Yesterday, we wrote about a couple of vintage Brazilian film periodicals which can be found online.Today, we look to Europe and and in particular Spain.
The Biblioteca Nacional de España (the National Library of Spain) has a handful of digitized film titles on its website which date from the silent film era. They are part of an even larger collection of general interest Spanish magazines and newspapers. Most of the titles come from Madrid, while others originate in Barcelona, Seville, Cadiz, Valencia and Granada.
Did we also see one or two titles from Cuba, Argentina or Mexico? It's hard to say, as there are literally hundreds available!
We mention these general interest publications because they also contain material about the movies. There are articles, reviews, gossip, pictures and more. And, happily, individuals can search this huge database by keyword. And yes, there is an English-language interface.
Keyword searches can be conducted from this page. For example, you can look up your favorite film star or director. Movie titles, of course, were often but not always translated into Spanish or given a suitable Spanish-language equivalent. And sometimes, so were the names of certain film stars. For example, Rudolph Valentino was known as Rodolpho Valentino, and Louise Brooks became Luisa Brooks. (See the scan of La Vanguardia below.)
Curiously, one of the best titles we came across was one with an English-language title, Popular Film. Happy hunting.
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