Word: andalusia
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Sierra; Arthur J. Beckhard, producer). A volcanic opera diva returns to Andalusia from Madrid at the request of her abandoned husband, who wants to tone up their daughter's wedding by the appearance of both the bride's parents. The diva arrives with a lot of theatrical riffraff, the daughter cools to her fiance, but the parents are happily reunited as the curtain falls. The diva is impersonated by Blanche Yurka, a seasoned actress who has of late years specialized in Ibsen. Greek tragedy and was one of the Narrators in Lucrece. The playwright is the author...
...There they found General Sanjurjo on horseback before the city hall. Behind him was a column of Civil Guards, infantry and medical corps. From his pocket the general withdrew a piece of paper, unfolded it, read: "I, Jose Sanjurjo, general in the Spanish Army, constitute myself captain-general of Andalusia and order all previous dispositions concerning the public order superseded. I also declare the present local authorities without jurisdiction. Viva Espana!" An hour later Seville was in General Sanjurjo's hands. Arrested and clapped into the military barracks were Governor Valera Valverde, the mayor, the chief of police...
...foot lest they learn his tricks. They must remain virgin. The young ones and defectives are fought by novilleros (novices); full-grown bulls (over three years) are killed by full-fledged matadors. Most of the ganaderías are near Salamanca, in the west of Spain, and in Andalusia, south of Seville. Largest, fiercest, most cunning are the bulls of the sons of Don Eduardo Miura, whose ganadería is near Seville. Miura bulls kill many horses.* Few matadors like to fight Miuras; some will not. Many breeders have bred smaller bulls at the behest of cautious matadors...
Seville has been restless for weeks. Times are hard in Andalusia; there is serious unemployment. Syndicalist agitators have found many willing ears. Trouble started when Angel Pestana, national head of the Syndicalists, attempted to lead a funeral procession in honor of a Syndicalist killed in a ruckus fortnight ago. Police barred the way. There was a scuffle. Knives flashed. Pistols banged. Angel Pestana prudently disappeared. When the firing ceased and the dust cleared one policeman and two Syndicalists lay dead. At least 15 men were seriously wounded...
Things might have been even worse were it not for the prompt arrest of Dr. Villana. Dr. Villana, a sinister figure who could only exist in a romantic novel or modern Spain, is a wandering Gypsy physician who has tramped the bleak hills of Andalusia for years healing the sick and preaching bloody revolution. He and his staff of conspirators were arrested last week just as they were planning a triumphal entrance into Seville. The tavern of the Brothers Cornelio, a notorious Syndicalist meeting place, was surrounded by artillery. Well-trained gunners blew the little bodega to bits with three...