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The Escape (1944 Film)
''The Escape'' ( es, La fuga) is a 1944 Mexican historical adventure film directed by Norman Foster and starring Esther Fernandez, Ricardo Montalbán, and Carlos Orellana. It is based on the short story ''Boule de suif'' by Guy de Maupassant. The sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. The film is set during the French Intervention in Mexico. As the Republican forces of Benito Juarez close in on Mexico City, a group of pro-Imperial supporters flee on a stagecoach to the port city of Veracruz. Following the plot of the Maupassant story, the French lieutenant (Montalbán) demands sex from one of the passengers, a young Mexican prostitute (Fernández), in exchange for allowing the stagecoach to continue its journey. He tries to court her while her fellow passengers pressure her to accept. The ending of the film departs from the Maupassant story and makes the leads fall in love to form a tragic romantic couple. The film reunited Esther Fernández and Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Foster (director)
Norman Foster (born Norman Foster Hoeffer, December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film ''The Other Side of the Wind''. Life and career Norman Foster was born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, in Richmond, Indiana. He became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work including ''The Barker'' (1927, New York; 1928, London) in which he appeared opposite Claudette Colbert.Amy Fine Collins (April 2000),A Perfect Star, ''Vanity Fair''. Accessed April 19, 2019. He later appeared on Broadway in the George S. Kaufman/Ring Lardner play ''June Moon'' in 1929. He began work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second French Intervention In Mexico
The Second French Intervention in Mexico ( es, Segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), was an invasion of Mexico, launched in late 1862 by the Second French Empire, which hoped to replace the Mexican Republic with a monarchy favorable to French interests. After the administration of President of Mexico, Mexican President Benito Juárez placed a moratorium on foreign debt payments in 1861, France, the United Kingdom, and Spain agreed to the Convention of London (1861), Convention of London, a joint effort to ensure that debt repayments from Mexico would be forthcoming. On 8 December 1861, the three navies disembarked their troops at the port city of Veracruz (city), Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico. However, when the British discovered that France had an ulterior motive and unilaterally planned to seize Mexico, the United Kingdom separately negotiated an agreement with Mexico to settle the debt issues and withdrew fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Inclán
Miguel Inclán (1897–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 He became known for his villainous roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography * ''Nobleza ranchera'' (1938) - Pánfilo * '' The Cemetery of the Eagles'' (1939) - Gral. Pedro Ma. Anaya * ''United But Not Mixed'' (1939) - Sisebuto Corrales * ''Heart of a Child'' (1939) - Señor Precusa * ''Los olvidados de Dios'' (1940) - Macario Hernández García 'El Gorrión' * ''The Hawk'' (1940) - Gaspar * ''Los de abajo'' (1940) - El meco * ''El charro Negro'' (1940) - Pancho, esbirro de Emilio * ''Mala yerba'' (1940) - Manuel * ''El monje loco'' (1940) * ''El Zorro de Jalisco'' (1941) - 'Sonaja' * '' Creo en Dios'' (1941) * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941) - Jefe de Policía * '' Cuando los hijos se van'' (1941) - Patricio Gómez * '' El rápido de las 9.15'' (1941) - El Anticuario * ''Amor chinaco'' (1941) * ''¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes!'' (1941) - Chueco Gallegos * ''El barbero prodigioso'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Bravo
Antonio Bravo (12 May 1906 – 28 February 1992) was a Spanish-born Mexican film and television actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.159 He appeared in more than a hundred and forty productions during a lengthy career. Selected filmography * ''Beautiful Mexico'' (1938) * ''I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * ''El Ametralladora'' (1943) * ''The Escape'' (1944) * ''Saint Francis of Assisi'' (1944) * ''Madam Temptation'' (1948) * ''The Great Madcap'' (1949) * ''Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * ''A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (1951) * ''The White Rose'' (1954) * ''The Price of Living'' (1954) * ''Drop the Curtain'' (1955) * ''A Few Drinks'' (1958) * ''El Esqueleto de la señora Morales'' (1960) * ''The Miracle Roses'' (1960) * '' Love in the Shadows'' (1960) * ''My Mother Is Guilty ''My Mother Is Guilty'' (Spanish: ''Mi madre es culpable'') is a 1960 Mexican drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Marga López, Carlos Baena and Domingo Soler.Riera p.59 The film's sets were designed by Jesús ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Roldán
Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award. Acted in some of Fernando de Fuentes most important movies, like ''El prisionero trece'' and ''El compadre Mendoza'', both from his Revolution Trilogy, and first Mexican box-office ''Allá en el Rancho Grande''. Early life A San Luis Potosí native, Roldán was born Emma Roldán Reyna to hotel owners José María Roldán and Virginia Reyna, the second of four siblings. Her parents' hotel was located in front of the "Teatro de la Paz" in San Luis Potosí, where theatrical companies would perform. It is there where she met her husband Pedro Jesús Ojeda with whom she procreated two children, Emma Ojeda Roldán and Pedro Ojeda Roldán. She and her husband moved to Monterrey, but they would tour across the country, a life she disliked. They l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estela Inda
Stella (or Estela) Inda (June 28, 1924 – December 7, 1995) was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including ''Los olvidados'' by Luis Buñuel in 1949. Biography Inda started her career as extra in the successful film '' La Mujer del Puerto'' (1934), which starred Andrea Palma. Also, she participated in Mexican films such as '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939), ''Santa'' (second sound version, 1943), ''Bugambilia'' (1944, with Dolores del Río), '' Amok'' (1945, with María Félix), and the success films ''Los olvidados'' (1949, directed by Luis Buñuel and ''El Rebozo de Soledad'' (1955, directed by Roberto Gavaldón). In the later years, she was an acting teacher in the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico, and directed a folkloric dance group called "Stella Inda y su Conjunto". In 1947 she had a prominent but uncredited role as the historical personage La Malinche in the Hollywood epic ''Captain from Castile'', opposite Cesar Romero as H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Fernández
María Esther Fernández González (23 August 1915 – 21 October 1999) was a Mexican actress. Life and career Esther Fernández began her career as an extra in the film '' La Mujer del Puerto'' (1934). Her first starring role was in the early horror film ''El baúl macabro'' (Miguel Zacarías, 1936). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Crucita in the rural musical ''Allá en el rancho Grande'' (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. Some critics consider the unexpected success of this film throughout Latin America as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández played mostly ingénues in movies like ''Mi candidato'' (1938), with Joaquín Pardavé and Pedro Armendàriz, and ''Los de abajo'' (1939), with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. She caught the attention of Paramount Pictures, which had already contracted Tito Guizar, and earned her a contract to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Years Before The Mast (film)
''Two Years Before the Mast'' is a 1946 adventure film based on Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s travel book of the same name. It stars Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, and Barry Fitzgerald. Plot summary In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the ''Pilgrim'', one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy), who will ultimately recount the entire voyage in a book. Cast * Alan Ladd as Charles Stewart * Brian Donlevy as Richard Henry Dana * William Bendix as First Mate Amazeen * Barry Fitzgerald as Terence O'Feenaghty * Howard Da Silva as Captain Thompson * Esther Fernández as Maria Dominguez * Albert Dekker as Brown * Luis van Rooten as 2nd Mate Foster * Darryl Hickman as Sam Hooper * Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, Motion Picture Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa (1943 Film)
''Santa'' is a 1943 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Norman Foster (director), Norman Foster and Alfredo Gómez de la Vega. It stars Esther Fernández, José Cibrián, and Ricardo Montalbán. References External links * 1943 films Mexican romantic drama films 1943 romantic drama films Mexican black-and-white films Films directed by Norman Foster 1940s Mexican films {{romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in eastern Mexico and is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's largest cities include Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Minatitlán, Poza Rica, Boca Del Río and Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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