Special Birthdays

Mario Mattoli (director) would have been 120 today, he died in 1980.

Who Are Those Guys? José Chávez

José Chávez Trowe  was born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico on June 2, 1916-Mexico City. He began his career in 1938 in the film “Los millones de Chaflán”.

José made a total of 304 films and appeared in 10 television series. He appeared beside all the great stars of both Mexico and Hollywood where he filmed 20 movies and 8 TV series. He was an actor very well loved by all his colleagues, he was a very humble person and devoted himself to his career, and played characters both small and large, he never managed to be a leading actor because in many of his films he played the villainous characters for which he stole the scene. He also possessed an unmistakable voice. Some of his more famous films were “La Pachanga”, “A Tragedy in Three Acts”, “Cabo Blanco”, “El medio pelo”, all of them made in the 1980s; and among his films of the 1970s were: “Puerto maldito”, “Los reyes de Palenque”, “Carita de primavera”, “Red Zone”, “Las fuerzas vivas” and “Rapiña”.

 with that aguardientosa voice that he had that characterized him, was sensational!!! 304 movies are easy to say, but I'm sure we all agree that we remember this beloved actor in all his films who worked with all the stars of both the golden age and the commercial and as always happens, no there are no records or photographs of these actors who are in total oblivion, thanks to people like my good friend Pablo Villalobos Valdéz who takes the task of photographing scenes from movies and put his name as is the picture that I present the roll today . Finally, I told you that in 1980 I had the opportunity to meet this actor at Estudios América in Mexico City and I could see him working on the movie "Herencia de Muerte" directed by my friend José Luis Urquieta and it was a very nice e

Some of his films were La Pachanga, Tragedy in three acts, Cabo Blanco, El medio pelo, all of them belonging to the 80s; and his films of the 70s were, among others, Puerto maldito, Los reyes de Palenque, Carita de primavera, Red zone, Las fuerzas vivas and Rapiña.

He died on July 12, 1988 in Mexico City of natural cause at the age of 72.

CHAVEZ, José (aka José Chávez, José Chávez Trowe 'Chang', José Chávez 'Trowe', Jose T. Chavez, José T. Chavez, José T. Chávez, Jose Chavez T., José Chavez T., José Chávez T., Jose Chavez Trow, Jose Chavez Trowe, Jose Trowe, José Chavez Trowe) (José Chávez Trowe) [6/12/1916, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico – 7/12/1988, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico] – film, TV, voice actor, married to? father of José Chávez Jr.

Guns for San Sebastian – 1967 (Antonito)

Special Birthdays

Pedro Fenollar (actor) would have been 95 today, he died in 1985.

Julio Aleman (actor) – would have been 85 today, he died in 2012.

Romano Scandariato (screenwriter) would have been 80 today, he died in 2010.

RIP Lubomír Kostelka

Veteran Czech theater, film and TV actor Lubomír Kostelka died of a heart attack in a Prague hospital on November 28, 2018. He was 91. Kostelka was born in Přerov, Czechoslovakia on March 31, 1927, He was one of the most popular Czech actors of the 20th century, although he was seen mostly in minor and TV roles. Kostelka had only one major role, that one in Pavel Juráček's “Případ pro začínajícího kata” (1969) and he was very proud of it. For children, however, for many years he was mainly known as grandfather Lubin in ‘The Magic Kindergarten’, and his role in the TV series ‘Ranc U Zelené sedmy’ (1998-2005) was also significant. Kostelka appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Massacre at Marble City” (1964) as the bartender and “The Claim at Deaf Creek” (1972) as Bill Rogers).   

New CD Release

Per pochi dollari ancora

(Fort Yuma Gold)

Composer: Gianni Ferrio

(1966)

Director: Giorgio Ferroni

Starring: Giuliano Gemma, Dan Vadis, Sophie Daumier, Jacques Sernas

Country: Italy

Label: BEAT

# BEATPTM010

Tracks: 24

Total time: 50

Extras: 3 bonus tracks, 12 page booklet with notes by Claudio Fuiano

Released: October 20, 2018

Track Listing

01 DIAMOND 02'11"

02 WAITING 01'18"

03 SQUARE DANCE 01'52"

04 PENSO A TE (guitar version) 03'57"

05 LOVE TIME 01'35

06 DON'T CRY COWBOY (strum.) 02'03"

07 AMBUSH 01'43"

08 PENSO A TE (guitar version 2) 01'56"

09 FUNNY SALOON 01'51"

10 TO THE TOWN 00'31"

11 PENSO A TE (french horns version) 00'50"

12 FUNNY AND ROMANTIC 01'11"

13 TENSION AND FEAR 03'12"

14 NOSTALGIC MOOD 02'18"

15 MEMORIES 01'17"

16 ATTACK AND WAITING 01'09"

17 GUITAR MOOD 02'24"

18 DON'T CRY COWBOY 02'03"

19 PENSO A TE (choir version) 04'47"

20 HERO'S VICTORY 03'22"

21 RED MINE DIAMOND 02'21"

22 PENSO A TE (alt.take) 02'36"

23 LOVE TIME (solo harmonica) 01'30"

24 DON'T CRY COWBOY (stereo mix) 02'03"