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The Wildcat (1936 Film)
''The Wildcat'' (Spanish: ''El gato montés'') is a 1936 Spanish musical drama directed by Catalan Rosario Pi and starring Pablo Hertogs, María del Pilar Lebrón, Víctor Merás and Mapy Cortés.Bentley p.127 It is based on the 1916 Spanish popular opera (also known as zarzuela or Spanish operetta) ''El gato montés'' by Manuel Penella. ''El gato montés'' is the first film in Spanish sound cinema directed by a woman. Cast References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. *Martin-Márquez, Susan. ''Feminist Discourse and Spanish Cinema: Sight Unseen''. Oxford UP, 1999. External links * 1930s musical drama films 1936 films 1930s Spanish-language films Films based on operas Spanish black-and-white films Spanish musical drama films 1936 drama films {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Pi
Rosario Pi was a Catalan film director, producer, and screenwriter. With the release of her 1936 film ''El Gato montés'' (''The Wildcat (1936 film), The Wildcat)'' she became one of Spain's women film pioneers, along with Elena Jordi and Helena Cortesina. She also directed ''Molinos de viento''. Her Star Films Movie Company produced the first talkies in Spain. Biography Rosario was born in Barcelona in 1899 into a family that owned a textile factory in Sabadell. She walked with a limp from a young age (likely due to polio, according to historians). As a young woman, she forged a path for herself as an entrepreneur, starting her own lingerie business in Barcelona. When her business failed in 1929, she moved to Madrid and entered the fledgling film industry, forming a production company called Star Films. Star Films produced the first Spanish talkies. In 1935 she made her debut as director with ''The Wildcat (1936 film), El Gato Montés'' (The Wildcat), released in 1936, an adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |