Ramón Torrado
Ramón Torrado | |
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| Born | 5 April 1905 |
| Died | January 1990 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1939–1978 |
Ramón Torrado (5 April 1905 – January 1990) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.
Along his brother Adolfo Torrado, they worked in Suevia Films, and he directed Botón de ancla (1948), with a good success and was adapted many times, El famoso Carballeira, Polizón a bordo (1941), Mar abierto (1946) and Sabela de Cambados (1948).[1]
He met dancer Lola Flores and she appeared in Estrella de Sierra Morena (1952),[2] and María de la O (1959), which was adapted from the 1936 version by Francisco Elías Riquelme and Carmen Amaya, Julio Peña, Antonio Moreno and Pastora Imperio were the main characters.[3] He directed Mi canción es para ti (1965), starring Manolo Escobar, Ángel de Andrés, María Martín, Alejandra Nilo, María Isbert and Rafaela Aparicio.[4] He directed others musical films with Manolo Escobar such as Un beso en el puerto,[5] (1966) and El padre Manolo (1967).[6]
He directed Spaghetti Western films such as Cavalry Charge (1964).[7]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Wheel of Life (1942)
- Castanet (1945)
- The Emigrant (1946)
- Rumbo (1949)
- La Virgen gitana (1951)
- The Girl at the Inn (1951)
- La trinca del aire (1951)
- Estrella of the Sierra Morena (1952)
- Feather in the Wind (1952)
- The Cheerful Caravan (1953)
- Malvaloca (1954)
- Love on Wheels (1954)
- Sighs of Triana (1955)
- Curra Veleta (1956)
- One Step Forward (1960)
- En un mundo nuevo (1972)
References
[edit]- ^ Bugallal, Isabel (24 October 2016). "El rey coruñés de la comedia". La Opinion A Coruña. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Cardona Mejía, Jaime Arturo (13 June 2017). Simbolización de la muerte en el arte de Lola Flores: Antropología Popular. Hipertexto. p. 25. ISBN 9789584806512.
- ^ Boquerini (14 May 2019). "El mundo gitano a través del cine español". El Correo (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Manolo Escobar interpreta 'Mi canción es para ti'". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Hearst Magazines International. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (10 January 2014). Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career. McFarland Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 9780786461899.
- ^ Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 159. ISBN 9781855661769.
- ^ Weisser, Thomas (22 August 2005). Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. McFarland Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 9780786424429.
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