Julio Bracho Gavilán (17 July 1909 – 26 April 1978) was a Mexican

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and

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. Bracho was born as ninth of eleven children of Julio Bracho y Zuloaga and his wife Luz Pérez Gavilán. His sister Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán became known as

Andrea Palma Andrea Palma (b. Trapani, 1644 or 1664 – d. 1730) was an 18th-century Italian architect, working in the Baroque style. He is credited with being one of the most notable architects of the Sicilian Baroque movement. His works include the Cat ...

, his brother Jesús became known as theatrical designer and painter, and his brother Toribio, became Jesuit and missionary in China. Two of his cousins were

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 ...

and

Ramón Novarro José Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican-American actor. He began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box ...

. The family moved to Mexico City in 1913. He was engaged in modern theater projects in Mexico, he was founding member of the ''Teatro Orientación'', and he founded and organized the ''Escolares del Teatro'' group, Mexico City, in 1931, as well as the ''Trabajadores del Teatro'' group in 1933, and the ''Teatro de la Universidad'' in 1936. Bracho directed 50 films between 1941 and 1978. He also wrote 36 for films between 1941 and 1974. From 1955 to 1957, he was married to actress

Rosenda Monteros Rosa Méndez Leza (31 August 1935 – 29 December 2018), known professionally as Rosenda Monteros, was a Mexican actress. She studied drama under Seki Sano. To American audiences, she is best known for her role as Petra in ''The Magnificent Seven' ...

.Robert, Luis. Biografía de Rosenda Monteros. Archivo de telenovelas y biografias. In 1973 he was a member of the jury at the

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Selected filmography

* '' Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''

The White Monk ''The White Monk'' (Spanish:''El monje blanco'') is a 1945 Mexican historical drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring María Félix, Tomás Perrín and Julio Villarreal.Taibo p.138 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

Everybody's Woman ''Everybody's Woman'' (Italian: ''La signora di tutti'') is a 1934 Italian drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi and Tatyana Pavlova. It is the only film Max Ophüls made in Italy. The film was a success an ...

'' (1946) * '' The Thief'' (1947) * ''

Philip of Jesus Philip of Jesus, OFM (Spanish: Felipe de Jesús) was a New Spain, Novohispanic Franciscan Catholic Church, Catholic missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, the first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City.Ronald J. ...

'' (1949) * ''

Immaculate The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Absentee ''The Absentee'' is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in ''Tales of Fashionable Life'', that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition of the Irish peasantry. There are ma ...

'' (1951) * '' Stolen Paradise'' (1951) * '' Women Who Work'' (1953) * '' Take Me in Your Arms'' (1954) * ''

Señora Ama ''Señora Ama'' ( en, The Lady of the House) is a 1955 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho. It was filmed in 1955 and released in 1957. It starred Dolores del Río based in the same name play by Jacinto Benavente. Plot The story ...

'' (1955) * '' To Each His Life'' (1960)

References

External links

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Bracho family
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bracho, Julio 1909 births 1978 deaths Golden Age of Mexican cinema Mexican film directors Mexican theatre directors Writers from Durango 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers