Santiago Aguilar Oliver

Santiago (Cándido) Aguilar Oliver (Villanueva de Gállego, Zaragoza, October 3, 1899-Madrid, April 22, 1953) was a writer, critic, screenwriter, operatic singer, composer and actor. of Spanish cinema.

There was no artistic background in his family, he was the son of a veterinarian from Villanueva de Gállego (Zaragoza), Santiago Aguilar, and Carmen Oliver. He studied singing in Barcelona but after the premature death of his father he was sent to study in Madrid with a sister of his father, Trini Aguilar, who would end up raising him. His artistic vein soon emerged in him, excelling in literary and musical themes (he learned singing with Joaquina Ortiz, a student of Julián Gayarre and later a teacher at Imperio Argentina).

He was a critic for the newspaper Madrid (newspaper)|Madrid] and the daily Ahora, editor of the magazine Cinegramas and author of the books Charlie Chaplin, the genius of the seventh art Sensational Etchings by Castro Gil, The Girlfriend of Success (Diana Durbin) Danielle Darrieux Her Life His Art (1940) and JUANCHO, he was also a film scriptwriter. Together with Adolfo Aznar he founded the production company Cinematografistas Españoles Unidos.

He wrote music for films and appeared as an actor in some: Agustina de Aragón, by Florián Rey, Prim, by José Buchs, and in several by Aznar.

Theatrical author of the plays Redeem yourself, Malena y Palmira, Gitanesca, Pierrot's Mischief.

He also wrote lyrics for songs like "Manoli (Vals Romántico)" with music by Joaquina Ortiz, a student of Julián Gayarre and later a professor at Imperio Argentina.

Author of the libretto for the opera Christvs with music by Juan Álvarez García (conceived for Miguel Fleta Burro) and premiered on February 11, 1936 at the Teatro Calderón (Madrid); re-released by his son Miguel Fleta at the Teatro Principal on March 6, 1943) and Galatea, performed in these incursions as a singer.

Filmography

• Gratitude (1917). Address and dialogues of Santiago Aguilar. Gratitude (1917)
• Hearts without direction (1928). Address of Benito Perojo and Gustav Ucicky, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar.Crazones without direction (1928)
• Agustina de Aragón (1929). Address and dialogues by Florián Rey; Santiago Aguilar as a secondary actor.Agustina de Aragón (1929)
• Prim (1930). Address and dialogues by José Buchs; Santiago Aguilar as a secondary actor.Prim
• The Miracle of the Christ of the Vega (1941). Address of Adolfo Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar. The Miracle of the Christ of the Vega (1941)
• All for them. (1942). Address of Adolfo Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar.All for them (1942)
• With the eyes of the soul (1943). Address of Adolfo Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar. With the eyes of the soul (1943)
• Life of the railways and their schools of orphans (1944). Address of Tomás Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar. The life of the railways and their orphan schools (1944)
• María Fernanda, La Jerezana (1946). Dirección de Enrique Herreros, diálogos de Santiago Aguilar.María Fernanda la Jerezana
• Cervantes and his immortal work (Mongine Biography) (1947). Dirección de Antonio Valero de Bernabé, diálogos de Santiago Aguilar. CEU (Spanish American Cynmatographers.Cervantes and his immortal work

• Two women and one face (1947). Address of Adolfo Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar. CEU Cinematografistas Españoles Unidos.Two women and a face
• The King of Sierra Morena (1949). Address of Adolfo Aznar, dialogues of Santiago Aguilar.El Rey de Sierra Morena