María Magdalena Nile del Río was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999.
Benito Perojo González was a successful Spanish film director and film producer.
Manolo Morán was a Spanish film actor.
The Sunless Street is a 1948 Spanish drama film written by Miguel Mihura and directed by Rafael Gil.
Rafael Félix Rivelles Guillén was a Spanish actor born in El Cabañal, a small town in the province of Valencia, Spain. Son of play actor José Rivelles and play actress Amparo Guillén, he was the father of famous Spanish star Amparo Rivelles. In the 1930s, with the advent of talking films, he went to Hollywood to make Spanish-language versions of American films, but eventually came back to Spain.
Goyescas is an opera in one act and three tableaux, written in 1915 by the Spanish composer Enrique Granados. Granados composed the opera to a Spanish libretto by Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar with melodies taken from his 1911 piano suite, which was also called Goyescas. The opera was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 28, 1916.
Song of Dolores is a 1947 Spanish drama film directed by Benito Perojo, written by Francisco Madrid. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
Armando Calvo was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, and Mexico appearing in ninety films between 1939 and 1984.
Carmen, la de Triana is a 1938 Spanish/German musical film directed by Florián Rey and starring Imperio Argentina, Rafael Rivelles and Manuel Luna. It was a Spanish-language version of the 1938 film Nights in Andalusia based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Dawn of America is a 1951 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Antonio Vilar, María Martín and José Suárez. The film depicts the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in the late fifteenth century.
Bound for Cairo is a 1935 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Miguel Ligero and María del Carmen Merino. The film was produced by the largest Spanish company Cifesa, and was patterned after successful Hollywood films of the same kind. It has been described as one of the most accomplished Spanish films of the period. The journey of the title ends happily in Majorca, some way short of the intended destination of Cairo.
The Lioness of Castille is a 1951 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Amparo Rivelles, Virgilio Teixeira and Alfredo Mayo. De Orduña had directed a number of the most expensive Spanish costume films of the era for the leading studio CIFESA. The film portrays the sixteenth century noblewoman María Pacheco, in a fictitious story that has her battling foreign agents during the reign of Charles V.
The Songstress is a 1946 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Imperio Argentina and Amadeo Novoa. It is based on a novel by Armando Palacio Valdés. It is set in Andalusia.
The Charm of Seville is a 1931 French-German-Spanish drama film directed by Benito Perojo. It was a Spanish-language film made by the director Benito Berojo in studios in France and Germany because the sound equipment was better than in Spain. location shots of Seville were also added. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fernando Mignoni. It is now considered a lost film. A separate French-language version was also released.
I'm Not Mata Hari is a 1949 Spanish comedy spy film directed by Benito Perojo and starring Niní Marshall, Roberto Font and Virgilio Teixeira. The film's sets were designed by the art director Sigfrido Burmann. The film's title refers to Mata Hari, the First World War-era spy.
The Faith is a 1947 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Amparo Rivelles, Rafael Durán and Guillermo Marín.
He Died Fifteen Years Ago is a 1954 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal and Lyla Rocco.
Judas' Kiss is a 1954 Spanish religious drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal and Gérard Tichy.
Saint Rogelia is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Roberto de Ribón and starring Germaine Montero, Rafael Rivelles and Juan de Landa. It was shot at Cinecitta in Rome as part of an agreement between Francisco Franco's Nationalists and the Italian government A separate Italian-language version The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez was produced at the same time. The film is based on the 1926 novel Santa Rogelia by Armando Palacio Valdés. It was remade in 1962 by Rafael Gil.
The Doubt is a 1972 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Fernando Rey and Analía Gadé.
