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Victoria Argota
Victoria Argota was a Spanish-Mexican film actress.García Riera, p. 28, 129, 210 Selected filmography * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico ''My Memories of Mexico'' (Spanish:''México de mis recuerdos'') is a 1944 Mexican historical musical film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Sofía Álvarez, Joaquín Pardavé, Dolores Camarillo and Salvador Quiroz.Seg ...'' (1944) * '' The Moorish Queen'' (1955) References Bibliography * Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1938-1942''. University of Guadalajara, 1992. External links * 1884 births 1959 deaths Mexican film actresses Spanish emigrants to Mexico {{Mexico-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the center of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021 the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (the fifth most populated in Spain) on a land area of . The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 in the summer of 2008, a world's fair on water and sustainable development. It was also a candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2012. The city is famous for its folklore, local cuisine, and landmarks such as the Basílica del Pilar, La Seo Cathedral and the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a '' historic nationality'' of Spain. Covering an area of , the region's terrain ranges diversely from permanent glaciers to verdant valleys, rich pasture lands and orchards, through to the arid steppe plains of the central lowlands. Aragon is home to many rivers—most notably, the river Ebro, Spain's largest river in volume, which runs west–east across the entire region through the province of Zaragoza. It is also home to the highest mountains of the Pyrenees. , the population of Aragon was , with slightly over half of it living in its capital city, Zaragoza. In 2020, the economy of Aragon generated a GDP of million, which re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Times Of Don Porfirio
''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (Spanish:''En tiempos de Don Porfirio'') is a 1939 Mexican musical film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Marina Tamayo, Emilio Tuero and Joaquín Pardavé. The film, adapted from a novel, nostalgically portrays the government of General and President Porfirio Díaz, who is played by Antonio R. Frausto, who played him in several films. The film was the highest-grossing Mexican film of the year. Cast * Fernando Soler as don Francisco * Marina Tamayo as Carmen * Emilio Tuero as Fernando Villanueva * Joaquín Pardavé as don Rodrigo * Dolores Camarillo as Chole * Aurora Walker as doña Carlota * Agustín Isunza as Estebán * Lucha María Ávila as Carmen, niña * Victoria Argota as doña Etelvina * Conchita Gentil Arcos as doña Julia * Humberto Rodríguez * Manuel Noriega * Armando Velasco as don Germán * Gerardo del Castillo * Emilio Romero * Adolfo Bernáldez * Manuel Pozos as don Luis * Max Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Orphans (1944 Film)
''The Two Orphans'' (Spanish:''Las dos huérfanas'') is a 1944 Mexican historical drama film directed by José Benavides hijo and starring Susana Guízar, Julián Soler and María Elena Marqués.Richard p.542 It is an adaptation of the play '' The Two Orphans'' by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of a large number of film versions that have been made. Cast * Susana Guízar * Julián Soler * María Elena Marqués * Anita Blanch * Rafael Baledón * Virginia Zurí * Rafael Banquells * Virginia Manzano * Miguel Arenas * Víctor Junco * Manuel Noriega * Lidia Franco * María Luisa Serrano * Ramón G. Larrea * José Morcillo * Victoria Argota Victoria Argota was a Spanish-Mexican film actress.García Riera, p. 28, 129, 210 Selected filmography * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico ''My Memories ... * Alma Riva References Bibliography * Alfred Charles Richard. ''Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Strogoff (1944 Film)
''Michael Strogoff'' (Spanish: ''Miguel Strogoff'') is a 1944 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Julián Soler, Lupita Tovar and Julio Villarreal.Kohner, Pancho. ''Lupita Tovar The Sweetheart of Mexico''. Xlibris Corporation, 2011. p. 355. . . It is based on the 1876 novel ''Michael Strogoff'' by Jules Verne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Main cast *Julián Soler as Miguel Strogoff *Lupita Tovar as Nadia Fedorova *Julio Villarreal as Iván Ogareff *Anita Blanch as Sangarra Petrova * Andrés Soler as Jolivet *Miguel Arenas as Czar *Victoria Argota as Madre de Miguel *Luis G. Barreiro as Harry Blount * Charles Stevens as Secuaz de Tártaro *Salvador Quiroz as Governor *Francisco Jambrina as General *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 lloron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Memories Of Mexico
''My Memories of Mexico'' (Spanish:''México de mis recuerdos'') is a 1944 Mexican historical musical film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Fernando Soler, Sofía Álvarez, Joaquín Pardavé, Dolores Camarillo and Salvador Quiroz.Segre p.89 The film nostalgically recreates the years of the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship in Mexico. The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Moya. Cast * Fernando Soler as Don Jesús Flores * Sofía Álvarez as Rosario Medina * Joaquín Pardavé as Don Susanito Peñafiel y Somellera * Luis Aldás as Pablo Flores * Antonio R. Frausto as Don Porfirio Díaz * Tana as Adelina Roca * Virginia Zurí as Doña Carmelita * Mimí Derba as Tía Gertrudis * Dolores Camarillo as Conchita, portera * María Luisa Serrano as Tía Cuquita * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Tía Blandina * Salvador Quiroz as Coronel Zamudio * Ricardo Mutio as Luis G. Urbina * José Pidal as Amado Nervo * Ernesto Monato as Ernesto Elorduy * Manuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moorish Queen (1955 Film)
''The Moorish Queen'' (Spanish:''La reina mora'') is a 1955 Spanish musical film directed by Raúl Alfonso and starring Antoñita Moreno, Pepe Marchena and Miguel Ligero (Spanish actor), Miguel Ligero.D'Lugo p.263 It is based on a zarzuela which had previously been made into a The Moorish Queen (1922 film), 1922 silent film and a The Moorish Queen (1937 film), 1937 sound film. It was shot in Ferraniacolor. Synopsis During the April Fair in Seville, Esteban wounds his rival Antonio in a fight. Coral, Esteban's girlfriend, asks Cotufo, her brother, to change their address, since she wants to live in isolation while her boyfriend remains in jail. Cotufo agrees and both brothers move to a mansion where, according to legend, a Christian and the daughter of a Moorish king lived three hundred years ago. She this she died of love sorrow and the legend adds that a goblin has lived in the house since then. Cast References Bibliography * D'Lugo, Marvin. ''Guide to the Cinema of Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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