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Sergio Guerrero (composer)
Sergio Guerrero (1921–2008) was a Mexican composer of film scores.Schwartz p.209 Selected filmography * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * '' Arrabalera'' (1951) * '' A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (1951) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1951) * '' What Has That Woman Done to You?'' (1951) * ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * ''Passionflower'' (1952) * '' The Naked Woman'' (1953) * ''Genius and Figure'' (1953) * ''The Spot of the Family'' (1953) * ''Black Ace'' (1954) * '' Magdalena'' (1955) * ''Spring in the Heart ''Spring in the Heart'' (Spanish: ''Primavera en el corazón'') is a 1956 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Roberto Rodríguez and starring Andy Russell, Irasema Dilián and Enrique Rambal. Riera p.83 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the C ...'' (1956) * '' Yesenia'' (1971) * '' Roots of Blood'' (1978) References Bibliography * Ronald Schwartz. ''Latin American Films, 1932-1994: A Critical Filmography''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1921 births 2008 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius And Figure
''Genius and Figure'' (Spanish: ''Genio y figura'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú and Esther Fernández. Alfaro p.86 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Plot Antonio is a player who abandoned his woman as soon as she gives birth. Antonio's friend Luis, will do his best to make him go back to his family. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas * Esther Fernández as Esther * Evangelina Elizondo as Victoria Rey * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Gloria Mestre as Alicia del Río * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Doctor * Aurora Walker as Enfermera * Manuel Noriega as Doctor Torres * Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the List of years, main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * :Deaths by year, Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year Lists of deaths by year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Births
Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board. * January 16 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. * January 17 – The first recorded public performance of the illusion of "sawing a woman in half" is given by English stage magician P. T. Selbit at the Finsbury Park Empire variety theatre in London. * January 20 – British K-class submarine HMS K5, HMS ''K5'' sinks in the English Channel; all 57 on board are lost. * January 21 – The full-length Silent film, silent comedy drama film ''The Kid (1921 film), The Kid'', written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roots Of Blood
''Raíces de sangre'' () (''Roots of Blood'') is a Mexican movie written and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño released in 1978 in Mexico and other countries. According to some sources, it had a wide release on May 30, 1979, but other sources show it was playing in US theaters as early as August 1978. The film deals with labor relations and tensions between Mexican and Chicano workers. It has received praise as a foundational work in Latin American cinema. Theme, setting, tone and plot summary The theme concerns worker relations along the US–Mexico border. The movie is set in Socorro, Texas, along the border between Mexico and the US. Chicano and Mexican workers interact with each other and with management in a garment factory. Amidst a heightening labor tension and attempts at organizing the workers, a deadly riot occurs. Cast * Richard Yñiguez as Carlos Rivera * Malena Doria as Hilda Gutierrez * Adriana Rojo as Rosamaria Mejía * Ernesto Gómez Cruz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yesenia (film)
''Yesenia'' is a 1971 Mexican film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché. The film stars Jacqueline Andere as the titular character, along with Jorge Lavat. ''Yesenia'' was a blockbuster in the Soviet Union, where it sold 91.4million tickets, and became the List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union, highest-grossing foreign film in the Soviet Union and China. Due to this success abroad, it ranks among the world's List of highest-grossing non-English films, non-English language films with the highest attendance record. Plot Yesenia (Jacqueline Andere) had grown up among romani people, gypsies but her mother was white. Obliged by the circumstances (and her parents), she felt the need to give her child to an old gypsy woman whom Yesenia believed to be her grandmother. The love of a soldier, disappointment, and other misunderstandings reveal the hidden truth. Cast * Jacqueline Andere as Yesenia * Jorge Lavat as Osvaldo * Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring In The Heart
''Spring in the Heart'' (Spanish: ''Primavera en el corazón'') is a 1956 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Roberto Rodríguez and starring Andy Russell, Irasema Dilián and Enrique Rambal. Riera p.83 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvador Lozano Mena. Cast * Andy Russell as Andrés Valdés * Irasema Dilián as Graciela * Enrique Rambal as Bobby; Roberto Garza * Eduardo Alcaraz as Arturo Dávila * Emma Arvizu as Tía Eugenia * Nicolás Rodríguez as Don Enrique * Ernesto Finance as Don Alfonso * María Gentil Arcos as Dueña de pensión * Antonio Raxel Antonio Salazar Alejos (13 April 1922 – 25 November 1999), professionally known as Antonio Raxel, was a Mexican actor. He was also a dubbing actor for TV shows, movies, and animation. Education and acting career Raxel was born in Chiapa de Corz ... as Gino Pandolfi * Irma Castillón as Chabela, niña * Guille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena (film)
''Magdalena'' is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Rosario Granados, Fernando Fernández and Rodolfo Landa.Riera p.188 Cast * Rosario Granados as Magdalena Antúnez * Fernando Fernández as Luis * Rodolfo Landa as Ernesto * Martha Valdés as Lucila * Anita Blanch as Tía Concha * Arturo Soto Rangel as Maestro de música * Tito Novaro as Eduardo * Elsa Cárdenas as Elenita * Roberto G. Rivera as Rodrigo * Ernesto Finance as Lic. Arturo Aguilar * José Pidal José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ... as Doctor * León Barroso as Doctor II * Aurora Zermeño as Enriqueta, assistante de Magdalena References Bibliography * Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1953-1954''. Universidad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Ace (film)
''Black Ace'' (Spanish: ''As negro'') is a 1954 Mexican noir crime drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Antonio Badú, Meche Barba and René Cardona. Alfaro p.172 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Antonio Badú as Julio / Germán Acaro * Meche Barba as Laura / Yolanda * René Cardona as Antillano * Carolina Barret as Flora * Albert Carrier as El francés * Carlos Múzquiz as Muñeco * Lupe Legorreta as Elena * Roberto G. Rivera as Mariachi * Jaime González Quiñones as Julio / Germán Acaro de niño * Víctor Alcocer Víctor Alcocer Gómez (March 23, 1917 – October 2, 1984) was a Mexican actor of film, television and voice-over. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spot Of The Family
''The Spot of the Family'' or ''The Family's Flaw'' (Spanish: ''El lunar de la familia'') is a 1953 comedy drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú, Sara García and Esther Fernández. Riera p.90-91 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas; Toño * Sara García as Doña Luisa Jiménez * Esther Fernández as Esther * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Sara Montes as Lupita * José Elías Moreno as Don Maurelio * Josefina Leiner as Anita * Quintín Bulnes as Feliciano * Carlos Martínez Baena as Padre José * Pepe del Río as Joaquinito * Jorge Treviño as Don Melquiades * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Mamá de Feliciano * Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Woman (film)
''The Naked Woman'' (Spanish: ''La mujer desnuda'') is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Meche Barba, Antonio Aguilar and Miguel Torruco. It is part of the genre of Rumberas film popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. It was shot at the San Ángel Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Plot A cabaret dancer, daughter of a circus clown, marries a famous singer. When both seem to be happy, a former lover of the young woman returns from her past and blackmails her to not reveal her dark past. Cast * Meche Barba as Magda * Antonio Aguilar as Tony Aguilar * Miguel Torruco as David * Carlos López Moctezuma as Don Pedro * Aurora Segura as Carmen * Fanny Schiller as Violeta Bello * María Victoria as María Victoria * Marión Inclán as Cantante * Titina Romay as Magda, niña * Lupe Carriles as Doña Chole * Pascual García Peña as Portero Reviews In this film, Meche Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
