Benito Perojo González (

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, 14 June 1894 –

, 11 November 1974) was a successful Spanish film director and film producer.

Biography

Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of

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n origin, by his wife, Ana Cortina Fuentes (1871–1954). On 18 July 1966 he was honoured by the Caballero Gran Cruz de la

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. He died in

on 11 November 1974 aged 80 and he was survived by his daughter Carmen Perojo Carreras.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Malvaloca'' (1926) * '' Restless Hearts'' (1928) * '' La bodega'' (1929) * '' The Charm of Seville'' (1931) * '' Fog'' (1932) * '' The Man Who Laughed at Love'' (1933) * '' World Crisis'' (1934) * '' Paloma Fair'' (1935) * '' Bound for Cairo'' (1935) * ''

The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based ...

'' (1938) *'' Mariquilla Terremoto'' (1938) *'' Suspiros de España'' (1938) *'' La última Falla'' (1940) * '' The Reluctant Hero'' (1941) * ''

Goyescas ''Goyescas'', Op. 11, subtitled ''Los majos enamorados'' (''The Gallants in Love''), is a piano suite written in 1911 by Spanish composer Enrique Granados. It was inspired by the work of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The piano pieces have no ...

'' (1942) * ''

La Casta Susana ''La Casta Susana'' is a 1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Six ...

'' (1944) * '' Seven Women'' (1944) *''Los majos de Cádiz'' (1946) * '' The Songstress'' (1946) *'' La copla de la Dolores'' (1947) * ''

White Horse Inn ''The White Horse Inn'' (or ''White Horse Inn'') (German title: ''Im weißen Rößl'' ) is an operetta or musical comedy by Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz in collaboration with a number of other composers and writers, set in the picturesque Salz ...

'' (1948) * ''

Melancholic Autumn ''Melancholic Autumn'' (Italian:''Malinconico autunno'') is a 1958 Italian-Spanish melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Mercedes Monterrey. It was part of a popular series of romantic dram ...

'' (1958, producer)

Producer

* ''

The Adventures of Gil Blas ''The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (French: ''Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane'', Spanish: ''Una aventura de Gil Blas'') is a 1956 French–Spanish adventure film directed by René Jolivet and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and starring Georges Marchal, B ...

'' (1956) * ''

The Fair of the Dove ''The Fair of the Dove'' (Spanish:''La verbena de la Paloma'') is a 1963 Spanish musical comedy film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Concha Velasco, Vicente Parra and Miguel Ligero. It is a remake of the film ''Paloma Fair'' ...

'' (1963)

References

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* Spanish film producers Film directors from Madrid 1894 births 1974 deaths Film producers from Madrid {{Spain-film-director-stub