Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America. Granado later founded the University of Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine. He authored the memoir "Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary", which served as a reference for the 2004 film "The Motorcycle Diaries", in which he was played by Rodrigo de la Serna. An elderly Alberto Granado makes a short appearance at the end of the film. Granado
Alexander Korda hit with "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), which he directed. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, established Korda internationally and made a star of Charles Laughton. Korda followed it with "The Girl from Maxim's" (1933) which he shot in English and French. He tried to repeat the success of "Henry" with "The Private Life of Don Juan" (1934) starring Douglas Fairbanks, which he directed, and "The Rise of Catherine the Great" (1934) which he did not. Neither did as well as "Henry". Korda produced a well respected short, "The Private Life of the Gannets"