We Thieves Are Honourable (play)

	We Thieves Are Honourable (play) ''We Thieves Are Honourable'' (Spanish:''Los ladrones somos gente honrada'') is a 1941 play by the Spanish writer Enrique Jardiel Poncela Enrique Jardiel Poncela (15 October 1901 – 18 February 1952) was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works. In 1932-33 and 1934 he was called to Hollywood to help with the Spanish-language versions shot in parallel to .... The play is a comedy about a botched robbery at a suburban home. It has been adapted into films twice: '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1942) and '' We Thieves Are Honourable'' (1956).Goble p.830 References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1941 plays Spanish plays adapted into films {{1940s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Enrique Jardiel Poncela Enrique Jardiel Poncela (15 October 1901 – 18 February 1952) was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works. In 1932-33 and 1934 he was called to Hollywood to help with the Spanish-language versions shot in parallel to the English-language films. His daughter, Evangelina, wrote a book entitled, ''Mi padre'' (My Father). Work Novels * ''Amor se escribe sin hache'' (1928) * ''Espérame en Siberia, vida mía'' * ''Pero... ¿hubo alguna vez once mil vírgenes?'' (1931) * ''La tournée de Dios'' (1932) Short stories compilations * ''El libro del convaleciente'' * ''Pirulís de la Habana'' * ''Exceso de equipaje'' Theatre * ''El príncipe Raudhick'', 1919. * ''La banda de Saboya'', 1922. * ''Mi prima Dolly'', 1923. * ''¡Te he guiñado un ojo!'', 1925. * ''La hoguera'', 1925. * ''La noche del Metro'', 1925. * ''¡Achanta que te conviene!'', 1925. * ''El truco de Wenceslao'', 1926. * ''¡Qué Colón!'', 1926. * ''¡Vamos a Romea!'', 1926. * ''Se alquila u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	We Thieves Are Honourable (1942 Film) ''We Thieves Are Honourable'' (Spanish:''Los ladrones somos gente honrada'' is a 1942 Spanish comedy film directed by Ignacio F. Iquino and starring Amparo Rivelles, Matilde Artero and José Jaspe.Bentley p.95 The film was based on the 1941 play of the same title by Enrique Jardiel Poncela. In 1956 the film was remade. Cast In alphabetical order * Matilde Artero * Amparo Cervera * Fernando Freire * José Jaspe * Manuel Luna as El Melancólico * Ramón Martori * Arturo Morillo * Angelita Navalón * Mercè Nicolau * Antonio Riquelme as El Castelar * Amparo Rivelles * José Sanchíz * Joaquín Torréns * Mercedes Vecino Mercedes Vecino Francés (4 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was a Spanish film actress. She was famous as the woman who gave "the first kiss" in Spanish cinema. Biography Vecino was born in Melilla, Spain, located next to Morocco in Nort ... * Luis Villasiul References Bibliography * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	We Thieves Are Honourable (1956 Film) ''We Thieves Are Honourable'' (Spanish: ''Los Ladrones Somos Gente Honrada'') is a 1956 Spanish comedy film directed by Pedro Luis Ramirez and starring José Luis Ozores, José Isbert and Encarna Fuentes.Bentley p.95 The film was based on the 1941 play of the same title by Enrique Jardiel Poncela which had previously been adapted into a 1942 film. Plot Arévalo's wealthy family is going to celebrate a party at his house. This event reaches the ears of a gang of thieves who are going to take advantage of the occasion to prepare a good hit. Everything has been carefully planned and nothing can go wrong. But something unexpected happens: The gang leader falls in love with the daughter of the owners of the house and the robbery becomes extremely complicated. Cast * José Luis Ozores as El Castelar * José Isbert as El Tío del Gabán * Encarna Fuentes as Herminia * Rafael Bardem as Don Felipe Arévalo * Julia Caba Alba as Eulalia * Carlos Miguel Solá as Daniel 'El Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1941 Plays Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua (typeface class), Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]