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Rafael J. Salvia
Rafael J. Salvia (1915 – 21 June 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 81 films between 1950 and 1976. He also directed 21 films between 1953 and 1973. Selected filmography * ''The King's Mail'' (1951) * ''Concierto mágico'' (1953) * ''Flight 971'' (1953) * ''Las chicas de la Cruz Roja'' (1958) * ''Carnival Day'' (1960) * ''Atraco a las tres'' (1962) * ''La gran familia'' (1962) * '' La cesta'' (1965) * '' Cristina Guzmán'' (1968) * ''A Decent Adultery '' (1969) * '' The Complete Idiot'' (1970) * ''The Locket'' (1970) * ''The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself'' (1970) * ''Una chica casi decente'' (1971) * ''The Doubt'' (1972) * ''The Guerrilla'' (1973) * ''Death's Newlyweds'' (1975) * ''The Legion Like Women ''The Legion Like Women'' ( es, A la legión le gustan las mujeres... y a las mujeres, les gusta la legión) is a 1976 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Manolo Codeso, Luis Varela and Francisco Cecilio.Bentley, Bernar ...
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Tortosa
Tortosa (; ) is the capital of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the highest peaks, is located within Tortosa's municipal boundary. Before Tortosa, across the river, rise the massive Ports de Tortosa-Beseit mountains. The area around Mont Caro and other high summits are often covered with snow in the winter. Population centres *Bítem, 1.139; includes Santa Rosa, Tortosa, Santa Rosa *Campredó, 1.168; *Jesús, Tortosa, Jesús, 3.755 *Els Reguers, 679 *Tortosa, 27.131 *Vinallop, 363, includes Mianes The municipality includes a small exclave to the west. History Tortosa (from la, Dertusa or , via ar, طرطوشة ''Ṭurṭūshah'') is probably identical to the ancient Hibera, capital of Ilercavonia. This may be the ancient settlement the remains of which have been found on the hill named ...
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The Locket (1970 Film)
''The Locket'' (Spanish: ''El relicario'') is a 1970 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Carmen Sevilla, Arturo Fernández and Manolo Gómez Bur.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 201. . Cast * Carmen Sevilla as Virginia / Soledad * Arturo Fernández as Alejandro *Manolo Gómez Bur as Aquiles Lombardo *Miguel Mateo 'Miguelín' as Luis Lucena / Manuel Lucena * * Francisco Piquer * as Taxista *Alberto Fernández as El Gordo *Alfredo Santacruz * Jesús Guzmán as Curro * Rafael Hernández as Chauffeur * *Jesús Tordesillas * Matías Prats *Rafael Alonso Rafael Alonso Ochoa (5 July 1920 – 24 October 1998) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1951 and 1998. Selected filmography * ''Malibran's Song'' (1951) * ''Welcome Mr. Marshall!'' (1953) ... as Dr. Alonso * Tomás Blanco References External links * 1970 drama films Spanish drama fil ...
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Spanish Film Directors
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain * Spanish Fort (other) Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to: United States * Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city * Spanish Fort (Color ...
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Spanish Male Screenwriters
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain * Spanish Fort (other) Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to: United States * Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city * Spanish Fort (Color ...
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People From Tortosa
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ...
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1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ...
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1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ...
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The Legion Like Women
''The Legion Like Women'' ( es, A la legión le gustan las mujeres... y a las mujeres, les gusta la legión) is a 1976 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Manolo Codeso, Luis Varela and Francisco Cecilio.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 120. . It is set during the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link .... Cast References External links * 1976 comedy films Spanish comedy films Films directed by Rafael Gil Films set in Spain Films set in the 1930s Films scored by Gregorio García Segura Films with screenplays by Rafael J. Salvia 1970s Spanish-language films 1970s Spanish films Spanish-language comedy films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub ...
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Death's Newlyweds
''Death's Newlyweds'' (Spanish: ''Novios de la muerte'') is a 1975 Spanish war film directed by Rafael Gil.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 373. . The title refers to the famous song about and nickname for Spain's elite light infantry unit, the Spanish Foreign Legion. Cast *Julián Mateos as Joaquín 'Chimo' *Juan Luis Galiardo as Juan Ramón Soler *Fernando Sancho as Commandant Lauria *Ramiro Oliveros as Ricardo *Helga Liné as Amelia * José Nieto *Mary Begoña as Chimo's mother *Pedro Mari Sánchez * Rafael Hernández as Sergeant Gómez *Viky Lussón * *Luis Induni Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) al ... *Antonio Cintado *Juan Ramón Torremocha *Manuel Torremocha *Leopoldo Francés * Scott Miller *Carlos Ballesteros as Se ...
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The Guerrilla (1973 Film)
''The Guerrilla'' (Spanish:''La guerrilla'') is a 1973 French-Spanish historical war film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Francisco Rabal, Jacques Destoop and Julia Saly.Bentley p.205 It is set during the Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain .... Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008. External links * 1973 films French war drama films Spanish war drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Rafael Gil Peninsular War films Films set in the 1810s Films set in Spain Films with screenplays by Rafael J. Salvia Guerrilla warfare in film 1970s Spanish films 1970s historical films French historical films Spanish historical films {{1970s-Spain-film- ...
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The Doubt
''The Doubt'' (Spanish: ''La duda'') is a 1972 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Fernando Rey and Analía Gadé. Cast * Fernando Rey as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit * Analía Gadé as Lucrecia - Condesa de Lain * Ángel del Pozo as Ricardo * Rafael Alonso as Senén Corchado * José María Seoane as Venancio * Cándida Losada as Gregoria * Gabriel Llopart as Doctor Angulo * Pilar Bardem as María * Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui as Don José * Concepción Muñoz as La Marquesa * Lali Romay as Dorotea * Inma de Santis Inma de Santis (February 24, 1959 – December 21, 1989) was a Spanish film and television actress.Carballeira p.45 She died in Morocco at the age of thirty following an accident while on holiday in the Sahara Desert. Selected filmography * ''Ano ... as Leonor * Armando Calvo as Prior de Zaratay See also * '' The Grandfather'' (1998) References Bibliography * de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish a ...
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Una Chica Casi Decente
''Una chica casi decente'' is a 1971 Spanish comedy film directed by Germán Lorente and starring Rocío Jurado. Cast * Rocío Jurado - Silvia * Adolfo Celi - El Duque * Máximo Valverde - Daniel * Mirta Miller * Manuel Gómez Bur * Luis Sánchez Polack * José Luis Coll * Mary Paz Pondal (as Mari Paz Pondal) * Rafael Hernández * Valentín Tornos * Juanito Navarro * Tomás Blanco * Manuel de Blas * Frank Braña Frank Braña (born Francisco Braña Pérez; 24 February 1934 – 13 February 2012) was a Spanish character actor. Biography He was born Francisco Braña Pérez in Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain on 24 February 1934. Also credited as Frank Bla ... References External links * 1971 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1971 comedy films Films with screenplays by Rafael J. Salvia Spanish comedy films 1970s Spanish films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub ...
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