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Antonio Díaz Conde
Antonio Díaz Conde (1914–1976) was a Mexican composer. He worked prolifically in the Mexican film industry working on the film scores for over three hundred productions. He worked frequently with the director Emilio Fernández. His scores were used for many of the urban and prostitute melodramas of the 1940s and 1950s.Avila p.124 Selected filmography * '' I'm a Real Mexican'' (1942) * '' Pepita Jiménez'' (1946) * ''Madam Temptation'' (1948) * ''Revenge'' (1948) * '' Coqueta'' (1949) * '' Salón México'' (1949) * '' Lost'' (1950) * ''Duel in the Mountains'' (1950) * ''Wife or Lover'' (1950) * ''It's a Sin to Be Poor'' (1950) * '' The Little House'' (1950) * ''Rosauro Castro'' (1950) * ''The Lovers'' (1951) * '' Maria Islands'' (1951) * ''Love Was Her Sin'' (1951) * ''My Wife Is Not Mine'' (1951) * ''From the Can-Can to the Mambo'' (1951) * ''Port of Temptation'' (1951) * ''Stronghold'' (1951) * '' Women of the Theatre'' (1951) * '' Sensuality'' (1951) * '' Forever Yours'' (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little House (1950 Film)
''The Little House'' (Spanish: ''La casa chica'') is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Dolores del Río, Roberto Cañedo and Miroslava. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. 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 as Amalia Estrada * Roberto Cañedo as Dr. Fernando Mendoza * Miroslava as Lucila del Castillo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Is Ours (1952 Film)
''The Night Is Ours'' (Spanish: ''La noche es nuestra'') is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Fernando A. Rivero and starring Jorge Mistral, Emilia Guiú and Ramón Gay. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals.Gilabert p.339 Cast * Jorge Mistral as Federico Aldama * Emilia Guiú as Rosario * Ramón Gay as Antonio * César del Campo as Pepito Ruiz * Aurora Walker as Nana Trini * Jorge Sareli as Alfredo * Roberto G. Rivera as Jarocho * Gloria Jordán as Amadita * José Luis Rojas as Periodista * Celia Viveros as Palmira * Lidia Franco as Doña Gloria * Francisco Ledesma as Jefe redacción * Pedro Vargas as Cantante * Toña la Negra as Cantante * Ana María González as Cantante * Los Tres Diamantes as Cantantes * Los Churumbeles de España as Cantantes * Juan Bruno Tarraza as Pianista * Fello Vergara as Pianista * Orquestra Anacaona as Orquesta * Gloria Mestre Gloria Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife And The Other One
''My Wife and the Other One'' (Spanish: ''Mi esposa y la otra'') is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Arturo de Córdova, Marga López and Ramón Gay. Riera p.11 It was shot at the San Ángel Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. It was nominated for a number of Ariel Awards. Cast * Arturo de Córdova as Antonio del Villar * Marga López as Cristina Martínez * Ramón Gay as Ricardo * Alma Delia Fuentes as Martha * Beatriz Aguirre as Alicia - esposa de Ricardo * Arturo Soto Rangel as Hermenegildo Martínez - padre de Cristina * Alfonso Mejía as Pablo * Angélica María as Carmelita * Quintín Bulnes as Rosendo * Lupe Carriles as Sebastiana * Salvador Quiroz as Gallero * Cecilia Leger Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. History The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Yours (1952 Film)
''Forever Yours'' (Spanish: ''Siempre Tuya'') is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marín and Tito Junco. It is filmed in black and white, in Spanish, and features Negrete singing some popular ranchera-music standards. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Plot The film follows the trials of tenant farmer Ramón García (Negrete) and his wife Soledad (Gloria Marín) when drought forces them off their land in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. They make their way to Mexico City, where they find city life difficult. Ramón cannot find steady work. They build a home in a squatters' settlement, but then their house is bulldozed by a developer. Soledad finds work as a live-in maid, and her husband can see her for only a few moments each evening. Ramón, destitute and despondent, wanders into a theater during a live radio broadcast of an audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensuality (film)
''Sensuality'' (Spanish: ''Sensualidad'') is a 1951 Mexican crime drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla, Fernando Soler and Andrea Palma. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. It is part of the genre of rumberas films popular during the era. Plot The rumba dancer and singer Aurora (Ninón Sevilla), is sentenced to two years in prison for her part in a robbery with her boyfriend, the pimp "El Rizos" ( Rodolfo Acosta). Once out of prison, Aurora and "El Rizos" decide to take revenge of the respectable judge Alejandro Luque ( Fernando Soler), responsible for sending her to prison. Fate reunites Aurora and the judge, and she decides to seduce him. Without knowing the trap, the judge falls under the spell of the evil woman, forgetting everything important to him: his family and his profession. The judge degenerates to the point of killing and stealing to be near her. His son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Of The Theatre
''Women of the Theatre'' (Spanish: ''Mujeres de teatro'') is a 1951 Mexican musical film directed by René Cardona and starring Emilia Guiú, Rosita Fornés and María Victoria.Agrasanchez p.259 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast References Bibliography * Rogelio Agrasánchez. ''Beauties of Mexican Cinema''. Agrasanchez Film Archive, 2001. External links * 1951 films 1951 musical films Mexican musical films 1950s Spanish-language films Films directed by René Cardona Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronghold (film)
''Stronghold'' is a 1951 American-Mexican Western historical film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott and Arturo de Córdova. A separate Spanish version ''Red Fury'' was also made. The cost of both films was $519,000. Plot In 1865, Señora Stevens and her American daughter Maria leave the US to return to Stevens' homeland of Mexico along with their servant Caesar. Both Maria's father and brother were killed in the US Civil War (the father fighting for the South, the brother for the North), and they hope to live peacefully under Emperor Maximilian. Maria, her mother and Cesar are kidnapped by the bandit Ignacio López as soon as they land. Señora Stevens fakes a collapse, which allows Caesar to attack Lopez and the women to escape. They arrive at an estate belonging to Don Pedro Álvarez, the son of an old friend of Senora Stevens. Nacho arrives with Caesar and it is revealed that Alvarez is an ally of Benito Juárez who is leading the fight aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Temptation
''Port of Temptation'' (Spanish: ''Puerto de tentación'') is a 1951 Mexican crime drama film directed by René Cardona and starring Emilia Guiú, Ramón Armengod and Gloria Ríos.Gubern p.56 It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. Cast * Julio Ahuet * Ramón Armengod * José Arratia * Victorio Blanco * Florencio Castelló * Alejandro Ciangherotti * Pedro González Rojas * Emilia Guiú * José María Linares-Rivas * Álvaro Matute * Nelly Montiel * José Luis Moreno * Pepe Nava * Gloria Ríos * Juan Bruno Tarraza * Hernán Vera * María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927) is a Mexican actress, singer and comedian. She is best known for starring as maid ‘Inocencia de la Concepción de Lourdes Escarabarzaleta de la Barquera y Dávalos Pandeada Derecha ... References Bibliography * Román Gubern. ''El Cine Español en el Exilio''. Lumen, 1976. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From The Can-Can To The Mambo
''From the Can-Can to the Mambo'' (Spanish: ''Del can-can al mambo'') is a 1951 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Joaquín Pardavé, Abel Salazar and Rosita Fornés. Riera p.92 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Cast * Joaquín Pardavé as Don Susanito Llueve o Truene * Abel Salazar as Roberto * Rosita Fornés as Clotilde * Rosario Gutiérrez as Martha * Maruja Grifell Maruja Grifell (February 6, 1907 – March 27, 1968) was a Mexican film actress.Pilcher p.160 Selected filmography * ''Another Dawn (1943 film), Another Dawn'' (1943) * ''The Lieutenant Nun'' (1944) * ''The Abandoned (1945 film), The Abandoned' ... as Señorita prefecta * Arturo Martínez as Américo Pisaflores * José María Linares-Rivas as Don Ramiro Martell * Gloria Mange as Amiga de Martha, estudiante * Pepita Morillo as Mimi * Dámaso Pérez Prado as Self * Los Tres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife Is Not Mine
''My Wife Is Not Mine'' (Spanish: ''Mi mujer no es mía'') is a 1951 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Soler and starring Soler, Alicia Caro and Luis Aldás. Riera p.293 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. Synopsis Pressured by his aunt Agustina to marry his cousin Esperanza, Antonio pretends he is already married to a woman named Gloria. Complications ensue when an attractive young woman then poses as Gloria. Cast * Fernando Soler as Don Amable Sansoso * Alicia Caro as Gloria/ Esperanza * Luis Aldás as Antonio * Irma Torres as Petra * Ramón Gay as César Latorre * Mimí Derba as Tía Agustina * Alfredo Varela as Eulogio * Amparo Arozamena Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Was Her Sin
''Love Was Her Sin'' (Spanish: ''Amar fue su pecado'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Elsa Aguirre, Jorge Mistral and Alma Rosa Aguirre. Riera p.154 It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Cast * Elsa Aguirre as Elena * Jorge Mistral as Jorge * Alma Rosa Aguirre as Berta * Andrés Soler as Padrino * José Baviera as Mendoza * Arturo Soto Rangel as Juez * Delia Magaña as Empleada * Salvador Quiroz as Juez * Nicolás Rodríguez as Pintor * Ramón Gay * Víctor Alcocer * Jorge Arriaga * Pascual García Peña Pascual García Peña (1910–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.160 He was married to actress Hortensia Santoveña. Selected filmography * ''Felipe Was Unfortunate'' (1947) * ''Madam Temptation'' (1948) * '' The Big Steal'' (194 ... * Humberto Rodríguez References Bibliography * Riera, Emilio García. ''Los he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |