Adolfo Torrado

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Adolfo Torrado

Adolfo Torrado (2 May 1904 – 12 July 1958) was a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, and author, best known for his highly popular comedies during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in A Coruña, Spain, he began his literary career as a writer for La Voz de Galicia and later established himself as a successful dramatist in Madrid. Several of his theatrical works were adapted for the screen, including Los hijo…

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El hombre de los muñecosEl hombre de los muñecos · 1943
El hombre de los muñecos
7.81943
MovieComedy
A son of the Marquise of Seven Almenas is robbed by a crook and deposited in Melchor's house, who sells dolls in the street. The administrator of the Marquise discover the whereabouts of the child and goes to pick him up, but Melchior gives him one of his children, thinking that will ensure the future. Over the years, Melchior, widower, enters as a steward in the house of the marquise where the alleged 'marquis' live splendidly.
Botón de anclaBotón de ancla · 1948
Botón de ancla
6.01948
MovieDrama
Marín, Galicia, Spain. Carlos, José Luis and Enrique, three good friends and final year students in the Naval Academy, argue due to love issues.
The Great MadcapThe Great Madcap · 1949
The Great Madcap
7.31949
MovieComedy
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
El famoso CarballeiraEl famoso Carballeira · 1940
El famoso Carballeira
8.01940
MovieComedyDrama
Sabela De CambadosSabela De Cambados · 1949
Sabela De Cambados
6.51949
MovieComedyDrama
El rey de las finanzasEl rey de las finanzas · 1944
El rey de las finanzas
8.01944
MovieComedy
Directed by Ramón Torrado
El indianoEl indiano · 1955
El indiano
6.61955
MovieDrama
Nouveau-riche industrialist returns to Spain after 20 years in Mexico and discovers that his adopted son wants to marry into an aristocratic family and is trying to disguise his family history. Meanwhile, the young man's birth mother also shows up, and....
Siete mujeresSiete mujeres · 1953
Siete mujeres
6.71953
Movie
Mexican feature film

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