Carlos Francisco Borcosque Sánchez (9 September 1894 – 5 September 1965) was a

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an film director and screenwriter involved in the production of the Cinema of Argentina. Borcosque was born in

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. He established Estudios Cinematográficos Borcosque in Santiago in 1922 and directed several Chilean silent movies before he moved to Hollywood in 1926 where he worked as a consultant on Latin-based movies, and had a spell working for Paramount Pictures. Between 1922 and his death in 1965 Borcosque was responsible for directing and screenwriting mostly simultaneously some 45 different feature films including the 1951 film '' El alma de los niños''. He died in

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Filmography as director

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Hombres de esta tierra ''Hombres de esta tierra'' is a 1922 Chilean silent film, the debut film of Carlos F. Borcosque. It features boxer Luis Vicentini, Jorge Infante, Ketty Zambelli, and Alfredo Rondanelli. Cast *Luis Vicentini Luis Vicentini (March 24, 1902 ...

'' (1922) * '' Traición'' (1923) * '' Vida y milagros de Don Fausto'' (1924) * '' Martín Rivas'' (1925) * '' Diablo fuerte'' (1925) * ''

El huérfano ''El huérfano'' is a 1926 Chilean short silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion vi ...

'' (1926) * '' Wu Li Chang'' (1930) * '' En cada puerto un amor'' (1931) * '' La mujer X'' (1931) * '' Su última noche'' (1931) * '' Cheri-Bibi'' (1931) * '' Dos noches'' (1933) * ''

Fighting Lady ''Fighting Lady'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Peggy Shannon, Jack Mulhall and Marion Lessing.Pitts p.329 The film was a low-budget Poverty Row production, distributed in some regions by Majestic P ...

'' (1935) * '' Alas de mi patria'' (1939) * '' ...Y mañana serán hombres'' (1939) * '' Nosotros, los muchachos'' (1940) * ''

Flecha de oro ''Flecha de oro'' is a 1940 Argentine film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Pepe Arias and Gloria Grey. Cast * Pepe Arias * Gloria Grey * Juana Sujo * Pablo Palitos * Ricardo Grau * Felisa Mary * Tito Gómez * Mecha Ló ...

'' (1940) * '' Una vez en la vida'' (1941) * '' La casa de los cuervos'' (1941) * '' Cada hogar un mundo'' (1942) * '' Yo conocí a esa mujer'' (1942) * ''

Incertidumbre ''Incertidumbre'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa for Telesistema Mexicano in 1967. Cast * Sonia Furió * Pilar Sen * Virginia Gutiérrez * Héctor Gómez Héctor Alexis Gómez (born March 5, 1988) is a Dominican professional b ...

'' (1942) * '' Un nuevo amanecer'' (1942) * '' La juventud manda'' (1943) * '' Valle negro'' (1943) * ''

La verdadera victoria ''La Verdadera victoria'' (English: Passionately) is a 1944 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Pedro López Lagar. Music by Franz Schubert was used in the film together with compositions by Alejandro Gutié ...

'' (1944) * '' Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer'' (1944) * '' Amarga verdad'' (1945) * '' Éramos seis'' (1945) * ''

Cuando en el cielo pasen lista ''Cuando en el cielo pasen lista'' is a 1945 Argentine film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque. Cast * Narciso Ibáñez Menta * Ilde Pirovano * Aída Alberti * Luis Zaballa * Juan Carlos Barbieri * Ricardo Passano * José Olarra * Raimundo Pa ...

'' (1945) * '' Corazón'' (1947) * '' Siete para un secreto'' (1947) * '' El tambor de Tacuarí'' (1948) * '' Las aventuras de Jack'' (1949) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Volver a la vida'' (1951) * '' El alma de los niños'' (1951) * ''

Facundo, el tigre de los llanos ''Facundo, el tigre de los llanos'' is a 1952 Argentine biopic film based on the life of La Rioja province's strongman Facundo Quiroga. The movie was directed by Miguel P. Tato and Carlos F. Borcosque. Cast * Francisco Martínez Allende ...

'' (1952) (co-director) * '' Su obra de amor'' (1952) (documentary) * ''

El Calavera ''El Calavera'' is a 1954 Argentinian film. Directed by Carlos F. Borcosque, script by Emilio Villalba Welsh and Wilfredo Jimenez, based on Maurice Hennequin's and Pierre Veber's theater play ''Las delicias del hogar'' (''Les Joies du foyer''). ...

'' (1954) * '' Grumete'' (1956) * ''

Pobres habrá siempre ''Pobres habrá siempre'' is a 1958 Argentine film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque. Cast * Daira Ceriani ...Gisela Mazeiskas * Domingo Alzugaray ...Héctor José Olmos * Nieves Ibar ...Carola * Isidro Fernán Valdez ...Glaco Chuno * Norb ...

'' (1958) *'' Mientras haya un circo'' (1958) * '' Voy a hablar de la esperanza'' (1966)

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