Ramón Torrado
Ramón Torrado (born 5 April 1905-January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978. Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed ''Botón de ancla'' (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, ''El famoso Carballeira'', ''Polizón a bordo'' (1941), ''Mar abierto'' (1946) and ''Sabela de Cambados'' (1948). He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in ''Estrella de Sierra Morena'' (1952), and ''María de la O'' (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters. He directed ''Mi canción es para ti'' (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio. He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as ''Un beso en el puerto'', (1966) and ''El padre Manolo'' (1967). He directed Spaghett ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Coruña
A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982, before being replaced by Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña is located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the main industrial and financial centre of northern Galicia, and holds the headquarters of the Universidade da Coruña. A Coruña is a packed city, the Spanish city featuring the tallest mean-height of buildings, also featuring a population density of 21,972 inhabitants per square km of built land area. Name Origin Ther ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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María Isbert
María Vicenta Ysbert Soriano (21 April 1917 – 25 April 2011) better known as María Isbert was a Spanish actress whose credits included more than 250 Spanish films during her career. Isbert worked with most major Spanish film actors and directors, including Luis García Berlanga and Luis Buñuel. Isbert, whose credits included films, television and theater work, was most active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Isbert was born in Madrid, Spain, on 21 April 1917. She was the daughter of Pepe Isbert, a popular Spanish film actor whose major roles included ''Welcome Mr. Marshall!''. Maria Isbert was the mother of seven children, including actor Tony Isbert. Isbert received numerous awards for her work, including the Silver Bellas Artes Medal in 1987. She was also named an Honorary Academic of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España in 2008. Maria Isbert died at the Villarrobledo Hospital in Villarrobledo (Albacete), Spain, on 25 April 2011, at the age ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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La Virgen Gitana
''La Virgen gitana'' is a 1951 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Carmen ( Paquita Rico) is a gypsy orphan girl. One day she meets painter Eduardo Miranda (Alfredo Mayo), who asks her to pose for him for a picture of Debla, the gypsy virgin. She falls in love with the painter, not knowing he is married. But soon people begin to talk. Cast * Paquita Rico as Carmelilla * Alfredo Mayo as Eduardo Miranda * Lina Yegros as Cristina Álvarez de Miranda * Lola Ramos as Reyes * Alfonso Estela as Vicente * Félix Fernández as Miguel * Modesto Cid as Agustín * María Severini * Rosa Fontsere (as Rosa Fontseré) * Camino Delgado * Pedro Mascaró Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ... * Ana Morera * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rumbo (film)
''Rumbo'' is a 1949 Spanish drama film set in Seville and directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Fernando Granada - Rumbo * Paquita Rico - Dulcenombre * Fernando Fernández de Córdoba - Gabriel Hurtado Mendoza (as Fernando Fdez. de Cordoba) * Julia Lajos * Manuel Arbó - (as Manuel Arbo) * Eloísa Muro - (as Eloisa Muro) * Miguel Gómez - (as Miguel Gomez) * Rosita Valero * Tino G. Ferry * José Riesgo José Riesgo (8 September 1919 – 16 May 2002) was a Spanish actor. After fighting in the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish Republican Army The Spanish Republican Army ( es, Ejército de la República Española) was the main branch of the Arme ... * Guillermo Cereceda * Mancusa - Antonio, el gitanillo (as Vilches y Mancusa) * Vilches - Rosarillo, la gitanilla (as Vilches y Mancusa) References External links * 1949 films 1949 drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ramón Torrado Spanish drama ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Castanet (film)
''Castanet'' (Spanish:''Castañuela'') is a 1945 Spanish drama film directed by Ramón Torrado.Peiró p.302 Cast * Ricardo Acero * Anita Bass * Victoria Cabo * Consuelo Companys * Julio Rey de las Heras * Miguel del Castillo * Félix Fernández * Fernando Freyre de Andrade * Ramón Giner * César Guzmán * Juana Mansó * Laura Montesol * Conchita Sarabia * Gracia de Triana Gracia may refer to: Places * Gràcia, a district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ** Passeig de Gràcia, a street ** Carrer Gran de Gràcia, a street ** Travessera de Gràcia, a street * Alta Gracia, a city located in the Province of Córdoba, Ar ... References Bibliography * Eva Woods Peiró. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. U of Minnesota Press, 2012. External links * 1945 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ramón Torrado Suevia Films films Spanish drama films 1945 drama films Spanish black-and-white films 1940s Spanish film ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Wheel Of Life (1942 Film)
''The Wheel of Life'' (Spanish: ''La rueda de la vida'') is a 1942 Spanish film directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. . Synopsis The singer Nina Luján falls in love with Alberto del Vall, a composer who became famous in America and the two meet again after years, when she has entered an asylum after failing in her artistic career. Cast *Ismael Merlo as Alberto del Vall * Antoñita Colomé as Nina Luján *Gabriel Algara as Don Ricardo *Pedro Barreto as Peter *Eduardo Stern as Enrique *Alfonso Mancheño as Federico *Elisa Cavalcanti as Criada *Antonio Bayón as Don Rosendo *Xan das Bolas as Juanito *Salvador Videgaín *M. Romero Hita as Francisco *Antonio Casas Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 – 14 February 1982) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982. Casas originally began as a footballer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cavalry Charge (film)
''Cavalry Charge'' ( es, La carga de la policía montada) is a 1964 Spanish adventure western film directed by Ramón Torrado, written by Bautista Lacasa Nebot, scored by Daniel White and starring Alan Scott, Frank Latimore and Diana Lorys. It place an emphasise on the Francoist Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spani ... patria. Cast References External links * Spanish Western (genre) films 1964 adventure films 1964 Western (genre) films 1964 films Films directed by Ramón Torrado {{1960s-Western-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Spaghetti Western Film
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians. Leone's films and other core Spaghetti Westerns are often described as having eschewed, criticized, or even "demythologized" many of the conventions of traditional U.S. Westerns. This was partly intentional and partly the context of a different cultural background. Terminology According to veteran Spaghetti Western actor Aldo Sambrell, the phrase "Spaghetti Western" was coined by Spanish journalist Alfonso Sánchez in reference to the Italian food spaghetti. Spaghetti Westerns are also known as Italian Westerns or, primarily in Japan, Macaroni Westerns. In Italy, the genre is typically referred to as western all'italiana (Italian-style Western). Italo-Western is also used, especial ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editions, and translations of material related to the Arthurian legend. There are also series that publish studies in medieval German and French literature, Spanish theatre, early English texts, in other subjects. Depending on the subject, its books are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge, Cambridge (UK), or Rochester, New York, location of its principal North American office. Imprints include Boydell & Brewer, D.S. Brewer, Camden House, the Hispanic series Tamesis Books ("Tamesis" is the Latin version of the River Thames, which flows through London), the University of Rochester Press, James Currey, and York Medieval Press. The company was co-founded by historians Richard Barber and Derek Brewer in 1978, merging the two companies Bo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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McFarland Publishing
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, military history, and film. In 2007, the ''Mountain Times'' wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year; Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350. List of scholarly journals The following ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Un Beso En El Puerto
''Un beso en el puerto'' is a 1965 Spanish motion picture. The film was directed by Ramón Torrado, and stars Manolo Escobar, Ingrid Pitt, Antonio Ferrandis, María Isbert and Manuel Alexandre. Plot Benidorm, 1960s. Manolo, a gas station employee, is fired from his job by his excessive fondness for singing. He meets an old friend, Jaime, who lives like a Prince and always accompanied by the tourists more beautiful who spend the summer in those beaches, and tells Manolo trick he uses to conquer them. Taking advantage of the absence of his friend, wears his clothes and puts into practice the trick. This consists of the port of Alicante and approaching the first handsome traveler that landing, hug her warmly and say: "Welcome, Dorothy!". Then, under the pretext of the confusion begins the friendship. Cast * Manolo Escobar * Ingrid Pitt as Dorothy * Antonio Ferrandis * María Isbert * Manuel Alexandre Manuel Alexandre Abarca OAXS MML (11 November 1917 – 12 October 2010) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Musical Films
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busby Ber ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |