Fernando Soler

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Fernando Soler (born Fernando Díaz Pavía; born May 24, 1896 in Saltillo , Coahuila , † October 24, 1979 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican film director , actor , screenwriter and film producer . Soler is one of the outstanding personalities of the golden age of Mexican film . His brothers Andrés Soler , Domingo Soler and Julián Soler were also active in the film business.

Life

Fernando Soler was born Fernando Díaz Pavía on May 24, 1896 in Saltillo , Coahuila . However, the exact year of birth is not certain. 1898, 1900 and 1903 can also be found as information. His parents were Domingo Díaz García and Irene Pavía Soler . Both were from Spain and were actors in a theater company that came to Mexico in 1895. With Andrés Soler , Domingo Soler and Julián Soler they had three other sons who also worked in the film business. There were also four daughters, Irene, Gloria, Elvíra and Mercedes Soler , of whom only the latter could be seen as an actress in a few films. Parents introduced their children to the acting profession at an early age: during the Mexican Revolution they emigrated to the United States , where they founded the theater group Cuarteto Infantil Soler with their children . Fernando Soler made his debut in Los Angeles in 1916 .

Fernando Soler's first small film role was in The Spanish Jade in 1915 . He made his debut as an actor in a Mexican film in 1925 in La verdad de la vida . In 1938 Soler went to Hollywood to star in the two films Verbena trágica and El caudal de los hijos . The former was one of Columbia Pictures ' final attempts to make a film that would appeal to the Spanish-speaking community in the United States. The study had already stopped regular production of Spanish-language films by this time. The experience with these two films strengthened Soler's feeling that the Mexican film was technically more advanced. At that time, Soler was already a recognized and successful actor and was able to help determine the success of a film. The fact that En tiempos de don Porfirio was the most successful film of 1939 in Mexico is attributed to Solers' acting in addition to the nostalgic orientation of the film. Soler first directed Con su amable permiso in 1940 . He worked with many representatives of the golden age of Mexican film such as María Félix , Cantinflas , Marquita Rivera , Sara García , Joaquín Pardavé , Ninón Sevilla , Andrea Palma , Gloria Marín , Roberto Cañedo , Arturo de Córdova and his siblings. As an actor, Soler worked under Luis Buñuel , among others , in whose films The Big Bon vivant in 1949 and Susanna - Daughter of Vice in 1951 he appeared. In 1951 Soler won the Silver Premio Ariel for Best Actor for his role in No desearás la mujer de tu hijo . The following year he was nominated again in this category. For his portrayal in El grito de la carne , however, he received nothing.

In 1946 Soler married the actress Sagrario Gómez Seco , with whom he lived until his death. The marriage remained childless. From 1946 to 1950 Soler was president of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas . On October 24, 1979, Soler died of complications as a result of hemiplegia.

Filmography (selection)

as an actor:

as director:

as screenwriter:

as producer:

literature

  • Emilio García Riera: Los hermanos Soler. Guadalajara 1990, ISBN 968-89509-0-4 .
  • Carl J. Mora: Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. Mcfarland & Co, Jefferson (NC) 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2083-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fernando Soler's profile on cinemexicano.mx, accessed on August 2, 2014. ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2008 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx
  2. ^ Carl J. Mora: Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. P. 32 and 33.
  3. ^ Carl J. Mora: Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. P. 50.
  4. ↑ Information on the prizes won on imdb.com, accessed on August 2, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Soler, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Díaz Pavía, Fernando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Saltillo , Coahuila
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1979
Place of death Mexico city