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Adolfo Torrado
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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 Cor…
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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 hijos de la noche (1939), directed by Benito Perojo, and El gran Calavera (1949), directed by Luis Buñuel. He also wrote the screenplay for Botón de ancla (1948), directed by his brother Ramón Torrado. His plays were characterized by melodrama, humor, sentimental themes, and stories centered on humble or marginalized characters. He died in Madrid, Spain, on 12 July 1958.
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1955
El indiano
Movie Writer
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1953
Siete mujeres
Movie Writer
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1952
The Straying Rooster
Movie Writer
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1951
Air Lashings
Movie Writer
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1950
Historia en dos aldeas
Movie Story
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1949
Sabela De Cambados
Movie Writer
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1949
The Great Madcap
Movie Writer
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1949
Jalisco canta en Sevilla
Movie Story
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1948
Botón de ancla
Movie Dialogue
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1947
El Emigrado
Movie Writer
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1946
Mar abierto
Movie Story
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1944
El hombre que las enamora
Movie Story
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1944
Siete mujeres
Movie Author
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1944
El rey de las finanzas
Movie Story
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1943
El hombre de los muñecos
Movie Writer
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1942
Éramos 7 a la mesa
Movie Story
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1941
Stowaway on Board!
Movie Story
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1940
El famoso Carballeira
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1939
Los hijos de la noche
Movie Dialogue
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1936
Veinte mil duros
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