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Roberto Gavaldón
Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wednesday'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and his 1959 film ''Beyond All Limits'' was entered into the following years festival. His 1960 film '' Macario'' was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Selected filmography * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1942) * ''La Barraca'' (1944) * '' The Shack'' (1945) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * '' La Otra'' (1946) * '' The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947) * ''The Kneeling Goddess'' (1947) * ''Adventures of Casanova'' (1948) * '' La casa chica'' (1950) * '' Desired'' (1951) * ''En La Palma de Tu Mano'' (1951) * ''La Noche Avanza'' (1952) * ''El Rebozo de Soledad'' (1952) * '' The Boy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Barraca
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Tres Perfectas Casadas
''Las tres perfectas casadas'' ("The Three Perfect Wives") is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón, based on the eponymous play by Alejandro Casona. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis The tranquility of three married couples is interrupted when after the death of Gustavo Ferrán ( Arturo de Córdova), a mutual friend leaves a letter saying that he was the lover of the three women. When he reappears, nothing will ever be the same again. Cast * Arturo de Córdova * Laura Hidalgo * Miroslava as Leopoldina * José María Linares-Rivas * René Cardona * José Elías Moreno * Consuelo Frank * Alma Delia Fuentes * Arturo Soto Rangel * Armando Sáenz * Francisco Jambrina Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * ''Fly Away, Young Man! ... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy And The Fog
''The Boy and the Fog'' ( es, El Niño y la niebla) is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Marta (Dolores del Río) is a woman who lives obsessed, since her brother died of schizophrenia and her mother remains interned at a mental health hospital. Fearful that the disease is congenital, Marta keeps her family background secret from her husband while overprotecting her only son. Because of her obsession, Marta does not realize that the only psychologically affected in her family is her. Cast * Dolores del Río * Alejandro Ciangherotti (as Alejandro Ciangherotti hijo) * Miguel Ángel Ferriz * Lupe Inclán * Pedro López Lagar * Tana Lynn * Eduardo Noriega * Carlos Riquelme Carlos Riquelme (13 May 1914 – 17 May 1990) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in 160 films between 1939 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Adventure in the Night'' (1948) * '' A Family Like Many Others'' (1949) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Rebozo De Soledad
''Soledad's Shawl'' (Spanish: ''El rebozo de Soledad'') is a 1952 Mexican western film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Arturo de Córdova, Pedro Armendáriz, and Estela Inda.Segre p.225 The film's sets were designed by the art director Salvador Lozano Mena. In the film, a doctor moves to a poor rural area where he falls in love with a peasant girl. Cast * Arturo de Córdova as Dr. Alberto Robles * Pedro Armendáriz as Roque Suazo * Estela Inda as Soledad * Domingo Soler as Father Juan * Carlos López Moctezuma as David Acosta * Jaime Fernández as Mauro * Rosaura Revueltas as Mother of baby * Manuel Arvide as Doctor * José Baviera as Doctor * Guillermo Calles * Lupe Carriles as Receptionist * Felipe de Flores * Norma Giménez * Gilberto González * Francisco Jambrina as Alfonso Gómez Ugarte * Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons * Mario Jiménez * José María Linares-Rivas as Doctor * José Muñoz * Lucrecia Muñoz as La novia * Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Noche Avanza
''The Night Falls'' (Spanish: ''La noche avanza'') is a 1952 Mexican crime film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Pedro Armendáriz, Anita Blanch and Rebeca Iturbide.Hernandez-Rodriguez p.62 Armendariz delivers a particularly energetic performance. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Edward Fitzgerald. Cast References Bibliography * R. Hernandez-Rodriguez. ''Splendors of Latin Cinema''. ABC-CLIO, 2009. External links * 1952 films 1952 crime films Mexican crime films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En La Palma De Tu Mano
''En la Palma de Tu Mano'' (''In the Palm of Your Hand'') is a 1951 Mexican drama (genre), crime drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. The film received eleven nominations and won eight Ariel Awards in 1952, including Ariel Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Ariel Award for Best Director, Best Director. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Main cast *Arturo de Córdova as Jaime Karín *Leticia Palma as Ada Cisneros de Romano *Carmen Montejo as Clara Stein *Ramón Gay as León Romano *Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Señorita Arnold *Enriqueta Reza as Carmelita Awards Ariel Awards The Ariel Awards are awarded annually by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''En la Palma de Tu Mano'' received eight awards out of eleven nominations. , - , rowspan="11" scope="row", 7th Ariel Awards, 1952 , scope="row", Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desired (film)
''Desired'' (Spanish: ''Deseada'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río, Jorge Mistral and José Baviera.Bodeen p.294 It contains substantial footage shot in Yucatan, much of it in and around the Maya site of Chichen Itza. Cast * Dolores del Río as Deseada * Jorge Mistral as Manuel * José Baviera as Don Lorenzo * Anabelle Gutiérrez as Nicte * Arturo Soto Rangel as Don Anselmo * Enriqueta Reza as Quiteria * Héctor Herrera as El Casamentero * Wibeut Puerta as El Pintor * Don Chinto as El Chic * Rosario Gutiérrez as Rosario * E. Puga as El Alfarero * Nicolás Urcelay Nicolás Urcelay (20 December 1919 – 1 July 1959) was a Mexican singer. Selected filmography * '' Desired'' (1951) 1959 deaths 1919 births Mexican pianists 20th-century pianists Male pianists 20th-century Mexican male singers P ... as Invitado References Bibliography * DeWitt Bodeen. ''From Hollywood: The Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Casa Chica
''La casa chica'' (English: ''The Little House'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río. Plot Fernando Mendoza, an eminent doctor, falls in love with Amalia, a sweet woman that fully reciprocates. But Fernando is engaged to marry Lucila, a frivolous woman who uses a thousand wiles to keep him. Over the years, the stormy relationship between Fernando and Amalia becomes more complicated. She finishes her medical studies and becomes a very prestigious scientist. Amalia agrees to become Fernando's lover and collaborates with him in his laboratory as his "assistant". They share an apartment, "the house of the other", where they enjoy their pure and sincere love. Cast * Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Casanova
''Adventures of Casanova'' is a 1948 American-Mexican historical adventure film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Arturo de Córdova Lucille Bremer and Turhan Bey. It portrays a fictional version of the story of Casanova, and was intended to capitalize on the success of the Errol Flynn film ''The Adventures of Don Juan'' which was released the same year after a long production process.Richards p.121 It is set in Sicily in the 1790s, with Casanova as a freedom fighter battling against the King's local governor Count de Brissac, who unknown to the monarch, is acting as a tyrant. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jorge Fernandez and Alfred Ybarra Cast * Arturo de Córdova as Casanova * Lucille Bremer as Lady Bianca * Turhan Bey as Lorenzo * John Sutton as Count de Brissac * George Tobias as Jacopo * Noreen Nash as Zanetta * Lloyd Corrigan as D'Albernasi * Fritz Leiber as D'Anneci * Nestor Paiva as Prefecture police * Jorge Trevino a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kneeling Goddess
''The Kneeling Goddess'' (Spanish: ''La diosa arrodillada'') is a 1947 Mexican Melodrama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring María Félix, Arturo de Córdova and Rosario Granados. It was shot at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City, with sets designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Plot Married businessman Antonio (Arturo de Córdova) is carrying on an affair with Raquel (María Félix), who wants him to divorce his wife Elena (Rosario Granados). Instead of breaking off his affair with Raquel, he purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a statue – the titular Kneeling Goddess – which, unbeknownst to him, features Raquel as the model. Obsessed with Raquel, Antonio reinitiates the affair and appears to agree with Raquel to divorce Elena. When Elena dies in mysterious circumstances and Antonio marries Raquel, not everything is as it appears. Cast * María Félix as Raquel Serrano * Arturo de Córdova as Antonio Ituarte * Rosario Granados as Elena * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Life Of Mark Antony And Cleopatra
''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (Spanish:''La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra'') is a 1947 Mexican historical comedy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Luis Sandrini, María Antonieta Pons and Víctor Junco.Elley p.202 The film's art direction was by Luis Moya. Cast * Luis Sandrini as Marco Antonio * María Antonieta Pons as Cleopatra * Víctor Junco as Octavio * José Baviera as Julio * Rafael Banquells as Marco Antonio * Conchita Carracedo as Elena * Carlos Villarías as Septimio * Julián de Meriche as Ptolomeo * Stephen Berne as Gladiador sin melena * Fernando Casanova * Julio Daneri as Guardia pretoriano * Pedro Elviro as Ministro Egipcio * Jesús Grana as Ministro Egipcio * Juan José Laboriel as Esclavo * Bertha Lehar as Señora Bernales * Miguel Manzano as Policía Egipcio * Francisco Pando as Miembro del senado * Humberto Rodríguez as Ciudadano Romano * Hernán Vera Hernán Rogelio Vera Pavía (28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |