Edgar J. Anzola

Edgar Jaín Anzola (born March 27, 1883 in Villa de Cura , † December 14, 1981 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan film producer , radio pioneer , journalist and cartoonist .

The son of lawyer and writer Juvenal Anzola was hired by businessman William Henry Phelps at the age of sixteen and sent to the USA to train as a car mechanic in a company specializing in Ford automobiles . There he also acquired knowledge of electronics, which enabled him to operate the Broadcasting Caracas (later Radio Caracas ) station , which broadcast its first program in 1930.

In 1913 he worked on the production of the silent film La dama de las cayenas by Lucas Manzano and Enrique Zimmerman . With Jacobo Capriles he produced the films La trepadora (based on a novel by Rómulo Gallegos , 1924) and Amor tú eres la vida (1926). Afterwards both made numerous documentaries, including La visita del general Pershing , Viaje a la Riviera , El dique de Petaquire , El ciclo vital del Schistosoma mansoni , La carretera Trasandina and La inauguración del punte Internacional . In 1932 he produced the feature film Corazón de mujer , directed by José Fernández and with the cameraman Juanito Martínez Pozueta .

In addition, Anzola wrote stories and plays, was active on the radio as an actor, worked for the magazines and newspapers Élite , Billiken , Ahora , El Nacional and La Esfera and occasionally published cartoons in the weekly Fantoches . In 1937 he traveled to the USA, where he was deputy managing director of RCA Victor and appeared as a speaker on Spanish-language radio.

After his return to Venezuela, he worked in the Laboratorios Nacionales with other film pioneers on the development of sound and color films. In later years he made a documentary about the painter Armando Reverón , which he left to the Cinemateca Nacional in 1977 . His son, the filmmaker Alfredo Anzola , released the film El misterio de los ojos escarlatas in 1993 about his father's life.

swell

personal data
SURNAME	Anzola, Edgar J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anzola, Edgar; Anzola, Edgar Jaín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Venezuelan film producer, radio pioneer, journalist and cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Villa de Cura
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1981
Place of death	Caracas