Fernando Delgado
Fernando Delgado (25 January 1891 – 25 December 1950) was a Spanish actor, screenwriter and film director. Delgado directed a mixture of documentary and feature films, including the 1936 bullfighting drama Currito of the Cross. His son Luis María Delgado was also a film director.
Also recorded as Fernando Delgado de Lara
Fernando Delgado
Ramón Cifuentes · (1910-01-10). " El Paraíso. En el Teatro Lara ". Actualidades año III (99). ISSN 1889-8556. · Public domain
- Name
- Fernando Delgado
- Born
- 25 January 1891
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Died
- 25 December 1950 (aged 59)
- Occupation
- Director, Screenwriter, Actor
- Full name
- Fernando Delgado de Lara.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Known for
- Currito of the Cross.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Fernando Delgado (25 January 1891 – 25 December 1950) was a Spanish actor, screenwriter and film director. Delgado directed a mixture of documentary and feature films, including the 1936 bullfighting drama Currito of the Cross. His son Luis María Delgado was also a film director.
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Fernando Delgado (1891–1950) was an actor, film director and screenwriter, of Spanish nationality. The actor was born Fernando Delgado de Lara in Madrid and died in Madrid.
Among the works is Currito of the Cross. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Fernando Delgado • Born — 25 January 1891 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Died — 25 December 1950 (aged 59) • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Occupation — Director, Screenwriter, Actor • Years Active — 1911–1947(film)
Biography
Biography
He was the son of Palencia-born writer Sinesio Delgado and grandson of actress Balbina Valverde. Involved in the early days of silent cinema in Spain, he abandoned his law studies to collaborate with Jacinto Benavente on the film adaptation of Los intereses creados (Interests Created) and later La madona de las rosas (The Madonna of the Roses). Delgado directed a mix of documentaries and feature films, notably Cabrita que tira al monte (1925), Las de Méndez (1927), Viva Madrid, que es mi pueblo (1928), Currito de la Cruz (1936), La gitanilla (1940), Fortunato (film) (1942), La patria chica (1943), and La maja del capote (1944). He was the father of film director and screenwriter Luis María Delgado (1926–2007) and journalist Alberto Delgado Cebrián (1938).
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Currito of the Cross (1936) • La gitanilla (1940) • Fortunato (1942)
El Paraíso en el Teatro Lara.
Ramón Cifuentes · (1910-01-10). " El Paraíso. En el Teatro Lara ". Actualidades año III (99). ISSN 1889-8556.
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- 1.Labanyi & Pavlović p.302
- 2.Astorga Redacción - Los Delgado
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- Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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