Benito Perojo
Spanish film director and producer (1894–1974)
- Film director
- film producer
Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a Spanish film director and film producer.
Biography
Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his wife, Ana Cortina Fuentes (1871–1954).
On 18 July 1966 he was honoured by the Caballero Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil.[1]
He died in Madrid on 11 November 1974 aged 80 and he was survived by his daughter Carmen Perojo Carreras.[2]
Selected filmography
Director
- Malvaloca (1926)
- Restless Hearts (1928)
- La bodega (1929)
- The Charm of Seville (1931)
- Fog (1932)
- The Man Who Laughed at Love (1933)
- World Crisis (1934)
- Paloma Fair (1935)
- Bound for Cairo (1935)
- The Barber of Seville (1938)
- Mariquilla Terremoto (1938)
- Suspiros de España (1938)
- La última Falla (1940)
- The Reluctant Hero (1941)
- Goyescas (1942)
- La Casta Susana (1944)
- Seven Women (1944)
- Los majos de Cádiz (1946)
- The Songstress (1946)
- La copla de la Dolores (1947)
- White Horse Inn (1948)
- Melancholic Autumn (1958, producer)
Producer
- The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956)
- A Ray of Light (1960)
- An Angel Has Arrived (1961)
- The Fair of the Dove (1963)
- La pérgola de las flores (1965)
- Un novio para dos hermanas (1966)
- Las Locas del conventillo (1966)
- Great Friends (1967)
References
- ^ Franco, Francisco (26 July 1966). Castiella y Maíz, Fernando María (ed.). "DECRETO 1965/1966, de 18 de iu!io~ /lDr el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden aeı Meri/o Civil a don Benito Peroio Gonzci.lez" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 177. p. 9594. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "El excelentísimo señor don Benito Perojo González (viudo de doña Carmen Carreras Torres). Productor y director cinematográfico falleció en Madrid el día 11 de Noviembre de 1974 habiendo recibido los santos sacramentos y la bendición apostólica de su santidad". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid: Vocento. 13 November 1974. p. 107. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
External links
- Benito Perojo at IMDb
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Benito Perojo
- Malvaloca (1926)
- Restless Hearts (1928)
- Wine Cellars (1930)
- A Lucky Man (1930)
- The Charm of Seville (1931)
- Fog (1932)
- The Man Who Laughed at Love (1933)
- World Crisis (1934)
- Bound for Cairo (1935)
- Paloma Fair (1935)
- The Barber of Seville (1938)
- The Reluctant Hero (1941)
- Goyescas (1942)
- Stella (1943)
- La Casta Susana (1944)
- Seven Women (1944)
- The Songstress (1946)
- Song of Dolores (1947)
- White Horse Inn (1948)
- I'm Not Mata Hari (1949)
- Boyfriend in Sight (1954)
- Desert Warrior (1957)
- Bread, Love and Andalusia (1958)
- The Violet Seller (1958)
- A Girl Against Napoleon (1959)
- A Ray of Light (1960)
- My Last Tango (1960)
- Pecado de amor (1961)
- The Fair of the Dove (1963)
- Millonario por un día (1963)
- La pérgola de las flores (1965)
- Las Locas del conventillo (1966)
- Sharp-Shooting Twin Sisters (1966)
- A Boyfriend for Two Sisters (1967)
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