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Raúl Lavista
Raúl Lavista (31 October 1913 – 19 October 1980) was a Mexican composer of film scores. Lavista worked prolifically during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and was credited on more than three hundred different productions. He is the father of the photographer Paulina Lavista. Selected filmography * '' Judas'' (1936) * ''Here's the Point'' (1940) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942) * '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''Divorced'' (1943) * ''The White Monk'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''Everybody's Woman'' (1946) * ''Women in the Night'' (1948) * ''Sofia'' (1948) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * '' Corner Stop'' (1948) * ''Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * ''A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * '' Zorina'' (1949) * '' Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) * '' Over the Waves'' (1950) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1951) * '' What Has That Woman Done to You?'' (1951) * ''In the Palm of Your Hand'' (1951) * '' Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * '' Girls in Uniform'' (1951) * ''Women's Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". 'Composer' is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Family Like Many Others
''A Family Like Many Others'' (Spanish: ''Una familia de tantas'') is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Fernando Soler, David Silva and Martha Roth.Hernandez-Rodriguez p.82 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. Synopsis A domineering father's control over his family weakens when a charming salesman comes to the house. Cast * Fernando Soler as Rodrigo Cataño * David Silva as Roberto del Hierro * Martha Roth as Maru Cataño * Carlos Riquelme as Ricardo * Eugenia Galindo as doña Gracia Cataño * Enriqueta Reza as Guadalupe - sirvienta * Felipe de Alba as Héctor Cataño * Nora Veryán as Pilar - novia de Héctor * Isabel del Puerto as Estela Cataño * Manuel de la Vega as Leopoldo * Alma Delia Fuentes as Lupita Cataño * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Invitada a fiesta * María Gentil Arcos as Invitada a fiesta * Maruja Grifell as Madre de Roberto * Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (September 25, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atomic Fireman
''The Atomic Fireman'' (Spanish: ''El bombero atómico'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Roberto Soto and Gilberto González.Stavans p.91 The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A newspaper delivery man-turned-firefighter-turned-policeman (Cantinflas) embarks on the unexpected mission of caring for a girl whose mother died. Cast * Cantinflas as Agente 777 * Roberto Soto as Comandante Bravo * Gilberto González as El Piquete * Elisa Quintanilla as Rosario * Miguel Manzano as Jefe bomberos * Pascual García Peña as El Chueco * Ernesto Finance as Licenciado / notario * Jorge Mondragon as Silverio * Eduardo Alcaraz as Sargento Policía * Ángel Infante as Policía * Pedro Elviro as Secretario (uncredited) * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) * María Gentil Arcos as Doña Cleofas (uncredited) * Salvador Quiroz as Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited) * Lily Aclemar as Sra. d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Were A Congressman
''If I Were a Congressman'' (Spanish: ''Si yo fuera diputado'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Gloria Mange and Andrés Soler.Zolov p.95 The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A poor but honest barber becomes the protector of the poor people in his neighborhood, which leads to him being sought as a candidate for congressman, since the other candidate, Don Próculo, is not accepted by anyone other than his own bodyguards. Cast * Cantinflas as Cantinflas * Gloria Mange as Sarita * Andrés Soler as Tío Juan * Emperatriz Carvajal as Lucía * Alejandro Ciangherotti as Juliano Fraschetti * Ernesto Finance as Don Proculo L. de Guevara * Rafael Icardo as Don Melquiades * Eduardo Alcaraz as Doctor * María Cristina Lesser as La acusada * Edmundo Espino * Armando Velasco as Agente ministerio público * Gregorio Acosta as Empleado del teatro (uncredited) * Ricardo Adalid as Empleado del teatro (uncred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Falls
''The Night Falls'' (Spanish: ''La noche avanza'') is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and Rebeca Iturbide.Hernandez-Rodriguez p.62 Armendariz delivers a particularly energetic performance. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Edward Fitzgerald. Cast References Bibliography * R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. ''Splendors of Latin Cinema''. ABC-CLIO, 2009. External links * 1952 films 1952 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime And Punishment (1951 Film)
''Crime and Punishment'' (Spanish:''Crimen y castigo'') is a 1951 Mexican film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Roberto Cañedo, Lilia Prado and Carlos López Moctezuma. It is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'', with the setting updated to a contemporary Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Javier Torres Torija. Cast * Roberto Cañedo as Ramón Bernal * Lilia Prado as Sonia * Carlos López Moctezuma as Delegado Porfirio Marín * Luis Beristáin as Carlos * Elda Peralta as María * Fanny Schiller as Mamá de Ramón * Lupe del Castillo as Doña Lorenza * Rodolfo Calvo as Empleado delegación * Enrique Carrillo as Cargador * Enedina Díaz de León as Mujer busca empleo * José Escanero as Portero * Rafael Estrada as Roldan * Juan Pulido as Pedro Luquin * Salvador Quiroz as Cantinero * Polo Ramos as Nicolás * Nicolasito Rodriguez as Hijo de Nacho * Humberto Rodríguez as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Prison (1951 Film)
''Women's Prison'' (Spanish: ''Cárcel de mujeres'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Miroslava, Sara Montiel and Katy Jurado.Mira p.212 The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. Cast * Miroslava as Evangelina * Sara Montiel as Dora * Katy Jurado as Lupe * María Douglas as La Mayora * Mercedes Soler as Rosa * Elda Peralta as Prisionera * Emma Roldán as Petrona * Eufrosina García as La Chicle * Pepita Morillo as Prisionera rubia * Gloria Morel as Gloria, prisionera * María Gentil Arcos as Guardia * Luis Beristáin as Júlio * Eduardo Alcaraz as Teniente * Miguel Manzano as Doctor * Tito Junco as Alberto Suárez * Lupe Carriles as Esther, prisionera * Lidia Franco as Guardia * Eva Garza as Cantante * Leonor Gómez as Prisionera * Ana María Hernández as Visitadora * Elodia Hernández as Guardia * Isabel Herrera as Prisionera * Ángel Infante as Esposo de Gloria * Ceci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls In Uniform (1951 Film)
''Girls in Uniform'' (Spanish: ''Muchachas de Uniforme'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Irasema Dilián and Marga López.Luna p.227 It is a remake of the 1931 German film '' Girls in Uniform'', set in a female boarding school. Cast In alphabetical order * Alicia Caro * Lupe Carriles * Irasema Dilián as Manuela Medina * María Douglas * Anabelle Gutiérrez * Magda Guzmán * Marga López as Lucila * Patricia Morán * Rosaura Revueltas Rosaura Revueltas Sánchez (August 6, 1910 – April 30, 1996) was a Mexican actress of screen and stage, and a dancer, author and teacher. Early life Rosaura Revueltas was born in Lerdo, Durango, Mexico to the famously artistic Revueltas famil ... * Alicia Rodríguez References Bibliography * Ilana Dann Luna. ''Adapting Gender: Mexican Feminisms from Literature to Film''. SUNY Press, 2018. *Jan-Christopher Horak"Muchachas de uniforme (1951)."*Roberto Carlos Ortiz"These Mexican Mädchen." Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!
''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (Spanish: ''¡¡¡Mátenme porque me muero!!!'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Germán Valdés, Óscar Pulido and Yolanda Montes.Agrasánchez p.40 Cast * Germán Valdés as Tin-Tan * Óscar Pulido * Yolanda Montes * Marcelo Chávez * José René Ruiz * Emma Rodríguez * Tito Novaro * Joaquín García Vargas * Miguel Manzano * Pompín Iglesias * Ildefonso Sánchez Curiel * Pedro de Urdimalas * Nicolás Rodríguez * Jesús Graña * Jorge Treviño * Guillermo Calles * Abel Cureño * El Gigantón * Los Sherife * José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Narrator * Victorio Blanco * Guillermo Bravo Sosa * Leonor Gómez as Cliente en bar * Héctor Mateos * José Muñoz * José Pardavé * Juan Pulido * Francisco Reiguera * Ismael Rodríguez as Transeúnte * Ramón Valdés * Armando Velasco Armando Velasco (18 January 1918 – 29 September 1999) was an Ecuadorian-born Mexican actor who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Palm Of Your Hand
''En la Palma de Tu Mano'' (''In the Palm of Your Hand'') is a 1951 Mexican crime drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. The film received eleven nominations and won eight Ariel Awards in 1952, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Main cast *Arturo de Córdova as Jaime Karín * Leticia Palma as Ada Cisneros de Romano * Carmen Montejo as Clara Stein * Ramón Gay as León Romano *Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Señorita Arnold *Enriqueta Reza as Carmelita Awards Ariel Awards The Ariel Awards are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''En la Palma de Tu Mano'' received eight awards out of eleven nominations. , - , rowspan="11" scope="row", 1952 , scope="row", Producciones Mier y Brooks , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Picture , , - , scope="row", Roberto Gavaldón , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Has That Woman Done To You?
What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' What?'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Roman Polanski * "What", the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's comedy routine "Who's on First?" * "What?", the catchphrase of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin Music * ''what.'', a comedy/music album by Bo Burnham, 2013 * What Records, a UK record label * What? Records, a US record label Songs * "What" (song), by Melinda Marx, 1965 * "What?" (Rob Zombie song), 2009 * "What?" (SB19 song), 2021 * "What?", by 666 from ''The Soft Boys'' * "What", by Bassnectar from ''Vava Voom'' * "What?", by Corrosion of Conformity from ''Eye for an Eye'' * "What?", by the Move from ''Looking On'' * "What?", by A Tribe Called Quest from ''The Low-End Theory'' Science and technology * Web H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full Speed Ahead (1951 Film) '', attributed to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut
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Full Speed Ahead may refer to: Films * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1936 film), a 1936 British film directed by Lawrence Huntington * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1940 film), a 1940 British film directed by John Hunt * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (1951 film), a 1951 Mexican comedy film Music * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (D.R.I. album), 1995 * ''Full Speed Ahead'', a 1990 album by Larry Mercey * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (Pain album), 1999 * ''Full Speed Ahead'' (Táta Vega album), 1976 * ''Full Speed Ahead'', a 2001 album by Autoramas Other * The nautical term ''Full speed ahead'' * The oft quoted command ''Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
