Raul De Caldevilla(1877-1951)
- Producer
- Director
Born in O'Porto, where his father, Spanish engineer Nicolau de
Caldevilla, married Josefa Garcia de Caldevilla, and was working in
1878. He was brought up with a strict education, completed college
(Curso Superior de Comércio), and at 26-years-old, was appointed by
Portugal as deputy-consul to Cadiz (1904), in Spain. Subsequently he
worked as commercial agent for the union of producers of O'Porto Wine,
for practically all the Latin American countries, Marrocco, Egypt, and
the Middle East.
He started a an advertising business at Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became know for his creative methods, sometimes spectacular. In Paris, France, he attended the École de Hautes Études de Commerce, taking the lessons from Octave-Jacques Guérin.
He wrote humor and general interest chronicles for newspapers, was a stage amateur actor, translated one comedy by the brothers Quintero, "Castelos no Ar", and wrote four plays himself. As a publicist, he wrote a number of specialized booklets.
In 30 December 1916, he founded the society Raul de Caldevilla & Cia. Lda., Oporto, Portugal, a Production company better known as Caldevilla Film with other local businessmen, such as Eduardo Kendall, João Manuel Lopes de Oliveira and António de Oliveira Calém. He was the sole manager until May 1922, when Raul Lopes de Oliveira took over the cinematographic section of the company, and Caldevilla presented his contract termination the 24 March 1923.
He was a member of Société des Amis d'O.J. Gérin, O'Porto's Association of Journalists and Writers, and the distinguished Geographical Society of Lisbon. He was given the Colars of Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, Cruce Roja (Spain), and Ordem Militar de Cristo (Portugal).
He started a an advertising business at Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became know for his creative methods, sometimes spectacular. In Paris, France, he attended the École de Hautes Études de Commerce, taking the lessons from Octave-Jacques Guérin.
He wrote humor and general interest chronicles for newspapers, was a stage amateur actor, translated one comedy by the brothers Quintero, "Castelos no Ar", and wrote four plays himself. As a publicist, he wrote a number of specialized booklets.
In 30 December 1916, he founded the society Raul de Caldevilla & Cia. Lda., Oporto, Portugal, a Production company better known as Caldevilla Film with other local businessmen, such as Eduardo Kendall, João Manuel Lopes de Oliveira and António de Oliveira Calém. He was the sole manager until May 1922, when Raul Lopes de Oliveira took over the cinematographic section of the company, and Caldevilla presented his contract termination the 24 March 1923.
He was a member of Société des Amis d'O.J. Gérin, O'Porto's Association of Journalists and Writers, and the distinguished Geographical Society of Lisbon. He was given the Colars of Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, Cruce Roja (Spain), and Ordem Militar de Cristo (Portugal).
