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They Say I'm A Communist
''They Say I'm a Communist'' (Spanish: ''Dicen que soy comunista'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Adalberto Martínez, María Luisa Zea and Miguel Manzano.Agrasánchez p.26 Cast * Adalberto Martínez as Benito Reyes * María Luisa Zea as Berta * Miguel Manzano as Macario Carrola * Joaquín Roche hijo as Huicho * Charles Rooner as don Guillermo * Salvador Quiroz as Teófilo Mendieta * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as Nabor Méndez * Jorge Arriaga as Camarada Buenaventura * Manuel Dondé as Camarada Palomera * Bruno Márquez as Anunciador en concurso * Carmen Manzano as Doña Lolita * Josefina del Mar as Olga Figueroa * Jaime Jiménez Pons as Amigo de Huicho * Armando Acosta as Hombre en baile * Jorge Alzaga as Miembro del comité * Daniel Arroyo as Cliente restaurante * Augusto Benedico as Don Federico, jefe de Benito * Victorio Blanco as Miembro del comité * Lupe Carriles as Vecina * Enrique Carrillo as Client ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Galindo (director)
Héctor Alejandro Galindo Amezcua (January 14, 1906 – February 1, 1999), better known as Alejandro Galindo, was a Mexican screenwriter and film director.Spicer p.467 Selected filmography Director * '' While Mexico Sleeps'' (1938) * '' Neither Blood Nor Sand'' (1941) * '' Red Konga'' (1943) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) * '' Doña Perfecta'' (1951) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) * ''Los dineros del diablo'' (1953) * '' The Last Round'' (1953) * ''Golden Legs'' (1958) *''The Life of Agustín Lara ''The Life of Agustín Lara'' (Spanish: ''La vida de Agustín Lara'') is a 1959 Mexican musical film directed by Alejandro Galindo and starring Germán Robles, Lorena Velázquez and Ofelia Montesco.Mora p.261 It is a biographical film about the l ...'' (1959) References Bibliography * Spicer, Andrew. ''Historical Dictionary of Film Noir''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. External links * 1906 births 1999 deaths Best Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Quiroz
Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * '' Summer Hotel'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) * '' The Black Ace'' (1944) *''The Disobedient Son'' (1945) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''A Day with the Devil'' (1945) * ''Confessions of a Taxi Driver'' (1949) * ''Love for Love'' (1950) * '' The Doorman'' (1950) * ''The Lovers'' (1951) * ''Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''What Has That Woman Done to You?'' (1951) * ''My General's Women'' (1951) * ''We Maids'' (1951) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1951) * ''Women's Prison'' (1951) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1951) * ''Hotel Room'' (1953) * ''The Photographer'' (1953) * ''When I Leave'' (1954) * ''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) * ''Pablo and Carolina ''Pablo and Carolina'' (Spanish:''Pablo y Carolina'') is a 1957 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Mauricio de la Serna and starring Pedro Infante, Irasema Dilián, Alejandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Alejandro Galindo
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Spanish-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Comedy Films
Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico ** Being related to the State of Mexico, one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico ** Culture of Mexico *** Mexican cuisine *** historical synonym of Nahuatl, language of the Nahua people (including the Mexica) Arts and entertainment * "The Mexican" (short story), by Jack London * "The Mexican" (song), by the band Babe Ruth * Regional Mexican, a Latin music radio format Films * ''The Mexican'' (1918 film), a German silent film * ''The Mexican'' (1955 film), a Soviet film by Vladimir Kaplunovsky based on the Jack London story, starring Georgy Vitsin * ''The Mexican'', a 2001 American comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts Other uses * USS ''Mexican'' (ID-1655), United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Comedy Films
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington, erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Films
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events * February 15 – new management takes over at United Artists with Arthur B. Krim, Robert Benjamin and Matty Fox now in charge. * April – French magazine '' Cahiers du cinéma'' is first published. * July 26 – Walt Disney's '' Alice in Wonderland'' premieres; while a disappointment at first and hardly released in theaters, it would later become one of the biggest cult classics in the ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernán Vera
Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 October 1892 – 29 January 1964) was a Mexican actor known for usually playing short, small roles, usually as a bartender, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He began his career in theater, with some works by author Antonio Esquivel Magaña. He also belonged to the Alfonso Rogelini zarzuela company in 1925. His first film was ''Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (1936) by director Fernando de Fuentes. He worked in more than 200 films and although his participation in them was usually short, his characters tended to be related to the main characters. Selected filmography *''Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (1936) *''Mi candidato'' (1938) *''The Rock of Souls'' (1942) *'' The Spectre of the Bride'' (1943) *'' The Shack'' (1945) *''A Day with the Devil'' (1945) *''Five Faces of Woman'' (1947) *''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947) *''Music, Poetry and Madness'' (1948) *'' Los tres huastecos'' (1948) *''Midnight'' (1949) *'' Zorina'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupe Carriles
María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles, (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964) was a Mexican character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''La cucaracha'' (1959), starring María Félix. Although she acted in more than 159 films, she often portrayed servants. Selected filmography *'' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) *'' The Doorman'' (1950) *'' The Two Orphans'' (1950) *''Women's Prison'' (1951) *''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) *'' Girls in Uniform'' (1951) *'' The Unknown Mariachi'' (1953) *'' Made for Each Other'' (1953) *''El Bruto'' (1953) *''Your Memory and Me'' (1953) *''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) *''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' (1956) *''Puss Without Boots'' (1957) *''Se los chupó la bruja'' (1958) *''The Soldiers of Pancho Villa'' (1959) *''Young People'' (1961) *''El tejedor de milagros'' (1962) *''The Bloody Vampire'' (1962) *''El rey del tomate ''El rey del tomate'' ("The Tomato King") is a 1964 Mexican comedy-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorio Blanco
Victorio Blanco (1893–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Riera p.220 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career, appearing in around three hundred films. Selected filmography * ''Judas'' (1936) * '' The Midnight Ghost'' (1940) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' The Magician'' (1949) * '' Another Spring'' (1950) * '' The Doorman'' (1950) * ''Cabaret Shangai'' (1950) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1950) * ''Aventurera'' (1950) * ''Traces of the Past'' (1950) * ''Los Olvidados'' (1950) * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * ''Serenade in Acapulco'' (1951) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) * ''María Montecristo'' (1951) * ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951) * ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * ''Los enredos de una gallega'' (1951) * ''Kill Me Because I'm Dying!'' (1951) * ''My Darling Clementine'' (1953) * '' The Player'' (1953) * ''A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) * ''Tehuantepec'' (1954) * '' The Sin of Being a Woman'' (1955) * ''The Bandits of Cold River ''The Bandits of Cold River'' (Spanish:''Los bandidos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Benedico
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born ''Augusto Pérez Lias'', was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera ''Los ricos también lloran'' and his role as "Don Fernando" in the American educational television program '' Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish''. Selected filmography * ''La venenosa'' (1949) - El tigre * ''Capitán de rurales'' (1951) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''They Say I'm a Communist'' (1951) - Don Federico, jefe de Benito (uncredited) * ''Doña Perfecta'' (1951) - Don Anselmo (uncredited) * ''Aquellos ojos verdes'' (1952) - Guillermo (uncredited) * ''Prisionera del recuerdo'' (1952) - Sr. Villalba * ''Casa de muñecas'' (1954) - Agustín Arreola * ''El gran autor'' (1954) - Don Sergio * ''La rival'' (1955) * ''Después de la tormenta'' (1955) * ''Historia de un amor'' (1956) - Especialista médico (uncredited) * ''Con quién andan nuestras hijas'' (1956) - Padre de Beatriz * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Dondé
er Manuel Dondé (1906 – 27 May 1976) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 He frequently played villains during his long film career. Selected filmography * ''La llorona'' (1933) * ''Soulless Women'' (1934) - Policía * ''El bastardo'' (1937) * ''The Blood Stain'' (1937) * ''El derecho y el deber'' (1938) - Antonio * ''The Girls Aunt'' (1938) - Lechero * '' The Coward'' (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Cemetery of the Eagles'' (1939) - Sirviente (uncredited) * ''La China Hilaria'' (1939) - Pueblerino (uncredited) * ''Hombres del aire'' (1939) * ''Los olvidados de Dios'' (1940) - Presidiario * ''Los de abajo'' (1940) - Soldado federal deserter (uncredited) * ''Allá en el Trópico'' (1940) * ''El charro Negro'' (1940) - Hombre en cantina (uncredited) * ''El jefe máximo'' (1940) * ''Hombre o demonio'' (1940) * ''Con su amable permiso'' (1940) - Empleado del periódico (uncredited) * ''El Zorro de Jalisco'' (1941) - Chofer (uncredited) * '' Creo en Dios'' (1941) * '' Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
