Chianca de Garcia
Eduardo Augusto Chianca da Silva Garcia (born May 14, 1898 in Lisbon , † January 28, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) was a Portuguese film director .
Career
He started in the theater before teaming up with António Lopes Ribeiro and Boto de Carvalho in 1928 to found the cinema magazine "Imagem", of which he later became director. His first film was the silent film "Ver e Amar" ("Seeing and Loving") in 1930, which was based on the Revue theater and for whose screenings the appropriate records were played on gramophones . He was a co-founder of Tóbis Portuguesa , a film studio that also produced sound films from 1933. Garcia was the technical consultant for the first Portuguese sound film, "Canção de Lisboa", with António Silva .
After his mistaken comedy "O Trevo de Quatro Folhas" ("The four-leaf clover") in 1936, he presented his most important film in 1938 with "Aldeia da Roupa Branca" ("Village of the White Laundry"). Based on an idea by José Gomes Ferreira , the film was again a comedy with music. It deals with the contrast between the simple, happy country life and the progressive urban, industrial society. In 1938 he filmed the classic of the lighter Portuguese literature of the 19th century by Manuel Maria Rodrigues with "A Rosa do Adro" ("Die Rosa vom Kirchplatz") . The story of a love affair against the backdrop of the Miguelistenkrieg was filmed for the first time in 1919.
In 1940 he moved to Brazil , where he filmed "Pureza" ("Purity", 1940) by José Lins do Rego , and "24 Horas de Sonho" ("24 Dream Hours", 1941) by Joracy Camargo . He was unable to realize the planned film adaptation of "Mar Morto" ("Dead Sea") by Jorge Amado . He then moved away from the cinema and became artistic director of the "Casino da Urca ", a well-known event hall in Rio de Janeiro . It was here, in peaceful Rio, that famous names from the international music hall performed during World War II , including Beatriz Costa , who played the leading female roles in Garcia's most important films. Garcia became one of the pioneers of the young Brazilian television, especially as the program director of the television channel TV Tupi from 1951. He also wrote a number of plays, but also sambas , some of which became very popular.
Until the end of his life he stayed away from Portugal and the Estado Novo regime of Salazar , which he rejected , although he still felt a connection with the country. In the 1960s and 70s he wrote regular columns for the newspaper "Diário de Lisboa".
Filmography
- 1930: Ver e Amar!
- 1936: O Trevo de Quatro Folhas
- 1938: A Rosa do Adro
- 1939: Aldeia da Roupa Branca
- 1940: Pureza
- 1941: 24 Horas de Sonho
- 1953: Coração Delator (Brazilian TV series)
literature
- A. Murtinheira, I. Metzeltin: History of Portuguese cinema. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7069-0590-9
Web links
- Chianca de Garcia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/chianca-de-garcia/dados-artisticos
- ↑ http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/clpic/tematicos/cinema/realizadores/garcia_chianca.html
- ^ A. Murtinheira & I. Metzeltin: History of the Portuguese cinema. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2010, page 38, 53
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garcia, Chianca de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garcia, Eduardo Augusto Chianca da Silva (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1983 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |