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Toña La Negra
Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez (2 November 1912 – 19 November 1982), known by her stage name Toña la Negra (Toña the Black Woman), was a Mexican singer and actress of partial Haitian ancestry, known for her interpretation of boleros and '' canciones'' written by Agustín Lara. Life and career Toña la Negra was born Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez on 2 November 1912 in La Huaca, a neighborhood of Veracruz, Veracruz. Her father, Timoteo Peregrino Reyes (born c. 1857), played guitar and was a founding member of a guild of local port workers. Her mother, Daría Álvarez Campos (born c. 1867), sang at family gatherings. Toña had four siblings and three paternal half-siblings. Toña's paternal grandfather, Severo Peregrino, was from Port-au-Prince, Haiti and had immigrated to Mexico in the 19th century. Toña began her career in the 1920s singing tangos as the lead singer of the Trío Peregrino-Uzcanga. In 1932, she traveled to Mexico City and met songwriter and comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Eugenia
''María Eugenia'' is a 1943 Mexican drama film directed by Felipe Gregorio Castillo and starring María Félix, alongside Manolita Saval and Rafael Baledón. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Cast * María Félix as María Eugenia * Manolita Saval as Raquel * Rafael Baledón as Carlos * Jorge Reyes as Ricardo * Virginia Manzano as Julia * Mimí Derba as Doña Virginia * Eugenia Galindo as Doña Matilde * Salvador Quiroz as Doctor * Alejandro Cobo as Jefe de María * Alfredo Varela as Martín * Ignacio Peón as José María * Consuelo Segarra as Rosa * Carolina Barret as Mulata * Antonio Bedolla as Pedro * Julio Ahuet as Emeterio * Toña la Negra * Eva Beltri * Trío Calaveras * Son Clave de Oro * Hermanos Huesca * Alfonso Bedoya * Roberto Cañedo Production ''María Eugenia'' was the first film María Félix made after her film debut in ''El Peñón de las Ánimas''. During filming, Félix caused a stir while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour and Pétion-Ville. The city of Port-au-Prince is on the Gulf of Gonâve: the bay on which the city lies, which acts as a natural harbor, has sustained economic activity since the civilizations of the Taíno. It was first incorporated under French colonial rule in 1749. The city's layout is similar to that of an amphitheater; commercial districts are near the water, while residential neighborhoods are located on the hills above. Its population is difficult to ascertain due to the rapid growth of slums in the hillsides above the city; however, recent estimates place the metropolitan area's population at around 3.7 million, nearly half of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-Mexicans
Afro-Mexicans ( es, afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans ( es, mexicanos negros), are Mexicans who have heritage from sub-Saharan Africa and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era, as well as post-independence migrants. The latter include Afro-descended people from neighboring English, French, and Spanish-speaking countries of the Caribbean and Central America, descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped to Mexico from the Deep South during Slavery in the United States, and to a lesser extent recent migrants directly from Africa. Today, there are localized communities in Mexico with significant although not predominant African ancestry. These are mostly concentrated in specific communities, including the populations of the Oaxaca, Huetamo, Lázaro Cárdenas, Guerrero, and Veracruz states. Throughout the century following the Spanish co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Galician Dances The Mambo
''A Galician Dances the Mambo'' (Spanish: ''Una gallega baila mambo'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Niní Marshall, Joaquín Pardavé and Silvia Pinal.Posadas, p. 117. Cast * Niní Marshall as Cándida * Joaquín Pardavé as Cleofas Martínez * Silvia Pinal as Carmina * Pepe del Río as Gilberto Sánchez * Miguel Arenas as don Fernando de la Colina * José Pulido as Ricardo * Antonio Bravo as Martín, mayordomo * Celia Viveros as Maurelia * Los Panchos as Themselves * Toña la Negra as Cantante * Víctor Alcocer as Jefe de chofer * José Baviera as don Leoncio * María Gentil Arcos as Compañera de juego de Cándida * Ana María Hernández as Invitada a graduación * Elodia Hernández as doña Gertrudis * Francisco Pando as don Fabián * Aurora Walker Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love For Sale (1951 Film)
''Love for Sale'' (Spanish:''Amor vendido'') is a 1951 Mexican musical film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Fernando Fernández, Meche Barba and Óscar Pulido.Vargas p.172 Cast * Fernando Fernández as Raúl * Meche Barba as Adriana * Óscar Pulido as Temístocles * Sara Guasch as La Mamy * Manolo Hernandez as Manolo * Carlos Múzquiz as Detective Policía * Eva Garza as Cantante * Pascual García Peña as Don Pedro Nolasco * Armando Velasco as Doctor de la Fuente * Jorge Mondragon as Juez * Carlos Valadez as Carlos Vela, el perfumado * Freddy Fernández as Pichi * Toña la Negra as Cantante * Víctor Manuel Castro as Concursante baile * Rafael Icardo as Don Fernando * Inés Murillo as Vecina * Juan Orraca as Detective policía * Sergio Prado * Victorio Blanco as Custodio * Flora Alicia Campos as Vecina * Rogelio Fernández as Complice del Perfumado * Salvador Godínez as Complice del perfumado * Georgina González as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge (1948 Film)
''Revenge'' (Spanish: ''Revancha'') is a 1948 Mexican crime film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla, David Silva and Agustín Lara.Wood p.287 The film's art direction was by José Rodríguez Granada. Cast * Ninón Sevilla as Rosa * David Silva as Rafael * Agustín Lara as Agustín * Toña la Negra as Toña * Pedro Vargas as Cantante * Lalo Malcolm as Don Alejandro * Manuel Dondé as Gilberto Acosta * Miguel Manzano as El Gillet * Fernando Barthell as Jimmy * Olga Santiago * José Muñoz as Don Javier * Cecilia Leger as Esposa de Baltazar * Ignacio Peón as Cliente cabaret * Joaquín Roche Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) ... as Don Baltazar * Ángela Rodríguez as Mujer en cabaret References Bibliography * Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Konga
''Red Konga'' (in Spanish ''Konga Roja'') is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1943 and starring María Antonieta Pons and Pedro Armendáriz. Plot The supervisor of a banana packing plant, is the target of a union opponents. While focusing on the defense of union members of his plant and maintain his life goals in his workplace, the supervisor is stolen by a gang of bad guys. His supposed best friend is one of the culprits. His life is further complicated by an affair with a singer in a port tavern. Cast * María Antonieta Pons * Pedro Armendáriz * Carlos López Moctezuma * Tito Junco * Toña la Negra Reviews In 1943 the Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...n actress and rumbera María Antonieta Pons had a greater advantage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heads Or Tails (1937 Film)
''Heads or Tails'' (Spanish:''Águila o sol'') is a 1937 film of the cinema of Mexico. This was Mario Moreno’s a.k.a. Cantinflas's third film and the second in a row with co-star Manuel Medel. After the completion of the film and with the help of Mendel, an already accomplished actor, Cantinflas decided to pursue a career of his own. The film was written, adapted and directed by Russian-born Arcady Boytler. The movie was placed on the 84th spot among the 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico, a list created by Mexican film experts. Cast * Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" as Polito Sol * Manuel Medel as Carmelo Águila * Margarita Mora as Teresa * Marina Tamayo as Adriana Águila * Luis G. Barreiro as Castro * Manuel Arvide as Hipólito Sol * Margarita Sodi as young Adriana * Jesús de la Mora as young Polito * José Girón Torres as young Carmelo * Dora Ceprano as Dora * Ramón Rey as "El Gallego" * Teresa Rojas * Emma Vogel * Blanca Rosa Otero * José Elías Moreno * Rafael Bale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Veracruzana
Universidad Veracruzana (Spanish for ''University of Veracruz'') is a public autonomous university located in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Established in 1944, the university is one of the most important in the southeast region of México. Its academic organization is a structure based on academic areas, schools, education programs and research institutes. Due to geographic dispersing, academic activities are coordinated by the Academic Secretariat and four Vice-Rector's Offices. General Directions of the academic areas: Arts, Biology and Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Liberal Arts and Technical coordinate as well each school and educational programs. The Department of Research coordinates the plans and activities of the research institutes, and the Direction of Art Dissemination operates the artistic groups and the cultural activities programs. In the region of Xalapa, the university has 32 schools, 22 institutes and research ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Informador (Mexico)
''El Informador'' is an independent, daily newspaper published and headquartered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. ''El Informador'' was founded by Jesús Álvarez del Castillo on October 5, 1917. The average daily circulation of the publishing group to which this newspaper belongs is 45,000 copies, of which 25,000 are subscriptions. This makes it the newspaper with the largest circulation in the state of Jalisco and the sixth largest in the country. See also * List of newspapers in Mexico A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ... External links ''El Informador'' References Mass media in Guadalajara Newspapers published in Mexico Publications established in 1917 Spanish-language newspapers {{Mexico-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panteón Jardín
Panteón Jardín ("Garden Cemetery") is a cemetery in Mexico City in which several notable people are interred. It is located in the southwest of the city, between the San Ángel and Olivar de los Padres boroughs. It is a garden cemetery, built in what used to be the outskirts of the city in the 1930s. It's wide central boulevard leads to a small hill in the back. It's near 150 acres are used mostly for Catholic burials, but has a special section for Jewish ones, called ''La Fraternidad'' (The Fraternity). Since 1946, another section belongs to the National Association of Actors (National Association of Actors), used mainly for actors and actresses. It has a capacity of 85,000 graves. It's non-denominational, and even as a private cemetery, it's open to the public. Notable people buried here are artists, musicians, actors and actresses, politicians and presidents. This makes it a tourist attraction and pilgrimage site for the fans of popular culture Mexican actors, specially fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
