Delia Magaña
Biography: Delia Magaña was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. For her 60 years in the film industry, as well as for contributing to the American cinema, Magaña's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 02, 1903
Deathday: March 31, 1996
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Curmudgeon
1930-09-11
Curmudgeon
Overview: An irascible retired old lawyer exposes a diamond thief.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-11
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Charros, gauchos y manolas
1930-03-15
Charros, gauchos y manolas
Overview: The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-15
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The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970-09-15
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Overview: A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-09-15
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The Seminarian
1949-11-02
The Seminarian
Overview: Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-11-02
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Get Off at the Next Corner!
1948-01-02
Get Off at the Next Corner!
Overview: Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-01-02
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Bala Perdida
1960-10-03
Bala Perdida
Overview: Daniel is let out of jail for his mothers funeral. During his furlough he kidnaps his son and takes him to a movie set where a western is being shot.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-10-03
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Nosotros los pelados
1984-06-14
Nosotros los pelados
Overview: Slice-of-life comedy/melodrama aout life in a working-class neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-06-14
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The Ghost of the Lake
1981-01-01
The Ghost of the Lake
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Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Satanic Pandemonium
1975-06-26
Satanic Pandemonium
Overview: Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-06-26
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The Naughty Son
1945-11-15
The Naughty Son
Overview: A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of being a singer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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El Gran Makakikus
1944-12-21
El Gran Makakikus
Overview: Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-21
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944-01-03
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Overview: Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-01-03
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Los Malditos
1966-08-12
Los Malditos
Overview: White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-12
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Alazán y enamorado
1966-09-29
Alazán y enamorado
Overview: Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-09-29
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Those Green Eyes
1952-04-22
Those Green Eyes
Overview: Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair with him and that he's her father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-04-22
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El tigre de Jalisco
1947-03-07
El tigre de Jalisco
Overview: A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-07
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Dos tenorios de barrio
1949-11-06
Dos tenorios de barrio
Overview: Two small-town hustlers are mistaken for government officials.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-06
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Prefiero a tu papá
1952-10-17
Prefiero a tu papá
Overview: Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-10-17
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Loving Was His Sin
1951-10-10
Loving Was His Sin
Overview: Two sisters fall in love with the same man. Plus fatal illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Dos de la vida airada
1948-04-08
Dos de la vida airada
Overview: Comical misadventures of two goofballs looking for work.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-08
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Hay lugar para... dos
1949-10-05
Hay lugar para... dos
Overview: Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, Bajan!"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-05
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Café de chinos
1949-09-02
Café de chinos
Overview: Naive Chinese immigrant has feelings for a young woman of loose morals whom he hires at his restaurant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-02
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El secreto de una mujer
1955-09-29
El secreto de una mujer
Overview: Artist has affair with his favorite model. She reveals to him that his wife had a baby before they married. And the-e-en...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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The Nights of Paloma
1978-10-26
The Nights of Paloma
Overview: While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper classes is kidnapped by bandits. She gets to see the world and meet interesting people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-10-26
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La sierra del terror
1956-05-24
La sierra del terror
Overview: Federal police agent goes undercover to bust rural crime ring. Series western.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-05-24
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Comedians of the League
1957-07-26
Comedians of the League
Overview: The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieves.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-07-26
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Los tres bohemios
1957-07-17
Los tres bohemios
Overview: Three struggling musicians share an apartment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-17
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La pantera negra
1957-06-12
La pantera negra
Overview: Fed agent goes undercover as roving cowboy to solve rural crimes. "Mauricio Rosales" Series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-12
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Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura
1963-02-22
Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura
Overview: Little cowboy-fella, believed to be an orphan, helps his sheriff buddy to stamp out crime. Second of two in series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-22
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Thus is Life
1930-05-03
Thus is Life
Overview: A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-03
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Vuelven los cinco halcones
1962-12-25
Vuelven los cinco halcones
Overview: Cowboy justice, Five-avenger team up. #2 in series of two.
Genres: Adventure Western Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-12-25
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Isla para dos
1959-09-12
Isla para dos
Overview: Middle-aged painter and young musician fall hard for each other while on vacation. Then she discovers he's married.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-12
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María Pistolas
1963-11-08
María Pistolas
Overview: Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-08
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Tu camino y el mio
1973-05-24
Tu camino y el mio
Overview: She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her babydaddy. Remake of Bajo El Cielo De Mexico (1958) (and also 1937?).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-24
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Don Herculano enamorado
1975-07-17
Don Herculano enamorado
Overview: Doddering old man makes a play for a married woman. Her husband gets practical joke-y in revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-17
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Picardía mexicana
1978-12-21
Picardía mexicana
Overview: An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-12-21
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La sobrina del señor cura
1954-08-18
La sobrina del señor cura
Overview: A pregnant parishioner can't get her boyfriend to marry her and the home office thinks that foundling girl the priest took in is too old now to live under the same roof with him. It's always something, ain't it?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-18
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Los valientes no mueren
1962-01-31
Los valientes no mueren
Overview: Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes... but she's in love with somebody from their own social stratum.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-01-31
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Guerra de sexos
1978-11-30
Guerra de sexos
Overview: A soccer coach gets caught in the middle of the conflict between a millionaire and his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-11-30
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Yo quiero ser hombre
1950-06-30
Yo quiero ser hombre
Overview: In order to come into a large inheritance, young Divina must marry her cousin Pablo. Her aunt, Milagros, hatches a plan to disguise themselves as a maid and her nephew in order to get to know him better.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-06-30
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Los chiflados del rock and roll
1957-04-05
Los chiflados del rock and roll
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Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-04-05
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Pensión de artistas
1956-08-24
Pensión de artistas
Overview: Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-24
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Sandunga para tres
1953-07-28
Sandunga para tres
Overview: Three boys and three girls. First all the boys are fighting over one of the girls, then all the boys are fighting over another of the girls and yadda yadda yadda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-28
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Divorciadas
1943-12-09
Divorciadas
Overview: Three newly unmarried women room together, start a business, share the ups and downs of their love lives
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-12-09
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Rondalla
1949-10-06
Rondalla
Overview: Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-06
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San Juan de Dios es Jalisco
1982-01-01
San Juan de Dios es Jalisco
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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La monja alférez
1944-07-27
La monja alférez
Overview: A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-07-27
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El valor de vivir
1954-02-02
El valor de vivir
Overview: Concert pianist unjustly convicted of espionage. On release, he hooks up with a terminally-ill ballerina.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-02-02
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Picardia mexicana 2
1980-06-02
Picardia mexicana 2
Overview: Three truckdriving pals drink a lot and raise hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-06-02
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El Siete Machos
1951-02-05
El Siete Machos
Overview: Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-05
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The Prodigal Son
1968-07-02
The Prodigal Son
Overview: Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-07-02
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We the Poor
1948-03-25
We the Poor
Overview: Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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El corrido de María Pistolas
1964-03-12
El corrido de María Pistolas
Overview: Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-03-12
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You the Rich
1948-12-31
You the Rich
Overview: Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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Mi viuda alegre
1942-02-22
Mi viuda alegre
Overview: A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-02-22
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¡Esa mi raza!
1979-01-01
¡Esa mi raza!
Overview: A greedy man gets a job in politics thanks to his connections - and abandons one of his two children to pursue his fortune. Many years later, his abandoned son impersonates his twin brother, who has fled the country.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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El Quelite
1970-12-10
El Quelite
Overview: Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-12-10
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La feria de San Marcos
1958-06-02
La feria de San Marcos
Overview: Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, weddings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-06-02
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Mi padrino
1969-06-11
Mi padrino
Overview: Bumbling oaf takes custody of his god-daughter and helps her advance her singing career.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-06-11
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La máscara roja
1962-05-10
La máscara roja
Overview: Young heiress discovers irregularities in the handling of her late father's mine and goes into action-hero mode to correct them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-05-10
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El norteño
1963-11-07
El norteño
Overview: Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-11-07
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El nieto del Zorro
1948-03-26
El nieto del Zorro
Overview: Two strolling players are mistaken for locally-famous bandit. Also, a young lady's inheritance is at stake.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-26
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Cuando los hijos odian
1950-02-09
Cuando los hijos odian
Overview: Woman and her daughter try to get on with their lives and run their family bakery while dealing with abusive alcoholic husband/father and other family problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-02-09
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Bésame mucho
1945-03-02
Bésame mucho
Overview: A cluster of young performers will do just about anything to get their show produced.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-03-02
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Vivillo desde chiquillo
1951-05-17
Vivillo desde chiquillo
Overview: A freeloader goes through a case of mistaken identity after a man tries to blackmail a married woman and he's caught in the middle of everything.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-05-17
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Lagunilla 2
1982-03-31
Lagunilla 2
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-03-31
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¡… Y murío por nosotros!
1951-03-15
¡… Y murío por nosotros!
Overview:
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Póker de reinas
1960-05-19
Póker de reinas
Overview: A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-05-19
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Los apuros de mi ahijada
1951-04-12
Los apuros de mi ahijada
Overview: Irresponsible playboy-type needs to cut down on his nightclubbing and his expensive women-friends and buckle down to his Uni studies. Meanwhile, his godfather...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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El ruiseñor del barrio
1952-08-15
El ruiseñor del barrio
Overview: Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today, his wealthy mother-in-law is still full of hatred and bitterness toward him, and she prefers not to acknowledge her granddaughter. Will love and tenderness find their way into the crusty old bitch's heart?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-15
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La niña popoff
1952-03-06
La niña popoff
Overview: Malicious gossip drives a wedge between a rising star in musical comedy and her songwriter boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-03-06
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Pueblo quieto
1955-09-30
Pueblo quieto
Overview: Son of a first family returns to his home town, reconciles with his pops, pitches woo at the young lady from another First Family and gets rampy with his rival for her affections.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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Sor Ye-yé
1968-03-09
Sor Ye-yé
Overview: Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-03-09
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Terror in the Barrios
1983-03-17
Terror in the Barrios
Overview: Traumatized child grows up to commit serial murders, targeting men and women who look like his mom and her boyfriends.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-17
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Un corazón en el ruedo
1950-01-05
Un corazón en el ruedo
Overview: Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-01-05
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Vuelven los Argumedo
1963-04-19
Vuelven los Argumedo
Overview: The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all costs, because there's a winning lottery ticket in their pockets.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-04-19
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The Son of Gabino Barrera
1965-12-23
The Son of Gabino Barrera
Overview: Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-12-23
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Charro a la fuerza
1948-06-10
Charro a la fuerza
Overview: Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-06-10
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Inmaculada
1950-09-15
Inmaculada
Overview: A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-09-15
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El ánima de Sayula
1982-04-15
El ánima de Sayula
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-04-15
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Se le pasó la mano
1952-10-29
Se le pasó la mano
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-10-29
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Ahí vienen los Argumedo
1962-11-02
Ahí vienen los Argumedo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Y tú... ¿quién eres?
1990-01-01
Y tú... ¿quién eres?
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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La golfa del barrio
1982-06-13
La golfa del barrio
Overview: Left grief-stricken when his bride dies unexpectedly on their wedding night, desperate newlywed Juan Pablo jumps into a relationship with a sexy pickpocket in this romantic Mexican drama. At first, Juan Pablo desires only the touch of a woman, but things change when he begins to have strong feelings for Rosa. Sasha Montenegro, Susana Cabrera, Roberto Montiel, Eduardo de la Peña, Anaís de Melo and Delia Magaña star.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-06-13
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Call Me Mike
1979-03-07
Call Me Mike
Overview: After being unjustly accused of corruption and seriously injured in prison, Miguel's personality will merge with the characters he reads in his police novels.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-03-07
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