ANDALUSIA: A MOVIE DESTINATION

King Gustaf V of Sweden during his visit to the Alhambra.

Jacqueline Bouvier (r) better known as Jacqueline Kennedy, during her visit to the city of Córdoba.

American actress Ava Gardner dressed with the typical gipsy dress, rides a carriage through el real de la feria of the April Fair in Seville.

British singer John Lennon, member of the musical group “The Beatles”, plays cricket during the filming in the desert of Almeria the movie “How I won the war”, directed by Richard Lester.

Filmmaker Orson Welles (r) walks by the Real de la feria with Count de la Maza

The band “Los Lucena” perform in a makeshift tablao flamenco, placed on a small boat in the town of Torremolinos in Málaga.

American actress Rita Hayworth learns to play the castanets, while count of Villapadierna (r) is on the guitar during their visit to a tablao flamenco.

American actress Esther Williams drinks a toast with dancer from Jerez Terremoto, with retired matador Juan Belmonte (2l), during the flamenco festivity celebrated in a winery of this city.

American senator Edward Kennedy and his wife Joan Bennet, watch one the Seville Easter processions, from their place at the municipal stand in the San Francisco Square.

Actress Raquel Welch dances in a typical tavern of the Costa del Sol during a break in the filming of the movie “Fathom”.

Italian actress Claudia Cardinale helps in the charity collection for the fight against cancer in Almería.

Actors Brigitte Bardot (r) and Sean Connery, during the filming of the movie “Shalako”, of director Edward Dmytryk in Almería.

American actor Kirk Douglas sings in a bar from Marbella, during a night out with friends.

Actor Sean Connery (l) and Spanish golf player Miguel Ángel Jiménez (r), during the PRO-AM of the Turespaña Masters Andalusia Open

American actor Charlton Heston poses with the Giralda behind during a visit to the capital of Seville.

American singer Madonna, during a break in the filming of a music video in Ronda

American film director Steven Spielberg visits the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra, in Granada, during his search for locations for external shots for the third sequel of Indiana Jones.

King Juan Carlos explains president of the United States, Bill Clinton, one of the views of the city of Granada from the vantage point of San Nicolás in the Albayzín.

English singer Rod Stewart and his couple walk by Marbella during their holidays

Irish actor, Pierce Brosnan walks by the Castillo beach of San Fernando, in Cádiz, during the filming of the new sequel of James Bond Agent 007 “Die Another Day”.

Director Ridley Scott (r) and the actors starring in the movie “The Kingdom of Heaven”, Liam Neeson (l) and Orlando Bloom (c), attend a welcoming organized by the Palma del Rio town hall, after the second day filming in that town from Cordova

American actor Adrien Brody and Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, during the filming of the movie “Manolete” in the Cádiz beach of La Caleta

Actress Geraldine Chaplin, after receiving her tribute prize “Almería Tierra de Cine”, in the VII International Festival of Short Films “Almería en Corto”.

American First Lady Michelle Obama (c-mid), and her small daughter, Shasa (l, foreground), visit the Ronda bullfighting ring during their holidays in Málaga

The Prince of Wales and his wife, the Duchesse of Cornwall, who covers herself with a parasol, during their walk by the gardens of the Real Alcázar of Seville.

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas poses with his fans at his arrival to the closing ceremony of the XIV edition of the Spanish Cinema Festival in Málaga.

Scottish guitar player, David Russell, in a concert he offered in the Patio de los Arrayanes of the Alhambra, as was programmed by the International Dance and Music Festival in Granada.

Crown Prince of Japan, Naruhito(2ndr), with dancers Cristina Hoyos (3rdr) and Matilde Coral (r), among others, enjoys a display in the Baile Flamenco Museum in the neighborhood of Santa Cruz in Seville.