José López Rubio

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rubio and the second or maternal family name is Herreros.

José López Rubio y Herreros (13 December 1903 in Motril, Granada^[1] – 2 March 1996^[2]) was a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, theatre historian, and humorist.

The Most Excellent José López Rubio
Born	José López Rubio y Herreros (1903-12-13)13 December 1903 Motril (Granada), Spain
Died	2 March 1996(1996-03-02) (aged 92) Madrid, Spain
Seat ñ of the Real Academia Española
In office 5 June 1983 – 2 March 1996
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Luis María Anson [es]

Rubio y Herreros worked in Hollywood as a songwriter for Paramount Pictures. On 5 June 1983, he took Seat ñ of the Real Academia Española.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Primavera en otoño (1933)^[4]
• El rey de los gitanos (1933)^[5]
• It Happened in Damascus (1943)
• The Prodigal Woman (1946)
• Airport (1953)
• Currito of the Cross (1965)
• Road to Rocío (1966)
• Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977)

References

1. Teatro español. Aguilar. 1951. p. 221. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. Rubio, José López; Sbriziolo, Carola (2008). La narrativa vanguardista de José López Rubio: tres novelas inéditas (in Spanish). Eunsa. p. 18. ISBN 978-84-313-2559-6. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. "José López Rubio". Real Academia Española (in Spanish).
4. Solomon, Aubrey (10 January 2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-7864-8610-6. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
5. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Library of Congress Copyright Office. 1961. p. 1509. Retrieved 27 May 2024.