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Rosita Díaz Gimeno
Rosita Díaz Gimeno (September 13, 1908 – August 23, 1986) was a Spanish stage and film actress from Madrid. Stage actress Díaz Gimeno was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Madrid. She trained in theater at the conservatory of the Teatro Real. She appeared in thirty-five plays in Spain, beginning her career accompanied by G. Martinez Sierra, a Spanish playwright. Díaz Gimeno achieved fame as a stage actress in Spain and France. American films Acquired by the Fox Film Company, Diaz Gimeno came to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in October 1934. She signed her contract in Paris, France. She made ''Rosa de Francia'' in 1935. The movie set a record in film by requiring Diaz Gimeno to sit in a tub filled with soap suds for nine hours, while shots were made. The same year she filmed ''Angelina o el honor de un brigadier''. This production was immensely popular with audiences in Harlem, New York. Government informant Diaz Gimeno was reported to have been execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid, Spain
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Foster (director)
Norman Foster (born Norman Foster Hoeffer; December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film, ''The Other Side of the Wind''. Life and career Norman Foster was born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, in Richmond, Indiana. He became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work including ''The Barker'' (1927, New York; 1928, London) in which he appeared opposite future wife Claudette Colbert.Amy Fine Collins (April 2000),A Perfect Star, ''Vanity Fair''. Accessed April 19, 2019. He later appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the George S. Kaufman/Ring Lardner play ''Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse Post-Standard
''The Post-Standard'' is a newspaper serving the greater Syracuse, New York, metro area. Published by Advance Publications, it and sister website Syracuse.com are among the consumer brands of Advance Media New York, alongside NYUp.com and ''The Good Life: Central New York'' magazine. ''The Post-Standard'' is published seven days a week and is home-delivered to subscribers on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. History ''The Post-Standard'' was founded in 1829 as ''The Onondaga Standard''. The first issue was published on September 10, 1829, after Vivus W. Smith consolidated the ''Onondaga Journal'' with the ''Syracuse Advertiser'' under ''The Onondaga Standard'' name. Through the 1800s, it was known variously as ''The Weekly Standard'', ''The Daily Standard'', and ''The Syracuse Standard''. On July 10, 1894, ''The Syracuse Post'' was first published. On December 26, 1898, the owners of ''The Daily Standard'' and ''The Syracuse Post'' merged the papers to form ''The Post-Standard''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepita Jiménez (1946 Film)
''Pepita Jiménez'' is a 1946 Mexican historical romantic drama film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Ricardo Montalban and Fortunio Bonanova. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Manuel Fontanals and Javier Torres Torija.Gilabert p.337 It is based on the 1874 novel of the same time by Juan Valera, which had previously been adapted into a 1925 Spanish silent film. Cast * Rosita Díaz Gimeno as Pepita Jiménez * Ricardo Montalban as Luis Vargas * Fortunio Bonanova as Don Pedro Vargas * Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Antonieta * Carlos Orellana as Padre Belisario * Rafael Alcayde as Conde * José Morcillo as Don Gumersindo * Antonio Bravo as Poeta * Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Sorrows (film)
''Our Lady of Sorrows'' (Spanish: ''La Dolorosa'') is a 1934 Spanish musical drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Agustín Godoy and Mary Amparo Bosch. It is an adaptation of the 1930 zarzuela '' La dolorosa''. The film was made at the leading Spanish CEA Studios and shot on location in Aragon with 1500 extras. It was a box office hit on its release. The film was part of a popular European trend of operetta films during the 1930s. Plot When Dolores abandons Rafael for a cadet, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk. But when Dolores realizes what she have done, she abandons her child whom she had with another man. Will Rafael be able to help a woman who made a foolish choice? Cast *Rosita Díaz Gimeno Rosita Díaz Gimeno (September 13, 1908 – August 23, 1986) was a Spanish stage and film actress from Madrid. Stage actress Díaz Gimeno was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Madrid. She trained in theater at the conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Laughed At Love
''The Man Who Laughed at Love'' (Spanish:''El hombre que se reía del amor'') is a 1933 Spanish comedy film directed by Benito Perojo.Peiró p.304 It was made at the Orphea Studios in Barcelona. Cast * María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara * Rafael Rivelles as Juan Herrero * Rosita Díaz Gimeno * Antoñita Colomé Antoñita Colomé (February 18, 1912 – August 28, 2005) was a Spanish film actress. She was a popular star during the Spanish Republic, appearing in films such as '' World Crisis'' (1934).Bentley p.57 Selected filmography * '' The Pure Truth' ... * Ricardo Muñoz * Gabriel Algara References Bibliography * Eva Woods Peiró. ''White Gypsies: Race and Stardom in Spanish Musical Films''. U of Minnesota Press, 2012. External links * 1933 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1933 films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Benito Perojo Spanish black-and-white films {{1930s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gentleman In Tails
'' A Gentleman in Tails'' (Spanish:''Un caballero de frac'') is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Roger Capellani and Carlos San Martín and starring Roberto Rey, Gloria Guzmán and Rosita Díaz Gimeno.Peiró p.302 It is the Spanish-language version of the 1927 film '' Evening Clothes''. It was made by Paramount Pictures at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A French-language version ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' was also released the same year. Cast * Roberto Rey as André de Dussange * Gloria Guzmán as Totoche * Rosita Díaz Gimeno as Susana de Dussange * Gabriel Algara as Pierre D'Allouville * Luis Llaneza as Buffetaut * Antonio Martínez as Soyer * Marita Ángeles as Baby * José Medina as Louis * Manuel Kuindós as Guildé * Antoñita Colomé as Ninette * Antonio Monjardin as Firmin * Carlos Martínez Baena Carlos Martínez Baena (7 May 1889 – 29 May 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. At a young age he moved to Mexico with his family where he became a j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lucky Man
''A Lucky Man'' (Spanish: ''Un hombre de suerte'') is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Roberto Rey, María Luz Callejo and Valentín Parera. It is a Spanish-language film made for the Hollywood company Paramount Pictures at their Joinville Studios in Paris. Separate versions were also made in French and Swedish. The French version is known as '' A Hole in the Wall''. It is now considered a lost film. Cast * Roberto Rey as Luciano Barbosa / Lucas Gómez *María Luz Callejo as Urbana * Valentín Parera as Castrenese * as Doña Bermuda * Carlos San Martín as Don Digno Lesaca *Joaquín Carrasco as El jardinero *Amelia Muñoz as Isidra * Helena D'Algy as Salomé *Rosita Díaz Gimeno Rosita Díaz Gimeno (September 13, 1908 – August 23, 1986) was a Spanish stage and film actress from Madrid. Stage actress Díaz Gimeno was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Madrid. She trained in theater at the conservatory .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west and 400 kilometers north to south. Despite a modest land area of 2,281 km² (880 sq mi), Okinawa’s territorial extent over surrounding seas makes its total area nearly half the combined size of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Of its 160 Island, islands, 49 are inhabited. The largest and most populous island is Okinawa Island, which hosts the capital city, Naha, as well as major urban centers such as Okinawa (city), Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe, Okinawa, Urasoe. The prefecture has a subtropical climate, characterized by warm temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year. People from the Ryukyu Islands, Nansei Islands, including Okinawa Island, Okinawa, the Sakishima Islands, and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture, are often collectively referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dalrymple
Jean Van Kirk Dalrymple (September 2, 1902 – November 15, 1998) was an American theater producer, manager, publicist, and playwright. She was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center, and is best known for her productions there. Biography Dalrymple was born in Morristown, New Jersey on September 2, 1902 to an affluent couple, George, a coal and lumberyard owner, and Elizabeth (née VanKirk) Dalrymple. Attended to by the Victorian household nurse, Jean learned to read, write and type at home. When she was 9, a short story she wrote was published by a Newark newspaper. Her schooling consisted of one year of eighth grade, as women were not encouraged to complete high school at the time. Instead, she completed a business course and worked as a stenographer on Wall Street at age 16. Her new social circle embraced vaudeville theater. Although she had no aspirations for a theater career, she was asked to replace an actress and entered the vaudeville Keith-Albee-Orpheum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
