Maurici Garcés is remembered in the cinema to play the perfect character of the gallant autumn, a well-groomed and fragrant man, who between white hair and cigarette smoke, conquered the most beautiful girls of the time, filmed about 70 films and in its brief but forceful passage through Mexican cinema he conformed as an essential figure to explain the Mexico of the late 60s and 70s.
Mauricio Férez Yazbek was born the 16 from December of 1926 in the port of Tampico, in the state of Tamaulipas, and died February 27, 1989 in Mexico City. He was found dead in his department, the cause of death was a heart attack, which occurred because he suffered from pulmonary effisema. To celebrate his life and artistic career, in De10.mx we have this count of data you may not know about the beloved Maurici Garcés… Rice!
1: The style of Maurici Garcés
A man of indefinite age, but in his early autumn, velvet sack, mustache trimmed and well put, a tie knotted in the center, a cigarette (when smoking was sexy), hair barely painted gray, but with the dark touches. The man who invites to bed, but without the need to invite. The consummate seducer, but yes, in the end, the man they all want to change. This was the best way to contextualize, at least visually, Garcés.
2: Maurici Garcés, from Tampico
Originally from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mauricio Férez Yázkek was born into a family of Lebanese origin, with great depth in our country, especially in photography. At the age of six Mau, the family moved to Mexico City. He studied Chemical Sciences, but dropped out almost to finish helping his parents. He did some work for his uncle, the photographer Tufic Yazbek, who introduced him to the show, but it was another of his uncles, Josep, who first included him in the cast of a film Death in love. He adopted the surname Garcés because he said that the G would give him luck, as it was the initial of his idols, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.
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Wolf Ruvinskis, the most gallant villain in Mexican cinema
3: The beginnings of Maurici Garcés in cinema
Despite his last name, Mauricio had to work on many tapes as an extra, initially his career was focused on dramatic and suspense stories, he did gallant versions as well, but he was a serious gallant, not the metrosexual we later met . He appeared in series like Gutierritos, quote Ponds and worked on works such as private lives, Don’t send me flowers i Black view.
4: Maurici Garcés, was he gallant in real life?
There are many myths surrounding the figure of Garcés, that if he was gay, that if he was a mother’s son or a seducer who had not the slightest idea of the link. Some sources claim that Maurice was very shy in real life, that his character was gallant and conquering, but when a girl approached the actor, he had no idea what to do. He considered himself ugly, with big ears, a lobby mouth, and a laugh that didn’t help his self-esteem at all.
5: Why did you decide to be a gallant as a character?
The comic version of elegant and mundane gallant was developing throughout the early stages of his career, but the idea of making a light and comic interpretation came from the producer Angelica Ortiz, mother of Angelica Maria, who went contact to record Don Joan in 1966, the tape where and consolidate this role, a kind of alter-ego that pleased everyone who saw it. From that moment on, his character became more and more refined.
6: The international G.
For her character she had to make some changes in her figure, she had to show complete security, comb her white hair perfectly, act casually and have fashionable clothing to measure. With each film his role as a gallant autumn was consolidated, he was the best paid in Latin America, he filmed in Spain, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Italy they adored him, attributed to him with the talent of Vittorio Gassman and the personality of Marcelo Mastroianni.
7: Money, money, money
A decade earlier, Pedro Infant was the fashion idol, but by 1970, the figure was Garcés. He had a tireless pace of work, he had to film wholesale, as the industry was in a good time and no one thought a terrible downfall would come. when he was recording Click on, photographer for modelsIn 1968, Mauircio fainted from chronic exhaustion, he had to be taken to the infirmary, but he could not rest, his films were making millions and millions, there was no icon like him for a long time and he had to take advantage of it.
Actors of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema who died in poverty
8: Maurici Garcés’ films were very blockbuster
In November 1969, the list of highest grossing tapes was published, three of Garcés’ films were shown simultaneously seven were waiting for the release date. According to the report, the Olympics in Mexico was the highest grossing. Then When the Children Leave, Marriage is a Demon, The Fairies and Ladies Dressmaker.
9: The terrible arrival of death to Maurici Garcés
During the last decade of his life, Garcés lost his money due to a strong addiction to gambling. Of all the things he had raised in his life, he was left in misery, lost large sums of money and when he fell ill with pulmonary emphysema, treating the suffering became very complicated. It died the 27 of February of 1989 and was buried in the French Pantheon, in a modest tomb in the City of Mexico.
10: The legacy and controversy? by Maurici Garcés
His shy and reserved personality forced the media to want to know more about his life, but he did not let much be known about it. It is known that he had a love affair with Silvia Pinal that did not work, and his character led many to believe that he was gay, although this has not been proven. Garcés is surely the last icon of Mexican cinema, far from the male flirt, the creation of a man who related to women, but from a metrosexual spectrum.
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