Special Birthdays

Albert Decoeur (actor) would have been 140 today, he died in 1942.

Jean-Lorin Florescu (actor) would have been 95 today, he died in 1992.

Pedro Sanchez (Ignazio Spala) (actor) would have been 95 today, he died in 2005.

Radha Delamarter (actress) is 65 today.

Spaghetti Wwestern Location ~ Llano Trujillo

Llano Trujillo located east of Llano Mellado  is filled with extensive views of the Sierra Alhamilla, where scenes from some films were shot, including "A Train to Durango" (1968); "A Long Ride from Hell" (1968); "Valdez is Coming" (1970) (the ranch of Frank Silvera).

“A Train for Durango”

“A Long Ride from Hell”

“Valdez is Coming”

Who Are Those Composers ~ Louiguy

Louis Guglielmi was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on April 3, 1916 of Italian ancestry. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris in the same class as Maurice Baquet, Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau and Henri Dutilleux. He created almost three dozen film scores, beginning in 1946 with “La Rose de la mer” and including “Mourir d'aimer” (To Die of Love) (1970). Among the last was his score for Jean Gabin's final gangster flick, “Verdict” (1974). Better known by his nom de plume Louiguy (French pronunciation: ​[lwi.ɡi]), he wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of "La Vie en Rose" and the Latin jazz composition "Cerisier rose et pommier blanc", a popular song written in 1950, made famous in English as "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado.

As Louiguy he wrote the score for the Fernandel Euro-western “Fernand Cowboy” in 1956. Guglielmi died in Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France on April 4, 1991 one day after his 75^th birthday.

LOUIGUY (aka Marcel Louiguy) (Louis Guglielmi) [4/3/1916, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 4/4/1991, Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France] – composer, conductor, songwriter, married to Andrée Castel (1937-1979) father of two children, married to Simone Malherbe (1981-1991).

Fernand Cowboy – 1956