Carmen Amaya
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Biography: Carmen Amaya Amaya (2 November 1913/1915 – 19 November 1963) was a Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She has been called "the greatest Flamenco dancer ever and "the most extraordinary personality of all time in flamenco dance." She was the first female flamenco dancer to master footwork previously reserved for the best male dancers, due to its speed and intensity. She sometimes danced in high-waisted trousers as a symbol of her strong character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carmen Amaya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: November 02, 1918
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 19, 1963
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Overview: The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-17
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Los Tarantos
Overview: Gypsy Romeo and Juliet: A boy and a girl from rival families fall in love.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-11-04
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Quand te tues-tu ?
Overview: A viscount is ruined and wants to commit suicide. A young noceur pursued by his creditors is to inherit 60 million on condition that he marries a widow. The latter proposes to the former to do him the favor of marrying his mistress before committing suicide in order to fulfill the conditions of the will, while marrying the woman he likes. But once married, the viscount regains a taste for life. Everything will work out in everyone's best interests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-10
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María de la O
Overview: A famous painter returns to Spain under a false name as he once had to run away, to meet his half gypsy daughter, who has become a flamenco dancer. He offers her his house, making popular rumors take flight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1939-11-27
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Panama Hattie
Overview: Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-30
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The Daughter of Juan Simón
Overview: Carmen and Ángel are in love but her mother does not approve their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1935-12-16
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See My Lawyer
Overview: Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-03-09
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Dringue, Castrito y la lámpara de Aladino
Overview: A spy adventure intertwined with the famous magic lamp from the story of One Thousand and One Nights.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-03-06
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Canciones de nuestra vida
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Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-11-24
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El Embrujo del Fandango
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-01-25
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Flamenco
Overview: The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-06-16
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