It was released in Spain on 6 May 1957. It was immensely popular domestically and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point. The film's soundtrack album had also a wide international release.
The filming took place in Barcelona between November 1956 and January 1957. Montiel accepted to star in the film as a deference to its director Juan de Orduña and during a vacation in Spain in between her Hollywood filmings Serenade and Run of the Arrow.[2] The film was filmed with a very low budget. Initially, the songs in the film were going to be sung by a professional singer who would dub Montiel, but due to the low budget, she eventually sang the songs herself.[3] Orduña had to sell the distribution rights to Cifesa to finance the completion of the filming.[4]
Releaseedit
The Last Torch Song opened on 6 May 1957 in Spain. The film was running at the 1,400-seat Rialto Theatre for forty-seven weeks,[5] making it the highest grossing film in Madrid in the 1950s.[a] The film was there for so long that, as a result of the rain and the wind, the large billboard announcing the film had to be replaced by another, something unusual in the history of film exhibition in Spain.[8] The film soundtrack album also became a hit.
The film had a wide international release with the dialogues dubbed or subtitled into other languages in non-Spanish speaking countries, while the songs kept in their original version. It was the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point, only surpassed in the 1950s–60s by her next film The Violet Seller, and catapulting Montiel's career as an actress and a singer.[9]
Notesedit
^Back then in Spain, boxoffice grosses were a secret kept by exhibitors for tax reasons. The only guide to estimate them was the length of the first-run and the capacity of the venue.[6] It was not made mandatory to officially communicate the number of tickets sold until 1 January 1965.[7]
^"How They Played in Madrid, 1958". Variety. 15 April 1959. p. 83. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^"ORDER of December 22, 1964 establishing the control system of the performance of the films that are exhibited in Spain" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 30 December 1964. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^"'El último cuplé', una película de récord". La Verdad (in Spanish). 10 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^Edwin López Moya (12 April 2018). "New Sara Montiel biography is being written in Philadelphia". Al Día News. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
Bibliographyedit
Labanyi, Jo & Pavlović, Tatjana. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
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The Last Torch Song better known under its Spanish title El ultimo cuple is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduna and starring Sara Montiel Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera 1 The Last Torch SongSpanish theatrical release posterSpanishEl ultimo cupleDirected byJuan de OrdunaWritten byJesus Maria de ArozamenaAntonio Mas GuindalProduced byJuan de OrdunaStarringSara MontielArmando CalvoEnrique VeraJulia MartinezAlfredo MayoMatilde Munoz SampedroJose MorenoCinematographyJose F AguayoEdited byAntonio CanovasMusic byJuan SolanoColor processEastmancolorProductioncompanyProducciones Orduna FilmsDistributed byCifesaRelease date6 May 1957 1957 05 06 Running time110 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanish It was released in Spain on 6 May 1957 It was immensely popular domestically and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest grossing Spanish language film made up to that point The film s soundtrack album had also a wide international release Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 3 Release 4 Notes 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksCast editSara Montiel as Maria Lujan Armando Calvo as Juan Contreras Enrique Vera as Pepe Molina Julia Martinez as Trini Matilde Munoz Sampedro as Paca Alfredo Mayo as Gran Duque Vladimir de Rusia Jose Moreno as Candido Chamorro Laly del Amo as Luisa Aurora Garcia Alonso Beni Moreno as Chole Luis Orduna Erasmo Pascual as Don Praxeres Consuelo de Nieva as Gloria Palacios Miguel Fleta Manolita Guerrero Antonio Alcazar Rafaela Aparicio as Singer Emilio Alonso Salvador Garrido Juan Monfort Francisco Mario de Bustos Jose Maria Caffarel as Monsieur Dupois Empresario de Paris Luis Munoz Manuel Gomez Florentina Garcia Clotilde Gijon Lola Gomez Moreno Juan Parera Jose Maria Cases Rafael Tamarit Toni Fernandez as Mari Chamorro Mercedes Monterrey Guadalupe Munoz SampedroProduction editThe filming took place in Barcelona between November 1956 and January 1957 Montiel accepted to star in the film as a deference to its director Juan de Orduna and during a vacation in Spain in between her Hollywood filmings Serenade and Run of the Arrow 2 The film was filmed with a very low budget Initially the songs in the film were going to be sung by a professional singer who would dub Montiel but due to the low budget she eventually sang the songs herself 3 Orduna had to sell the distribution rights to Cifesa to finance the completion of the filming 4 Release editThe Last Torch Song opened on 6 May 1957 in Spain The film was running at the 1 400 seat Rialto Theatre for forty seven weeks 5 making it the highest grossing film in Madrid in the 1950s a The film was there for so long that as a result of the rain and the wind the large billboard announcing the film had to be replaced by another something unusual in the history of film exhibition in Spain 8 The film soundtrack album also became a hit The film had a wide international release with the dialogues dubbed or subtitled into other languages in non Spanish speaking countries while the songs kept in their original version It was the worldwide highest grossing Spanish language film made up to that point only surpassed in the 1950s 60s by her next film The Violet Seller and catapulting Montiel s career as an actress and a singer 9 Notes edit Back then in Spain boxoffice grosses were a secret kept by exhibitors for tax reasons The only guide to estimate them was the length of the first run and the capacity of the venue 6 It was not made mandatory to officially communicate the number of tickets sold until 1 January 1965 7 References edit Labanyi amp Pavlovic p 236 The Last Torch Song 1957 retrieved 8 May 2020 Herreros Enrique La Codorniz de Enrique Herreros in Spanish p 169 Retrieved 19 January 2022 Medio siglo de El ultimo cuple Levante EMV in Spanish 7 May 2007 Retrieved 1 December 2022 Sanchez Barba Francesc 2007 Francoism s mists the rise of Spanish film noir 1950 1965 in Spanish University of Barcelona p 172 ISBN 9788447531745 How They Played in Madrid 1958 Variety 15 April 1959 p 83 Retrieved 1 December 2022 ORDER of December 22 1964 establishing the control system of the performance of the films that are exhibited in Spain PDF Boletin Oficial del Estado in Spanish 30 December 1964 Retrieved 21 June 2020 El ultimo cuple una pelicula de record La Verdad in Spanish 10 April 2013 Retrieved 1 December 2022 Edwin Lopez Moya 12 April 2018 New Sara Montiel biography is being written in Philadelphia Al Dia News Retrieved 16 May 2020 Bibliography editLabanyi Jo amp Pavlovic Tatjana A Companion to Spanish Cinema John Wiley amp Sons 2012 External links editThe Last Torch Song at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a Spanish film of the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a musical film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Last Torch Song amp oldid 1160447570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
