Salvador Videgain
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Salvador Videgain García(b. Madrid, February 1886 - f. ib., October 12, 1957) was a famous actor of comedy during the first half of the 20th century in Spain
Spain
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. He was born and died in Madrid
Madrid
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. He was known artistically as Salvador Videgain, was a theatrical entrepreneur, author, actor, theater director, Spanish.

Career Biography

Salvador Videgain García was a descendant the Basques, Andaluces and Irelands. He was an actor, businessman of theatre and creator of stars in Spain
Spain
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. Among the other new actors he introduced to works of theatre audiences for the first time, were Angel de Andrés
Angel de Andrés
-Background:In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a galán cómico in the Salvador Videgain theatre company. In the following years, played roles in the Isbert and María Guerrero theatre companies, among others.Andrés began his...

, Celia Gámez
Celia Gámez
Celia Gámez was a Argentian film actress, and one of the icons of the Golden Age of Spanish theatre golden era. She was more commonly known in the Spain of Franco´s particularly in her later years with The Protegida....

, Rafaela Aparicio
Rafaela Aparicio
Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre actress.She did more than 100 films...

, José Alvárez and Raquel Daina. He was the son of Salvador Videgain Gómez, an actor of theatre, and Antonia García, an actress and singer of zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...

.
Although given his excessive modesty, because few people really knew, Salvador belonged to one of the most important families in the country plays the son of Antonia Garcia and Salvador Videgain Gómez from small felt the call of family art. Debuted in the arms of his parents in 1886, then intervene in children's performances, first with water last year (1889), yet he dated his debut to an unexpected event, Salvador was studying for trade expert, when he got a substitution of a leading actor, the character was "anchor" of The Fist of Roses Ruperto Chapi, since that success no one expected what was going to get into the Spanish theatrical history. Without knowing it, because at the time of his early performance art was confusing, as a theater director would conduct the initial success of what would be called after the musical comedy in the early XX.Además the time that because this was categorized as frivolous fame got overwhelmed launch the genre of the magazine, which then was imitated much especially after the theater season Martín.Pero never forgot his beginnings in the zarzuela and was the creator of possibly the anthologies of zarzuela and 4 monster program works in a day. Among his family, two sons were dedicated to acting intermittently, one came up to have the card profesional.Según family did not want to continue the saga of actors because there is a tradition that does not want to stop working on this craft a successor due to the tragic vicissitudes suffered the same in this oficio.Sin But there is a family successor in a variant of this office, as a writer is Juan José Videgain
Juan José Videgain
Juan José Videgain is a Spanish writer, actor and director. Most of Videgain's books have reached cult status thanks to their weird sense of humor in Spain. He is from an old theatrical family in Spain. Salvador Videgain is his grandfather....

, a Spanish writer, is a descendant of him.

Works,The first phase (1900-1909)

Although given his excessive modesty, because few people really knew, Salvador belonged to one of the most important families in the country plays the son of Antonia García de Videgain
Antonia García de Videgain
Antonia García , was a Spanish singer and actress. Her birth and death both occurred in Cadiz and Madrid, Spain.-Biography:...

 and Salvador Videgain Gómez
Salvador Videgain Gómez
Salvador Videgain Gómez was a Spanish actor, singer, producer and composer.-Private life:Videgain married actress Antonia García de Videgain in 1868. They had two children: Antonio Videgain and Salvador Jr. ....

. Videgain from small felt the call of family art. Debuted in the arms of his parents in 1886, then intervene in children's performances, first with water last year (1889), yet he dated his debut to an unexpected event, Salvador was studying for trade expert, when he got a substitution of a leading actor, the character was "anchor" of The Fist of Roses Ruperto Chapí
Ruperto Chapí
Ruperto Chapí y Lorente was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores.Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a Valencian barber. He trained in his home town and Madrid...

, since that success no one expected what was going to get into the Spanish theatrical history. Without knowing it, because at the time of his early performance art was confusing, as a theater director would conduct the initial success of what would be called after the musical comedy in the early XX.Además the time that because this was categorized as frivolous fame got overwhelmed launch the genre of the magazine, which then was imitated much especially after the theater season Martín.Pero never forgot his beginnings in the zarzuela and was the creator of possibly the anthologies of zarzuela and 4 monster program works in a day. Among his family, two sons were dedicated to acting intermittently, one came up to have the card profesional.Según family did not want to continue the saga of actors because there is a tradition that does not want to stop working on this craft a successor due to the tragic vicissitudes suffered the same in this oficio.Sin But there is a family successor in a variant of this office, as a writer is Juan José Videgain.
In its early years, the early twentieth century, with the help of their parents start acting in a few roles as a substitute against eventualities actor with repertory works like The Fist of Roses, giants, rogues jealousy, the white house, The Feast of San Anton, The Ballad of light, The Barber of Seville, the unruly, the saint of the Isidra ... Then after the death of his father, continues to support his mother and brother of the famous master, Antonio Videgain García in many provinces such as Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Bilbao
Bilbao
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, Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...

, Burgos
Burgos
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 and Alicante
Alicante
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 premiered his first works at the national level: the tunnel, heaven and earth,the girl's temple, Nido galante, La patria chica, the girl's boyfriend, and gets the huertanica go make a name as a comic tenor.

The second stage "The launch of the Star" (1909-1919)

After making a name as a comic actor in the provinces and having his first company, will begin in 1909 engaged in the Teatro de la Zarzuela in works such as chopping, Bohemians, The Horseman of the guard and the brand new club single by Pablo Luna a disastrous event occurs one night in November, after he kicked last night by the absence of a soprano, someone with a cigarette caused the fire most important of the genre, the theater is completely obliterated and only save the rooms of some artists and these by and have completed their trabajo.De there will be recruited for the Grand Theatre where the comedy begins to create music with titles like The Riviera, The soul of love, the white deer, the poet of life, or magazine with the fairyland all in (1910). Apollo Theater in Madrid triumphed in the genre of zarzuela in the 1910-1911-1912 and 1913 seasons. The titles speak for themselves: The trust of philanderers José Serrano Simeón, the car of the devil, Gloria in excelsis, the fate of Isabelita, For peteneras, Blood and Sand by Pablo Luna, the boy in the cafeteria of Rafael Calleja Gómez Synesius Barbarossa Delgado, Anita Amadeo Vives's cheerful, lily among thorns drama Gregorio Martínez Sierra, La Romerito 1912 Paul Luna, El Goya fresco, The Daughters of Lemos, cadets Queen Cuisine, The Tale dragon castizo Child, The musical lothario, Don Juan Women´s, sing Mills, Brook, La Cocagne, Latino Muses Manuel Penella
Manuel Penella
Manuel Penella Moreno was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga...

, The joy of love, the new capital testamento.Curiosamente makes no room so many new players and began a tour ending in Spain
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, which lasts several years settling in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

 and Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

 and manages to maintain its reputation and prestige and wait for his next great opportunity.

The third stage "as a great recognition of the scene" (1919-1936)

Martin achieved in the theater make great 1919-1920-1921-1922-1923 full seasons. Even the titles speak for themselves as large musical genre and revista.Las corsair 1919, The Fall of the late 1920's, the perfect wife of Francisco Alonso, Linnet Courting 1921, Eye for an Eye, The Jewish capricious, The pretty haggard, Sanatorium of love, the great Pasha 1922, Venus in Chamberí, women's body, the rush of pure, dumb Time, The wedding gift 1923, Cabinet Model, Present Arms, The Land of the stars, The pool of Buddha (1923) by Vicente Lleo Balbastre.En the twenties his success as a director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and comic actor are countless, especially after the bombing achieve gender starting to reach frivolous life is friendly, The Venetian Antonio Paso Díaz (1925), to brave love, The Garden of touch (1926), Date Night (1927), Aligui, Daddy doll, The Raja of Cochin and punishes (1928) even helping out the careers of Celia Gámez
Celia Gámez
Celia Gámez was a Argentian film actress, and one of the icons of the Golden Age of Spanish theatre golden era. She was more commonly known in the Spain of Franco´s particularly in her later years with The Protegida....

. In the thirties continues with alternating successes genres in works such as carnations, Severe released in Portugal
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, beautiful women and Key (1933), The Founding Fathers (1935), The eager Pablo Luna (1935), which consolidate its reputation in both genders and revista.La zarzuela zarzuela will take you through the theaters in northern Morocco
Morocco
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 and Andalusia
Andalusia
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 in 1935-1936 premiering works such as the bunch of roses, both of Paul Sorozábal Katie.

The fourth stage "Sustaining the opera" (1936-1957)

At this stage Salvador shows how for years has been keeping alive a genre like this for years zarzuela in a serious crisis of authors, without any subsidies and get their own money to revive the genre endures as something typically Spanish. As director of several opera premieres in Madrid
Madrid
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 obtains some during the warcivil Rosa de Triana (1937), The bell-ringer, Where are you going with shawl? (1938), Bartolo's Flute 1939, but as far as is known this time is the large number of works that go through the Teatro Ideal, at this time passes almost all the works of the country.The years zarzuela brings forty times of crisis, you have to alternate in all genres and appear in other more unusual for him and Joy (1946), first performance of Carmen Morell y Pepe Blanco.Durante the forties get success in magazines and musical comedies in works The arms and take, The Eye in Black, Women of Fire, Honeymoon in Cairo and my heart Ladybug Lady premiered in Barcelona
Barcelona
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 (1943) as director of the company of Francisco Alonso and actor do you know and director in the company of Luis Sagi-Vela (1944). As for the zarzuela achieved success in the company of Pedro Terol and Matilde Vázquez, Alhambra (1940), The house of the three girls, real Artemio As Lily ivory (1945). As director of the company premiere of Elio Guzman witches dance together Aníbal Vela (1942), The gypsy painter (1943) and Serrania (1944). In the same way company (1947) through the cities of Zaragoza
Zaragoza
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, Valladolid
Valladolid
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 and Palencia
Palencia
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 with its extensive repertoire of works and premiering zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...

 guitar Aragón.Lo The most prestigious of the 40th for him was to be the director of the company of maestro Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel in the theater Alcala (1941) premiered ugly Queen the master himself, Divine rebellion and the cat black.También be twice the company's director of Madrid's Calderon Theater, the first premiered at the Teatro Eslava Maurice Chevalier's operetta The Love Parade (1942) with Antonio Middle and Pepita Embill.La second in a shift that began in the summer of 1946 leaving the Calderon Theater in Madrid
Madrid
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 and Salamanca
Salamanca
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, where he led for the first time the Teatro Gran Vía, Seville
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, Gibraltar
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, Granada
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, Alicante
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, Zaragoza
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 ...

Filmography

Year Film Director
1935 Nobleza baturra Florian Rey
Florián Rey
Florián Rey , born at La Almunia de Doña Godina, , 25 January 1894 - death at Benidorm , 11 April 1962 was the most successful Spanish film director in the 20's and 30's....

1941 Polizón a bordo
Polizón a bordo
Polizón a bordo is a 1941 Spanish film directed by Florián Rey, co-starring Guadalupe Muñoz Sampedro and Xan das bolas.- Plot :Antonciño is a poor man. He is planning a travel to America to find his love Rosiña . He moves into the area under the pretense of being a rich man for the hardwork....

Florian Rey
Florián Rey
Florián Rey , born at La Almunia de Doña Godina, , 25 January 1894 - death at Benidorm , 11 April 1962 was the most successful Spanish film director in the 20's and 30's....

1941 La famosa Luz María
1942 El abanderado
El abanderado
El abanderado is a 1943 Spanish film directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín.- Plot :Daoíz and Velarde captains of army of Spain in 2 May of 1808 attacked Napoleon mamelucos force in Park of Monteleon Madrid. The historical facts are a travel for persons of Spain in this film....

Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
1942 La rueda de la vida
La rueda de la vida
La rueda de la vida is a 1942 Spanish film directed by Florián Rey.- Reception :La rueda de la vida was nominated for the best film of year in Spain, one of the 5 best films of the year....

1943 Orosia Florian Rey
Florián Rey
Florián Rey , born at La Almunia de Doña Godina, , 25 January 1894 - death at Benidorm , 11 April 1962 was the most successful Spanish film director in the 20's and 30's....

1944 El rey de las finanzas Ramón Torrado
Ramón Torrado
Ramón Torrado was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.-External links:...

1945 A los pies de usted Augusto Cesar García Viñolas

Discography

It is known that recorded several albums in their time of great success in the world of magazine and musical comedy.
Title Year Discographyscs The Perfect Wife (1920) Part (Portuguese fado) to the Odeon.
The Pure Trouble (1921) for the Odeon.
Pretty girls (1933) remastered to CD by Sonifolk.

Titles of works as a writer and author

As a librettist and playwright who collaborated known in most of his works with Juan Ortuño and part of the music with Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel.
Title Authors Year
The braid of Aphrodite O (1915).
The triumph of Cañete Ortuño (1915).
The monumental Ortuño (1916).
Happy festival! unknows (1922).
The Cave of Wonders unknows (1923).
The red sign Fernando Marquez Tirado and M.López quiroga (1924).
Life is kind Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel  (1925).
Red Light Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel  (1926).

See also

  • Juan José Videgain
    Juan José Videgain
    Juan José Videgain is a Spanish writer, actor and director. Most of Videgain's books have reached cult status thanks to their weird sense of humor in Spain. He is from an old theatrical family in Spain. Salvador Videgain is his grandfather....

    La autentica vida e historia del teatro book biography 2005.
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