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José Bohr

José Bohr

Director · Born 1901-09-03 · Bonn, Germany

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Biography

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…

Directed

  1. The Great Chamorro Circus (1955) — Director
  2. Luponini from Chicago (1935) — Director
  3. Marihuana (El monstruo verde) (1936) — Director
  4. Una luz en mi camino (1939) — Director
  5. If My Fields Could Talk (1947) — Director
  6. A Macabre Legacy (1939) — Director
  7. La Dama de las Camelias (1947) — Director
  8. Por mis pistolas (1938) — Director
  9. Sueño de amor (1935) — Director
  10. Canto a mi tierra (1938) — Director
  11. Who Killed Eve? (1934) — Director
  12. Borrasca humana (1940) — Director
  13. Así es la mujer (1936) — Director
  14. El látigo (1939) — Director
  15. La sangre manda (1934) — Director
  16. El rosario de Amozoc (1938) — Director
  17. Tu hijo (1935) — Director
  18. One Who's Been a Sailor (1951) — Director
  19. La cadena infinita (1949) — Director
  20. Mis espuelas de plata (1948) — Director
  21. Tonto Pillo (1948) — Director
  22. P'al otro lado (1942) — Director
  23. The Hand of Death (1948) — Director
  24. Flor del Carmen (1944) — Director
  25. Sonrisas de Chile (1970) — Director
  26. Mi noche alegre (1920) — Director
  27. MAGALLANES FILM: MAGALLANES COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LIVESTOCK FARMING (1919) — Director
  28. MAGALLANES FILM: ACTUALIDADES DE MAGALLANES Nº1 (1919) — Director
  29. MAGALLANES FILM: ACTUALIDADES DE MAGALLANES Nº3 (1919) — Director
  30. Easily, or The Lottery Ticket (1919) — Director
  31. Time Flies (1950) — Director
  32. Actualidades de Magallanes Nº7 (1920) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Luponini from Chicago (1935) — Luponini
  2. Marihuana (El monstruo verde) (1936) — Raúl Devoto / Daniel
  3. El último guapo (1947)
  4. If My Fields Could Talk (1947)
  5. Borrasca humana (1940)
  6. Who Killed Eve? (1934) — Jose Rolan
  7. La sangre manda (1934)
  8. Ex-Flame (1930) — Argentinean
  9. Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930) — El Malo
  10. Thus is Life (1930) — José Rolan
  11. Hollywood, City of Dreams (1931) — José
  12. Mi noche alegre (1920)
  13. Pacto con el Diablo (o el socio, Mr. Davis) (1929)
  14. Las cuatro plumas (1928)
  15. Los buenos samaritanos (1966)