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Tehuantepec (film)
''Tehuantepec'' is a 1954 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Katy Jurado, Gustavo Rojo and Enrique Rambal.Quinlan p.281 In the early twentieth century a railway is constructed across Tehuantepec to try and compete with the Panama Canal which was also under construction. Cast In alphabetical order * Manuel Arvide * Victorio Blanco * Manuel Calvo * Eduardo Fajardo * Pedro Galván * Enrique García Álvarez * Eduardo González Pliego * Gilberto González * Enrique Iñigo * Katy Jurado * José Muñoz * Manuel Noriega * Diana Ochoa * Polo Ortín * Consuelo Pastor * Ismael Pérez * Enrique Rambal * Tracey Roberts * Gustavo Rojo * Domingo Soler Domingo Soler (born Domingo Díaz Pavia; 17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961) was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 films. Soler won an Ariel ... * Jorge Treviño Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Contreras Torres
Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. Selected filmography Director * ''Juárez y Maximiliano'' (1934) * '' No te engañes corazón'' (1936) * ''La paloma'' (1937) * '' The Mad Empress'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala'' (1946) * '' Pancho Villa Returns'' (1950) * '' Vuelve Pancho Villa'' (1950) (alternate version of ''Pancho Villa Returns'', but with Pedro Armendariz replacing Leo Carrillo in the title role * ''Under the Sky of Spain'' (1953) * ''Tehuantepec Tehuantepec (, in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre Hispanic period ...'' (1954) Producer * '' Madman and Vagabond'' (1946) Bibliography * Noble, Andrea. ''Mexican National Cinema''. Routledge, 2005. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo González Pliego
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer * Eduardo "Edu" Coimbra, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Costa, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo da Conceição Maciel, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer * Eduardo Adelino da Silva, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Gómez (footballer), Chilean footballer * Eduardo Gonçalves de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Jesus, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Martini, Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Ferreira Abdo Pacheco, Brazilian footballer Music * Eduardo (rapper), Carlos Eduardo Taddeo, Brazilian rapper * Eduardo De Crescenzo, Italian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Politicians * Eduardo Año, Filipino politician and retired ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Historical Drama Films
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1954 Films
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Jorge Treviño (actor)
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Soler
Domingo Soler (born Domingo Díaz Pavia; 17 April 1901 – 13 June 1961) was a Mexican actor and occasional screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in over 150 films and wrote the screenplays for 2 films. Soler won an Ariel Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 1945 drama film '' The Shack'', making him the first winner in that category. Early life Domingo Soler was born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero as Domingo Díaz Pavía on 17 April 1901 to Domingo Díaz García and Irene Pavía Soler. He was the younger brother of Fernando Soler and Andrés Soler, as well as the elder brother of Julián Soler and Mercedes Soler. His family is known as the Soler Dynasty. Selected filmography * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' The Thief'' (1947) * ''Lost'' (1950) * ''La casa chica'' (1950) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1950) * ''We Maids'' (1951) * ''The Three Elenas'' (1954) * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Roberts (actress)
Tracey Roberts (born Blanche Goldstone, – February 8, 2002) was an American actress who became an acting coach. Her name was sometimes seen as Tracy Roberts. Early years Roberts was born in Little Falls, New York. She attended Cornell University and the University of Michigan before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. She also worked as a model for illustrators. Two of her siblings went on to work in entertainment, Ann Marcus as a TV writer and producer and Raymond Goldstone as a writer for TV and films. Career Roberts had the female lead in the film '' Fort Defiance'' (1951) and acted in ''Anything Goes'', ''Actors in Sin'' (1952) and ''Hollywood or Bust'' (1956). On stage, she appeared in ''It's Been Wonderful'', ''Paradise Lost'', ''Winter Kill'', ''Hedda Gabler'', ''Orpheus Descending'', ''The Seagull'', and ''The Women''. After Roberts's acting opportunities began to diminish, she took a friend's advice and began to teach acting. She was artistic direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Pérez
Ismael may refer to: People * Ismael Balkhi, a political activist from Afghanistan * Ismael Blanco (born 1983), an Argentine professional footballer * Ismael Prego "Wismichu", a Spanish youtuber * Ismael Villegas, a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player Other uses * Ismael, Sar-e Pol, a village in Afghanistan * ''Ismael'' (film), a 2013 Spanish film * ''Ismael'' (novel), a 1977 novel by Klas Östergren See also * Ismaël * Ysmael (other) * Isfael, Welsh bishop and saint * Ishmael (other) * Ismail (other) Ismail is the first son of the religious figure Abraham. Ismail may refer to: * Ismail (name), people with the name * Sultan Ismail (other), various rulers * Ismail County, a former county of Romania * Izmail (Romanian: Ismail), a histo ... * Ismail (name) * * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consuelo Pastor
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Polo Ortín
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Ochoa
Diana most commonly refers to: * Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon * Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her ac ... (1961–1997), formerly Lady Diana Spencer, was an activist, philanthropist, and member of the British royal family Places and jurisdictions Africa * Diana (see), a town and commune in Souk Ahras Province in north-eastern Algeria * Diana's Peak, the highest point on the island of Saint Helena * Diana Region, a region in Madagascar * Diana Veteranorum, an ancient city, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in Algeria Americas * Diana, New York, a town in Lewis County, New York, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Noriega (actor)
Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (June 24, 1880 – August 12, 1961) was a Spanish-born Mexican stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manuel Noriega Ruiz in Colombres, Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well as in Mexico, Cuba and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost, but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film ''Pepita Jiménez''. Married to Hortensia Castañeda Avila, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Noriega died of gastric ulcer in Mexico City on August 12, 1961, and is buried at the Panteón Jardín in Mexico City. Selected filmography * '' Heart of Gold'' (1923) * '' These Men'' (1937) * ''He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
