylized as ''THE BLΔCK CRΦWN'') is the third studio album by American deathcore band Suicide Silence, which was released July 12, 2011 through Century Media Records. It is the final album to feature vocalist Mitch Lucke ...'' (1951) * '' El hombre señalado'' (1957) External links * 1975 deaths Argentine film actresses 1897 births {{argentina-actor-stub Spanish emigrants to Argentina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Siro
Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentine film actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and work Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early interest in acting and in 1950 was given his first Argentine cinema role in ''El otro yo de Marcela'', directed by Alberto de Zavalía. His deep voice and keen sense of timing earned him numerous radio drama roles during the 1950s, and later in the Channel 7 telenovela series, ''La tarde de Palmolive''. He earned renown for his 1965 screen adaptation of Dalmiro Sáenz's ''El pecado necesario''. His film version of this work, '' Nadie oyó gritar a Cecilio Fuentes'', marked his directorial debut and earned Siro a Silver Seashell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. He remained in Spain until 1970, and starred as Julio Colón, the protagonist in a top-rated sitcom, ''La familia Colón''. Returning to Argentina, he appeared in Fernando Ayala's adaptation of histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Films
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States. Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America. Events * January 7 – U.K. release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release. *February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: '' On The Waterfront'', Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win * March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel ''Blackboard Jungle'' previews in New York City, featuring the single " Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it. * June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of ''The Seven Year Itch'' featuring an iconic scene of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Spanish-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
