Benito Perojo
{{Short description|Spanish film director and producer (1894–1974)}}
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| birth_name = Benito Perojo González
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|11|11|1894|6|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Madrid, Spain
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| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|film producer}}
| years_active = 1926–1971
| spouse = Carmen Carreras Torres
| children = Carmen Perojo Carreras
| awards = Order of Civil Merit Grand Cross
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Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a Spanish film director and film producer.
Biography
Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his wife, Ana Cortina Fuentes (1871–1954).
On 18 July 1966 he was honoured by the Caballero Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil.{{cite news |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1966/07/26/pdfs/A09594-09594.pdf |title=DECRETO 1965/1966, de 18 de iu!io~ /lDr el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden aeı Meri/o Civil a don Benito Peroio Gonzci.lez. |first=Francisco |last=Franco |author-link=Francisco Franco |editor-first=Fernando María |editor-last=Castiella y Maíz |editor-link=Fernando María Castiella y Maíz |page=9594 |date=26 July 1966 |access-date=18 May 2019 |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |issue=177}}
He died in Madrid on 11 November 1974 aged 80 and he was survived by his daughter Carmen Perojo Carreras.{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1974/11/13/107.html |page=107 |location=Madrid |date=13 November 1974 |access-date=18 May 2019 |newspaper=ABC |language=es |publisher=Vocento |title=El excelentísimo señor don Benito Perojo González (viudo de doña Carmen Carreras Torres). Productor y director cinematográfico falleció en Madrid el día 11 de Noviembre de 1974 habiendo recibido los santos sacramentos y la bendición apostólica de su santidad}}
Selected filmography
=Director=
- Malvaloca (1926)
- Restless Hearts (1928)
- La bodega (1929)
- The Charm of Seville (1931)
- Fog (1932)
- The Man Who Laughed at Love (1933)
- World Crisis (1934)
- Paloma Fair (1935)
- Bound for Cairo (1935)
- The Barber of Seville (1938)
- Mariquilla Terremoto (1938)
- Sighs of Spain (1939)
- La última Falla (1940)
- The Reluctant Hero (1941)
- Goyescas (1942)
- La Casta Susana (1944)
- Seven Women (1944)
- Los majos de Cádiz (1946)
- The Songstress (1946)
- La copla de la Dolores (1947)
- White Horse Inn (1948)
- Melancholic Autumn (1958, producer)
=Producer=
- Love on Wheels (1954)
- Sighs of Triana (1955)
- The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956)
- A Ray of Light (1960)
- An Angel Has Arrived (1961)
- The Fair of the Dove (1963)
- La pérgola de las flores (1965)
- Un novio para dos hermanas (1966)
- Las Locas del conventillo (1966)
- Great Friends (1967)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0674398|name=Benito Perojo}}
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Category:Spanish film producers
Category:Film directors from Madrid
Category:Film producers from Madrid
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