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Ralph Pappier
Ralph Pappier ( 16 January 1914 in Shanghai – 17 August 1998 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine production designer, set decorator and film director. Career Pappier was most prolific in Argentine cinema in the 1940s, and contributed to a range of acclaimed films during the period. He was production designer for the Silver Condor Award for Best Film award-winning ''The Gaucho War'' (1942) and Best Cinematography winner ''Three Men of the River'' (1943), and director of the Silver Condor for Best Film winning films ''School of Champions'' (1950) and ''Caballito criollo'' (1953). He was also cinematographer for the 1945 film '' Circus cavalcade''. The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave him awards for Best Scenography for '' En el viejo Buenos Aires'' (1942) and ''Su mejor alumno'' (1944). Filmography Director * ''Esquiú, una luz en el sendero'' (1965) * ''Allá donde el viento brama'' (inédita - 1963) * '' Operación "G"'' (1962) * '' Delito'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion), exceeding that of Mexico with GDP of $1.22 trillion, the 15th largest in the world. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuela De Campeones
''School of Champions'' ( es, Escuela de campeones) is a 1950 Argentine adventure drama film directed by Ralph Pappier, and starring George Rigaud, Silvana Roth, and Pedro Quartucci. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1951 for the best picture of the previous year. Cast *George Rigaud as Alexander Watson Hutton *Silvana Roth as Margaret Budge *Pedro Quartucci *Enrique Muiño as Faustino Sarmiento *Enrique Chaico * Carlos Enríquez *Héctor Coire *Gustavo Cavero *Pablo Cumo *Hugo Mújica * Eduardo Ferraro *Francisco Ferraro *Marcos Zucker *Warly Ceriani *Oscar Villa Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ... References External links * 1950 films 1950s adventure drama films 1950s Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Cavalcade
''The Circus Cavalcade'' ( es, La cabalgata del circo) is a 1945 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Soffici with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid. The film was shot on black-and-white stock with a monaural soundtrack. It stars Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril. In 2022, it was selected as the 52nd greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized by the specialized magazines ''La vida útil'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot Outline The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs. Cast *Libertad Lamarque .... Nita *Hugo del Carril .... Roberto * José Olarra * Orestes Caviglia *Juan José Miguez *Armando Bo *Ilde Pirovano *Tino Tori *Elvira Quiroga *Eva Perón (as Eva Duarte) *Ricardo Castro Ríos Ricardo Castro Ríos (April 2, 1920 – January 21, 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Rosa (1946 Film)
''María Rosa'' is a 1946 Argentine film directed by Luis Moglia Barth and starring Amelia Bence, Enrique Diosdado and Alberto Closas.Wolf & Posadas p.228 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Pappier. Cast * Amelia Bence * Enrique Diosdado * Alberto Closas * Domingo Sapelli * Helena Cortesina * Alfonso Pisano * Ramón Garay Ramón J. Garay (1896–1956) was a Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the classic era of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a familiar face of the period in films he didn't enter film until the age of 45. He appeared in ove ... References Bibliography * Sergio Wolf & Abel Posadas. ''Cine argentino: La otra historia''. Letra Buena, 1994. External links * 1946 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films based on works by Àngel Guimerà Films directed by Luis Moglia Barth Films scored by Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbres De Hidalguía
''Cumbres de hidalguía'' is a 1947 Argentine dramatic adventure film directed by Julio Saraceni and written by Luis Olivo Gallo. It stars Roberto Airaldi, Ricardo Passano and Malisa Zini. Plot An engineer leads an expedition to the summit of a mountain and is blamed when a young girl on the team plummets to her death. Cast * Roberto Airaldi * Ricardo Passano * Malisa Zini * Carlos Perelli * Cirilo Etulain * Alba Castellanos * Joaquín Petrosino * Jacinto Herrera * Roberto Bordoni * Manuel Alcón * Enrique Thomas * Hugo Ferrer * Rodolfo San Angelo * Juan Solucio * José Helman Reception '' Clarín'' wrote: "The dramatic intensity of the film is achieved only by the fire of human feelings for the violent explosion of nature. There is a snowstorm on the peaks of the mountains, rarely seen in films." Raúl Manrupe and María Alejandra Portela Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Romance (1947 Film)
''Musical Romance'' (Spanish: ''Romance musical'') is a 1947 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Ernesto Arancibia and starring Libertad Lamarque. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Pappier. Cast * Libertad Lamarque * Juan José Miguez * Carlos Castro * Bertha Moss * Ernesto Raquén * Julio Renato * Enrique de Rosas * Amelia Senisterra * Miriam Sucre * Elena Zucotti Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Velik ... External links * 1947 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Ernesto Arancibia Films scored by Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio Argentine musical comedy films 1947 musical comedy films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Bovary (1947 Film)
''Madame Bovary'' is a 1947 Argentine historical drama film directed by Carlos Schlieper and starring Mecha Ortiz, Roberto Escalada and Enrique Diosdado. It is an adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel ''Madame Bovary''.Goble p.159 Plot summary Cast * Mecha Ortiz as Ema Bovary * Roberto Escalada as León Dupuis * Enrique Diosdado as Rodolfo Boulanger * Alberto Bello as Carlos Bovary * Angelina Pagano as Sra Bovary, mother * Ricardo Galache as Gustave Flaubert * Graciela Lecube as Felicidad * Juan Carlos Altavista as Justino * María Esther Podestá as Viuda Lefrancois * Alejandro Maximino as Monsieur Homais * Max Citelli as Sr. Binet * Liana Moabro A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a t ... as Sra. Homais * Nélida Romero as Artemisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cumparsita (film)
"La cumparsita" (''little street procession'', a grammatical diminutive of la comparsa) is a tango written in 1916 by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, with lyrics by Argentines Pascual Contursi and . It is among the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time. Roberto Firpo, director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song, added parts of his tangos "La gaucha Manuela" and "Curda completa" to Matos' carnival march ("La cumparsita"), resulting in "La cumparsita" as it is currently known. "La cumparsita" was first played in public in the old Café La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Tango Museum of Montevideo stands currently on that site. The title translates as "the little parade", and the first version was a tune with no lyrics. Later, Matos Rodríguez produced a version with lyrics that begin: "The parade of endless miseries marches around that sick being who will soon die of grief." However, the most popular version of the song is accompan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Precio De Una Vida
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in ''Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" (Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Serpiente De Cascabel
''La serpiente de cascabel'' ( ''The rattlesnake'') is a 1948 Argentine comedy film, directed by Carlos Schlieper and written by Eduardo Antón and Ariel Cortazzo. It was premiered on March 17, 1948. The film's plot is about a romance between a secondary student ( María Duval) who falls in love with her music teacher ( Juan Carlos Thorry). Cast * Alfredo Alaria * Beba Bidart * Cayetano Biondo * María Aurelia Bisutti * Susana Campos * Homero Cárpena * Patricia Castell * Ana María Castro * Max Citelli * Alberto Contreras * Milagros de la Vega * María Duval * Carlos Fioriti * Analía Gadé * Enrique García Satur * Norma Giménez * Diana Ingro * Marga Landova * Graciela Lecube * Nelly Meden * Diana Montes * Bertha Moss * Mary Parets * Teresa Pintos * Blanca del Prado * Irma Roy * María Santos María Santos was an Argentine actress. In 1943, she starred in Benito Perojo's '' Stella''. Other notable roles include: ''Maestro Levita'' (1938), '' La fuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pobre, Mi Madre Querida
''My Poor Beloved Mother'' (Spanish:''Pobre mi madre querida'') is a 1948 Argentine drama film directed by Homero Manzi and Ralph Pappier and starring Hugo del Carril, Emma Gramatica, and Aída Luz.Plazaola p.156 It was based on a tango of the same name by Pascual Contursi and José Betinotti. Cast * Hugo del Carril * Emma Gramatica * Aída Luz * Graciela Lecube * Horacio Priani * María Esther Buschiazzo * Leticia Scury * Pablo Cumo * José Franco * Julián Bourges * Julián Freire Julián is the Spanish equivalent of the name Julian. Notable people with the name include: * Julián, Julián Cuesta, Spanish footballer * Julián Orbón (1925–1991) Cuban composer * Julián Carrón (1950) Spanish Catholic theologian * Julián ... References Bibliography * Plazaola, Luis Trelles. ''South American Cinema''. La Editorial, UPR, 1989. External links * 1948 films Argentine drama films 1948 drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Otra Y Yo
''La otra y yo'' is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed by Antonio Momplet and starring Amelia Bence, Enrique Alvarez Diosdado, Fernando Lamas and Mercedes Simone Mercedes Simone (April 21, 1904, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires - October 2, 1990) was an Argentinian singer and actress, known as "''La Dama del Tango''" ("The Lady of Tango"). Filmography * ''¡Tango!'' (1933) * ' (1936) * '' La vuelta de Rocha'' ( .... References External links * 1949 films Argentine comedy films 1949 comedy films Films directed by Luis Saslavsky Films based on works by Louis Verneuil Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
