Ramón Torrado Explained

Ramón Torrado
Birth Date:5 April 1905
Birth Place:A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Death Date:January 1990
Death Place:Madrid
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:1939–1978

Ramón Torrado (born 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

Notes and References

  1. News: El rey coruñés de la comedia . Isabel . Bugallal . 24 October 2016 . 15 August 2019 . La Opinion A Coruña . Prensa Ibérica.
  2. Book: Cardona Mejía, Jaime Arturo . Simbolización de la muerte en el arte de Lola Flores: Antropología Popular . Hipertexto . 13 June 2017 . 25 . 9789584806512.
  3. News: El mundo gitano a través del cine español . Boquerini . 14 May 2019 . 15 August 2019 . . es . Vocento.
  4. News: Manolo Escobar interpreta 'Mi canción es para ti' . 28 May 2018 . 15 August 2019 . . es . Hearst Magazines International.
  5. Book: Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” . Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career . . 10 January 2014 . 35 . 9780786461899.
  6. Book: Bentley, Bernard P. E. . A Companion to Spanish Cinema . . 2008 . 159 . 9781855661769.
  7. Book: Weisser, Thomas . Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977 . . 22 August 2005 . 53 . 9780786424429.