Paulino Masip Roca (11 May 1899 – 21 September 1963) was a Spanish playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Driven into exile in Mexico in 1939 by the events of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

, he became involved with the nascent

Golden age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...

and was the author of over 50 screenplays. Masip is best known for his novel ¨El Diario de Hamlet Garcia¨ which takes place during the Spanish Civil War.

Selected filmography

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Rough But Respectable ''Rough But Respectable'' or ''I Am a Chic Charro'' (Spanish: ''Soy charro de levita'') is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and Rosita Quintana.Holmstrom, p. 225 Parti ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Three Elenas ''The Three Elenas'' (Spanish: ''Las tres Elenas'') is a 1954 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Amelia Bence, Manolo Fábregas, and Domingo Soler.Riera p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel ...

'' (1954) * ''

Look What Happened to Samson ''Look What Happened to Samson'' (Spanish:''Lo que le pasó a Sansón'') is a 1955 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Yolanda Varela.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.117 Main cas ...

'' (1955)

References

1899 births 1963 deaths People from Garrigues (comarca) Writers from Catalonia Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish male novelists Generation of '27 Male screenwriters 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-dramatist-stub