José Bohr
Nacimiento : 1901-09-03, Bonn, Germany
Muerte : 1994-05-29
Historia
Born in Germany on November 3, 1901 under the name of Joseph Bohr Elzer, the young José Bohr arrived with his family to colonize southern Chile in 1904. It was in the city of Punta Arenas where he began his precocious cinematographic and musical career, composing songs including the hymn "Punta Arenas", playing the piano for silent films and making his first film works before he was in his twenties.
After emigrating to Santiago in 1921, he went to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, hired by the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make a documentary. Later he settled in Buenos Aires, where he composed a good part of the 200 songs that swelled the popular songbook of the time, such as "Y tenía un lunar", "Cascabelito" and "Pero hay una melena", as well as advertising tangos for music houses. He performed for the first time in the United States in 1925, starring in the musical show Gaucho at the Paramount Theater in Broadway. In this country he rubbed shoulders with the stars of the big screen, enjoying bohemian life and success. Shortly thereafter, he starred in the first Spanish-language film produced in Hollywood, Sombras de gloria, for which he received a symbolic Oscar, since the category of best foreign film did not yet exist.
In Mexico, where he moved in 1932 and became friends with renowned artists such as Luis Buñuel, Cantinflas and Jorge Negrete, he became one of the pioneers of cinema, shooting more than thirty films. It was there when, in 1936, Claudio Arrau starred in and interpreted the music for his film, which was about the life of Liszt.
Upon his return to Chile in 1940, he served as general director of Chile Films and shot 16 films. He composed the music for all of them, as was usual in the sixty films he made during his lifetime. Some of his most famous films are Uno que ha sido marino, Si mis campos hablaran and El gran circo Chamorro.
In addition to being named Illustrious Son of the city of Punta Arenas in 1976, the Government decorated him with the Bernardo O'Higgins Order of Merit.
In the 1980s he settled in Denmark with his sons Daniel and Eduardo, also dedicated to film and music.
He died on May 29, 1994 in Oslo, Norway.
Music
After arriving on a ship in Valparaíso, Bohr meets Euríspides Chamorro, with whom he begins a trip through Chile, full of sketches, most of them led by the comedy duo Los Capo- rales.
Director
After arriving on a ship in Valparaíso, Bohr meets Euríspides Chamorro, with whom he begins a trip through Chile, full of sketches, most of them led by the comedy duo Los Capo- rales.
Original Music Composer
Detenido por una pequeña contravención doméstica, José Rossini, un hombre común y corriente queda atrapado en una maraña judicial que lo conduce a prisión. Allí descubre un mundo a veces trágico, a veces despiadado del que puede ser difícil escapar.
Producer
El Gran Circo Chamorro es una película cómico-dramática chilena del año 1955, escrita por Eugenio Retes y dirigida por José Bohr; los protagonistas son Eugenio Retes, Pepe Guixé y Malú Gatica. Su argumento se centra en la vida de Euríspides Chamorro, el dueño de un circo pobre chileno que realiza una multiplicidad de roles con el fin de financiar los estudios de su hijo.
Director
El Gran Circo Chamorro es una película cómico-dramática chilena del año 1955, escrita por Eugenio Retes y dirigida por José Bohr; los protagonistas son Eugenio Retes, Pepe Guixé y Malú Gatica. Su argumento se centra en la vida de Euríspides Chamorro, el dueño de un circo pobre chileno que realiza una multiplicidad de roles con el fin de financiar los estudios de su hijo.
Music
Eugenio Retes, Hilda Sour, Arturo Gatica
Producer
Eugenio Retes, Hilda Sour, Arturo Gatica
Director
Eugenio Retes, Hilda Sour, Arturo Gatica
Director
1949 Chilean film.
Producer
A film that mixes comedy with mystery. A hairdresser (Lucho Córdoba) is a fan of detective novels, to the point of fantasizing while he works, which causes him several problems with his boss. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a plot as if it were taken from one of them.
Director
A film that mixes comedy with mystery. A hairdresser (Lucho Córdoba) is a fan of detective novels, to the point of fantasizing while he works, which causes him several problems with his boss. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a plot as if it were taken from one of them.
Screenplay
Salvador, un agente viajero llega a la localidad de los Aromos. Allí conoce a un grupo de personajes que dan vida a una serie de incidentes triviales: Don Rubencindo Villalobos, el hombre más rico y poderoso del pueblo; Raquel, la joven funcionaria de correos venida de la capital y que el magnate pretende; y Juan Valladares, un joven herrero que vive con su abuela, enamorado de Raquel y artesano de las espuelas de plata del título. El conflicto surge cuando Don Rubencindo, cegado por los celos, amenaza con quitar su modesto rancho a Juan al menos que pague una alta hipoteca. Una revelación de la abuela redime a los malos y premia a los buenos.
Director
Salvador, un agente viajero llega a la localidad de los Aromos. Allí conoce a un grupo de personajes que dan vida a una serie de incidentes triviales: Don Rubencindo Villalobos, el hombre más rico y poderoso del pueblo; Raquel, la joven funcionaria de correos venida de la capital y que el magnate pretende; y Juan Valladares, un joven herrero que vive con su abuela, enamorado de Raquel y artesano de las espuelas de plata del título. El conflicto surge cuando Don Rubencindo, cegado por los celos, amenaza con quitar su modesto rancho a Juan al menos que pague una alta hipoteca. Una revelación de la abuela redime a los malos y premia a los buenos.
Producer
El Chepo (Lucho Córdoba) must take care of his six brothers, all laborers on a quiet farm. The arrival of the landlady, with her two daughters and their suitor, upsets the place. After several entanglements, El Chepo must go to Santiago on an errand, but is the victim of the "uncle's story", losing all the money, being forced to perform all the possible tasks to recover it.
Director
El Chepo (Lucho Córdoba) must take care of his six brothers, all laborers on a quiet farm. The arrival of the landlady, with her two daughters and their suitor, upsets the place. After several entanglements, El Chepo must go to Santiago on an errand, but is the victim of the "uncle's story", losing all the money, being forced to perform all the possible tasks to recover it.
La acción se inicia en 1847 con la llegada de los primeros colonos alemanes al sur de Chile. Don Vicente Perez Rosales se encarga de dar la bienvenida a los inmigrantes que arriban en barco a los remotos parajes de Villarica. Luego de los discursos de rigor en que se promete lealtad a la nueva patria, los colonos comienzan a trabajar la tierra. Pasan los años. El frustrado Daniel, su noble hermano Simón y la dulce Dora son tres de esos pioneros que la historia retoman en su juventud, para tratar un triángulo de amor y deseo
Director
La acción se inicia en 1847 con la llegada de los primeros colonos alemanes al sur de Chile. Don Vicente Perez Rosales se encarga de dar la bienvenida a los inmigrantes que arriban en barco a los remotos parajes de Villarica. Luego de los discursos de rigor en que se promete lealtad a la nueva patria, los colonos comienzan a trabajar la tierra. Pasan los años. El frustrado Daniel, su noble hermano Simón y la dulce Dora son tres de esos pioneros que la historia retoman en su juventud, para tratar un triángulo de amor y deseo
Lucho Córdova interpreta a Hércules, un pobre individuo que se gana la vida como anuncio callejero, portando una gigantesca cabeza publicitaria sobre sus hombros. Su mayor preocupación es su hija Leonor quien ayuda en el hogar realizando labores de costurera. Afligido por la situación económica, Hércules consigue trabajo como vigilante de casino. Allí debe enfrentar a un trío de mafiosos y a una baronesa cleptómana que trata de seducirlo con sus aires de vampiresa y de quien Hércules termina enamorándose.
Director
Comedia farsesca acerca de los quehaceres del mundo cinematográfico. Desideria de los Ríos (González) es una actriz aficionada que trabaja en un teatro de mala muerte y busca la forma de convertirse en luminaria de la pantalla. Un pretensioso director-estrella se queda sin actores y debe rodar un film en tres días para cumplir el contrato. De la noche a la mañana, La Desideria se convierte en Margarita Gauthier en una versión que mueve a las lágrimas… de risa
Director
Flor del Carmen, daughter of the foreman of a farm, is in love with a peon: her father is opposed to this marriage, but instead yields to the threats of a rich and cynical peasant who lent him money while in trouble, in exchange he offers his daughter to him.
Director
Desideria, a servant girl, dreams of traveling to Buenos Aires. Incredibly, Blas Pastrana, a relative of her employers, is dying in Argentina and expressly asks them to travel with her. When he arrives at his deathbed, he says that he inherits everything to the employee, confessing that she is his daughter, but on one condition: that in less than two weeks she gets married. Her employers try to convince her to marry the son of the family, Jorge, but Desideria is interested in Tito, a nice porteño. Everything ends in a surprise ending.
A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.
Editor
A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.
Original Music Composer
A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.
Director
A 1940 film directed by José Bohr.
Editor
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
Original Music Composer
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
Writer
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
Director
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
Director
A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappears from his life when her employer puts the moves on her.
Editor
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
Original Music Composer
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
Director
Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.
Jose Rolan
Director
Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring.
Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring.
Original Music Composer
Luponini, un empleado bancario, se convierte en asaltante debido a un despecho amoroso. Su carrera criminal, exitosa al principio, se ve pronto amenazada por la traición de uno de sus cómplices y el desprecio de Luisa, su ex-esposa.
Writer
Luponini, un empleado bancario, se convierte en asaltante debido a un despecho amoroso. Su carrera criminal, exitosa al principio, se ve pronto amenazada por la traición de uno de sus cómplices y el desprecio de Luisa, su ex-esposa.
Producer
Luponini, un empleado bancario, se convierte en asaltante debido a un despecho amoroso. Su carrera criminal, exitosa al principio, se ve pronto amenazada por la traición de uno de sus cómplices y el desprecio de Luisa, su ex-esposa.
Director
Luponini, un empleado bancario, se convierte en asaltante debido a un despecho amoroso. Su carrera criminal, exitosa al principio, se ve pronto amenazada por la traición de uno de sus cómplices y el desprecio de Luisa, su ex-esposa.
Luponini
Luponini, un empleado bancario, se convierte en asaltante debido a un despecho amoroso. Su carrera criminal, exitosa al principio, se ve pronto amenazada por la traición de uno de sus cómplices y el desprecio de Luisa, su ex-esposa.
El Malo
El Malo, famoso bandido mexicano, obliga al alcalde de Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, a abrir la caja fuerte y darle 2.000 pesos, Seth corre a la cantina donde el sheriff Rankin está bebiendo, y el alguacil ofrece una recompensa por la captura de El Malo.
Argentinean
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from her.
A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter.
