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The Cheerful Colsada Girls
''The Cheerful Colsada Girls'' (Spanish: ''Las alegres chicas de Colsada'') is a 1984 Spanish film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Tania Doris, Luis Cuenca and José Bódalo.Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 250. . Cast * as Elena * Luis Cuenca as Manolo *José Bódalo as Don Matías *Antonio Garisa as Father Eugenio *Máximo Valverde as Juan Luis * Carmen de Lirio as Lola * as Alfonso *Fernando Sancho as Sr. Barbero *Helga Liné as Charo *Carolina Figueras as ballerina * as Trinidad *Ventura Oller *Carolina Figueras Pijuan as ballerina *Silvia Solar Silvia Solar (20 March 19369 May 2011) was a French actress and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Solar was born Geneviève Couzain in Paris. Career Couzain won the ti ... References External links * Spanish musical comedy films Films directed by Rafael Gil 1980s Spanish-language films 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Gil
Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. His film ''La noche del sábado'' (1950) was nominated for the Gold Lion at the 1950 Venice Film Festival and his film ''El beso de Judas'' (1954) was also nominated for the Gold Lion at the 1954 festival in Venice. His film ''Let's Make the Impossible!'' (1958) was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has won nine prizes of the National Syndicate of Spectacle of Spain. Gil was a prominent director of the Franco era. His later works, often in collaboration with the Pro-Franco screenwriter and novelist Fernando Vizcaíno Casas, looked back nostalgically to the years of Franco's rule.Mira p.147 Filmography * ''The Queen's Flower Girl'' (1940) *''The Man Who Wanted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Vizcaíno Casas
Fernando Vizcaíno Casas (1926–2003), was a Spanish labour lawyer, journalist and writer. His writings were generally supportive of Francoist Spain. During the 1970s and 1980s he collaborated with the director Rafael Gil Rafael Gil (22 May 1913 – 10 July 1986) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''La guerra de Dios'' (1953) won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1953 and also won best film and best director at the San Sebastián ... on a number of films that supported this point of view.Mira p.147 References Bibliography * Mira, Alberto. ''Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. :es:Fernando Vizcaíno Casas 1926 births 2003 deaths Labour lawyers Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish lawyers {{Spain-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Cuenca
Luis Cuenca García (6 December 1921 – 21 January 2004) was a Spanish actor. Partial filmography *''Quiéreme con música'' (1957) *''¿Pena de muerte?'' (1961) - Barbero *''Las travesuras de Morucha'' (1962) - Pepe *''Un rincón para querernos'' (1964) - Sacamuelas *'' Toto of Arabia'' (1965) - El Kasser *''Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble'' (1983) *''Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17'' (1993) *''Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa'' (1984) *'' The Cheerful Colsada Girls'' (1984) - Manolo *''Perras callejeras'' (1985) - Don Eulogio *''El donante'' (1985) - Manuel Torrecilla (uncredited) *''Suspiros de España (y Portugal)'' (1995) - Abad *''Cachito'' (1996) - Señor *'' The Good Life'' (1996) - Abuelo *'' Airbag'' (1997) - Souza *''Mátame mucho'' (1998) - Bartolo *''Grandes ocasiones'' (1998) - Abuelo *''En dag til i solen'' (1998) - Watchmaker *'' Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley'' (1998) - Barman *'' A Time for Defiance'' (1998) - Melquíades *'' Obra maestra'' (2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Bódalo
José Bódalo Zúffoli (March 24, 1916 – July 24, 1985) was an Argentine born Spanish film actor. Biography Bódalo was born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son of Rome-born actress Eugenia Zúffoli and Spanish actor and singer José Bódalo, Sr. His birth in Argentina coincided with his family's artistic tour, but he soon moved to Madrid, where he began studying medicine. He made over 120 film and TV appearances between 1930 and his death in 1985. From the mid to late 1960s he prolifically appeared in Spaghetti Western films which were often Spanish and Italian co produced. He played the role of General Hugo Rodriguez in the 1966 film '' Django'' opposite Franco Nero; and also performed in Begin the Beguine, the film that won the 1982 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He appeared in many comedy or drama films in Spain but also appeared in many television series particularly after 1970 such as ''Novela'' from 1969–1977 and ''Estudio 1'' in the early 1980s. He die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Padilla (composer)
José Padilla Sánchez (28 May 1889 in Almería – 25 October 1960 in Madrid), popularly known as Maestro Padilla was a famous Spanish composer and pianist. He was best known for the songs ''La Violetera'' and ''El Relicario'', popularized by cuplé singer Raquel Meller, and the pasodoble ''Valencia'' He became famous in France as he composed songs for the Moulin Rouge, like ''Ça c'est Paris''. ''La Violetera'' was adapted by Charlie Chaplin for the soundtrack of ''City Lights'' (1931). Biography José Padilla Sánchez was born in Almería in 1889. He took his first music lessons from Almería´s Municipal Band director and at fourteen he produced his first written music sheet titled L''as dos palomas''. By the time he lived in Madrid, he attended the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación. Also, he became acquainted with remarcable Zarzuela composers such as Tomás Bretón, Gerónimo Giménez y Amadeo Vives. At 23 he moves Barcelona and from there to Buenos A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José F
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máximo Valverde
Máximo Valverde (born 16 November 1944) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1968. Selected filmography * 1970: ''The Wind's Fierce'' * 1971: ''Una chica casi decente'' * 1971: '' The Rebellious Novice'' * 1971: ''Spaniards in Paris'' * 1972: '' Tragic Ceremony'' as Joe * 1973: '' No es bueno que el hombre esté solo'' as Mauro * 1975: '' Clara is the Price'' * 1977: ''Hotel Fear ''Pensione paura'' () is a 1978 film directed by Francesco Barilli. Plot A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. The girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests and matters become worse when her mother dies. Soon afte ...'' * 1978: '' Bermuda: Cave of the Sharks'' * 1984: '' The Cheerful Colsada Girls'' as Juan Luis References External links * 1944 births Living people Spanish male film actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen De Lirio
Carmen de Lirio (31 October 1926 – 4 August 2014) was a Spanish film actress.Cowie & Elley p.496 Selected filmography * ''The Evil Forest'' (1951) * ''It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (1953) * ''Peace Never Comes'' (1960) * ''The Two Rivals (1960 film), The Two Rivals'' (1960) * ''Goliath Against the Giants'' (1961) * ''The Wild Ones of San Gil Bridge'' (1966) * ''Marquis de Sade: Justine'' (1969) * ''The House of the Doves'' (1972) * ''Clara is the Price'' (1975) * ''The Cheerful Colsada Girls'' (1984) References Bibliography * Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977. External links * 1926 births 2014 deaths Spanish film actresses Actors from Zaragoza {{Spain-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Sancho
Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during or following surgery to remove a malignant tumor in the pancreas. He was interred in Madrid. Fernando Sancho fought in the Spanish Civil War on the rebel side, being wounded several times and achieving the rank of lieutenant in the Legion. Career He was often typecast as a Mexican bandit in Spaghetti Westerns, including ''The Big Gundown'' (directed by Sergio Sollima), ''A Pistol for Ringo'' and ''Return of Ringo'' (directed by Duccio Tessari), ''Arizona Colt'' (directed by Michele Lupo), '' Minnesota Clay'' (directed by Sergio Corbucci), and ''Sartana'' (directed by Gianfranco Parolini). He also appeared in a number of Spanish horror movies in the 1960s and 1970s. One of his better known horror parts was the role of a corrupt small-town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helga Liné
Helga Liné (; born Helga Lina Stern on 14 July 1932) is a German-born Portuguese-Spanish-American film actress and circus acrobat best known for her work in the horror genre of film. She made 132 appearances mostly in film between 1941 and 2006, but most of her work has been in Spanish cinema. Biography Helga Liné was born Helga Lina Stern on 14 July 1932 in Berlin, Germany. During the Nazi regime she fled Germany at a young age with her family, and took refuge in Portugal. At the age of just 9 she made her first film appearance there in the film ''Porto de Abrigo''. Helga was a dancer and acrobat in circus performances in Portugal throughout the 1940s and later became a model. In the 1950s she made further film appearances, but her career took off after she moved to Madrid in 1960. From this point, the red-headed actress made many appearances in the 1960s, particularly in horror and action films. She also starred in the spaghetti westerns ''In a Colt's Shadow'' (1965) and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Solar
Silvia Solar (20 March 19369 May 2011) was a French actress and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Solar was born Geneviève Couzain in Paris. Career Couzain won the title of "Miss France" at age 16. Shortly thereafter producer and director Henri Diamant-Berger cast Solar in her first film role. Her career spanned from the late 1950s through the early 1990s, starring in dozens of comedies, romances, drama, crime and spy thrillers as well as horror films. She played a main role in the Italian horror film ''Eyeball'' in 1975. That same year, she appeared alongside Paul Naschy in '' Night of the Howling Beast''. She starred in the film ''Devil's Kiss'', which received mixed reviews. Personal Solar was married to actor and former bullfighter Rogelio Madrid. She died May 18, 2011 in Lloret de Mar, Spain. Selected filmography *''Les Lavandières du Portugal'' (1957) *''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Musical Comedy Films
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