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The Prodigal Woman (1946 Film)
''The Prodigal Woman'' (Spanish:''La pródiga'') is a 1946 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Rafael Durán, Paola Barbara and Juan Espantaleón Juan Espantaleón (1885–1966) was a Spanish film actor.González p.248 Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) * '' Huella de luz'' (1943) * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' The Nail' .... Synopsis Three young candidates for parliament arrive in a town where a bankrupt marchioness is the most influential person. This woman with an adventurous past now lives in ruins because she practices charity with the entire town, hence she is known as "the prodigal". Between her and the idealistic Guillermo a love arises. Cast References Bibliography * de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. External links * 1946 films 1946 drama films Spanish drama films 1940s Spanish-language film ... [...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] |
José María Lado
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] |
Francisco Rabal
Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Rabal appeared in around 200 films working with directors including Francesc Rovira-Beleta, Luis Buñuel, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. Paco Rabal was recognized both in his native Spain and internationally, winning the Award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Los Santos Inocentes and a Goya Award for Best Actor for playing Francisco de Goya in Carlos Saura's ''Goya en Burdeos.'' One of Spain's most loved actors, Rabal also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Life and career In 1936, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, Rabal and his family left Murcia and moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José López Rubio
José López Rubio y Herreros (13 December 1903 in Motril, Granada Province – 2 March 1996) was a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, theatre historian and humorist. Rubio y Herreros worked in Hollywood as a songwriter for Paramount Pictures, and was nominated for an Oscar for ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. He was one of the biggest jewels of the Spanish art in the 20th century. Selected filmography *''Primavera en otoño'' (1933) * ''El rey de los gitanos'' (1933) *'' The Prodigal Woman'' (1946) * ''Airport'' (1953) * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1965) * ''Road to Rocío'' (1966) * ''Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them ''Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them'' (Spanish: ''Dos hombres y, en medio, dos mujeres'') is a 1977 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Nadiuska, Alberto Closas and Gemma Cuervo.de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Por ...'' (1977) 1903 births 1996 deaths People from Motril Spanish male dramatists and play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Jaspe
José Jaspe ( gl, Xosé Jaspe Rivas) (10 August 1906 – 5 June 1974) was a Spanish film actor. He played Konev the conductor in ''Horror Express'' (1972), Ahmed in '' House of 1,000 Dolls'' (1967), Henneker in ''The Man Called Noon'' (1973), the traitor in '' The Centurion'' (1961), Sabrath in '' The Golden Arrow'' (1962), Spanish POW in ''Submarine Attack'' (1954), José in '' Black Jack'' (1950), and Enrique in ''El pobre rico'' (1942), by Ignacio F. Iquino. He appeared in the Spaghetti Western film ''Jesse James' Kid'' (1965), starring Mercedes Alonso, Roberto Camardiel and Luis Induni. He died in Becerril de la Sierra in 1974. Selected filmography * ''El sobre lacrado'' (1941) * '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1942) - Pelirrojo * ''El pobre rico'' (1942) * ''La culpa del otro'' (1942) - Patrón * ''Boda accidentada'' (1943) - Mario * ''Un enredo de familia'' (1943) - Niceto * ''El abanderado'' (1943) - Malasaña * ''Mi fantástica esposa'' (1944) * ''Paraíso sin Eva'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Requena (actor)
Manuel Requena (1802–1876) was a Yucatán-born Californio politician who served multiple terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (Mayor of Los Angeles). Requena became active in Los Angeles politics in the 1830s, during the Mexican era, and continued serving after the American Conquest of California until his death in the 1850s. Early life Requena was born in 1802 in the Mexican state of Yucatán, where he grew up and went on to become a successful merchant. In 1834 he moved to Los Angeles, where he quickly became an important business and political figure for the Mexican government. Political career Mexican California At one point, Requena, who was accorded the honorific Don, was appointed an election judge, but he declined, citing ill health. The ''ayuntamiento'' was about to accept it when some one reported that Don Manuel was engaged in pruning his vineyard, whereupon a committee of investigation was appointed, with Juan Temple, merchant, as medical expert. The committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Romay
Alicia may refer to: People * Alicia (given name), list of people with this name * Alisha (singer) (born 1968), US pop singer * Melinda Padovano (born 1987), a professional wrestler, known by her ring name, Alicia Places * Alicia, Bohol, Philippines * Alicia, Isabela, Philippines * Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines * Alicia, Arkansas Biology * ''Alicia'' (sea anemone), a genus of sea anemones in the family Aliciidae * ''Alicia'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Malpighiaceae * ''Drosera aliciae'', carnivorous plant native to South Africa of the family Droseraceae Others * ''Alicia'' (album), a 2020 album by Alicia Keys * ''Alicia'' (film), a 1974 Dutch film * Alicia (submarine), 6-seater submarine * ''Alicia's Diary'', short story by Thomas Hardy * Hurricane Alicia, devastating hurricane in 1983 See also * Alisha * Alycia Alycia is a female given name. The name is variant of Alicia, a form of Alice, and is ultimately from the Germanic name Adalhei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Fresno
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". First name * Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon A * Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete * Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter * Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer * Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver * Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer * Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter * Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist * Fernando de Araújo (other), multiple people B * Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor * Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican president of the supreme court * Fernando Botero, Colombian artist * Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer C * Fernando Cabrera (baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Fernández (actor)
Félix Fernández García (26 September 1897 – 4 July 1966) was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 1969. Filmography References External links * * 1897 births 1966 deaths Spanish male film actors {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Franco (actor)
José Franco may refer to: * José Franco (artist) (1920–2009), Portuguese potter and sculptor * José Franco (poet) (born 1931), Panama poet and diplomat * José Antonio Franco (footballer, born 1979), Paraguayan footballer * José Antonio Franco (footballer, born 1998), Spanish footballer * José Eduardo Franco (born 1969), Portuguese historian, journalist, poet and essayist * José Ignacio Franco (born 1981), Spanish footballer Rápido de Bouzas * José Manuel Franco (born 1957), Spanish politician * José María Franco José María Franco Ramallo (born 28 September 1978, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker for Juventud de Las Piedras. Honours ;Peñarol * Uruguayan League: 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwis ... (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer for Emelec * José María Franco (composer) (1894–1971), Basque composer {{hndis, Franco, Jose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Arbó
Manuel Arbó (18 July 1898 – 25 May 1973) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' Drácula'' (1931, Spanish version) * ''There Were Thirteen'' (1931, Spanish-language version of Charlie Chan Carries On) * '' Juan Simón's Daughter'' (1935) * ''The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself'' (1942) * ''A Palace for Sale'' (1942) * ''Journey to Nowhere'' (1942) * ''Follow the Legion'' (1942) * '' Idols'' (1943) * ''Bamboo'' (1945) * ''Unknown Path'' (1946) *'' The Prodigal Woman'' (1946) * ''The Party Goes On'' (1948) * ''Guest of Darkness'' (1948) * '' The Butterfly That Flew Over the Sea'' (1948) * '' Rumbo'' (1949) * ''The Guitar of Gardel'' (1949) * '' The Captain from Loyola'' (1949) * '' They Always Return at Dawn'' (1949) * '' El último caballo'' (1950) * ''Apollo Theatre'' (1950) * '' The Troublemaker'' (1950) * '' Agustina of Aragon'' (1950) * ''Tales of the Alhambra'' (1950) * ''The Lioness of Castille'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquina Almarche
Joaquina is a feminine Spanish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Joaquina Cabrera, mother of Guatemalan president Manuel Estrada Cabrera *Joaquina Costa (born 1967), Spanish sprint canoeist *Joaquina Kalukango, American actor *Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages (1857–1940), Spanish nun, cofounder of the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation *Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marquise of Santa Cruz, daughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna *Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (1783–1854), Spanish nun, founder of the Carmelite Sisters of the Charity See also *''Carlota Joaquina – Princesa do Brasil ''Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'' ( pt, Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil) is a 1995 Brazilian historical comedy film directed and written by Carla Camurati. It stars Marieta Severo as Carlota Joaquina, Marco Nanini as Dom João VI and ...'', 1995 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carla Camurati {{given name Spanish feminine given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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