Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes Also Known As “Cantinflas” and “Mario Moreno”

1. By Kelsey Bares Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes Also Known As “Cantinflas” and “Mario Moreno”

2. BIOGRAPHY Cantinflas fue un actor, cantante y filántropo de origen mexicano, nació el 12 de agosto de 1911 en la Ciudad de México.His name at birth was Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, but in the film world he called himself Cantinflas or Mario Moreno; there are two theories about how he came about the name Cantinflas. the first is that when he wanted to become a film producer, he used that pseudonym so his parents would not know that Cantinflas was their son; they found his chosen profession low and disgraceful. The second theory is that when he was performing in one of his first night club shows, some heckler shouted, “En la cantina, tuinflas!”, which translates into: “In the bar room, you get drunk!” It is unclear which of these actually occurred, or possibly if both did. Before Cantinflas became an entertainer, he joined the military and was also a boxer and a bullfighter. He was one of eight children and his father was a postal worker who enrolled him in some of the best schools he could just because he saw a bright future in him. However, his son much preferred watching and imitating the street buskers in Mexico; he dropped out of agricultural school in order to be like these men.

3. BIOGRAPHY Cantinflas was married to ValentinaIvanovaZubareff on October 27, 1936, however she passed away in 1966 and he never remarried. Antes de Cantinflas se convirtió en un artista, se unió a las fuerzas armadas y también fue un boxeador y un torero. He was one of eight children and his father was a postal worker who enrolled him in some of the best schools he could just because he saw a bright future in him. However, his son much preferred watching and imitating the street buskers in Mexico; he dropped out of agricultural school in order to be like these men. Cantinflas eventually started his own film company, first called Posa Films and then Cantinflas Films, which had a very short history in the United States, only 2 films, but the opposite in Mexico; he appeared in and produced over 55 films. None other than Charlie Chaplin named Cantinflas “the world’s greatest comedian,” and he was best known in the film world for his role as the devoted servant of Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, in the 1956 film “Around the World in 80 Days.” Cantinflas’s very first film appearance was in “No teengañes, corazón” (Don't Kid Yourself, Sweetheart), but this movie had little success.Cantinflas’s trademark in films was to engage in “nonsensical, meaningless chatter.”

4. Cantinflas’s Skits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJaUj4l773w Use this link to see a clip of Cantinflas performing a skit!

5. Accomplishments Cantinflas won the Golden Globe Award for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for Musical or Comedy” in 1956 for his role as Passepartout in “Around the World in 80 Days.” Passepartout fue el valet devoto de la protagonista, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout is a resourceful, comical, bicycle riding former circus performer who travels across the globe with Phileas Fogg (David Niven). He was also nominated for a second Golden Globe Award in1961 for his role in “Pepe,” but was not awarded this one. Cantinflas played the role of Pepe in this film, who was hired ranch hand who sets out to conquer a Hollywood man who’s bought his boss’s prize stallion. Él tiene éxito en hacer esto, también traer de vuelta a los potros años con el semental en su victoria.

6. Accomplishments Another accomplishment of Cantinflas is that, because he so often used the type of conversation he invented in which much chatter was uttered but said nothing of substance, a verb in the Real Acedemia Española Diccionario after this style of conversation he created. El verbo es "cantinflear" y se define: 1. Para hablar de una manera tonta y sin sentido, sin sentido (después de Cantinflas) 2. Para balbucear. 3. Actuar como Cantinflas (actor cómico Mex.). Cantinflas’s character in films frequently engages in this very strange, incomprehensible conversation. This verb, which was added to the dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) in 1992, was created as a tribute to Mexico who has been considered one of its most illustrious sons, Mario Moreno "Cantinflas".

7. Legacy

8. Cantinflas era también el presidente del Gremio de Actores de México, llamada la Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA). This guild’s headquarters is in San Rafael, Mexico City, Mexico. Many of Mexico’s most famous, successful and influential actors and actresses belong to this guild, which is usually headed by one of the aforementioned people, just like Cantinflas. The verb "cantinflear" came to the dictionary of the Spanish language, and that's because they let him go, like any other word, by the door, so to speak after years and travels in countries that has been like since, because people used it depends, but say nothing. Excuse the cantinfleado. This verb, which was added to the dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (RAE) in 1992, took on a life of its own as a tribute to Mexico who has been considered one of its most illustrious sons, Mario Moreno "Cantinflas". Has been the subject of analysis and discussion in this Latin American country even 18 years after the comedian died of lung cancer at age 82. Linguists in Mexico and Spain could not specify who exactly introduced the verb "cantinflear" to the dictionary but tell that became part of speech in Mexico, Spain and Chile since the fifties. The years passed cantinflesca rhetoric reaffirmed that illustrated a speech that said nothing but it was so popular, small-town, which was embedded in the Hispanic identity as the same character "peladito" neighborhood with which conquered Cantinflas the hearts of millions of people, linguists say. "The Academy is not to make tributes," he told The Associated Press (AP) Dario Villanueva, secretary of the RAE. "It is the popular language that has made this tribute to Cantinflas based on identifying the name with a pattern of behavior, a style, a trait that is beyond your universe." One of the most famous cantinfladas trial at the end of "Here is the detail" a 1940s sitcom. After minutes of misinterpreting the sophisticated language of judges and lawyers, Cantinflas, "the peladito", accused of murder when he thinks he is prosecuted for killing a dog, asked to speak and complicates the case with the use of language comic