Benito Perojo
Appearance
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Benito Perojo | |
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Born | Benito Perojo González 14 June 1894 |
Died | 11 November 1974 | (aged 80)
Occupation(s) | Film director, Executive producer |
Years active | 1926–1971 |
Spouse | Carmen Carreras Torres |
Children | Carmen Perojo Carreras |
Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a successful Spanish film director and film producer.
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
- El Negro que tenía el alma blanca (1926)
- 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 Fair of the Dove (1963)
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.