Rosita Arenas
Also Known As: Rosa Arenas, Rosa "Rosita" Arenas Dió, Rosa Arenas Dió
Biography: Rosa "Rosita" Arenas (born 19 August 1933) is a Mexican actress whose film career was most prominent during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the daughter of Spanish actor Miguel Arenas. At age 16, she was named Reina de la Primavera (Queen of the Spring), and subsequently made her film debut in Anacleto se divorcia (1950). She received more important roles in ¡¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?! (1951), with Pedro Infante and Luis Aguilar, and El señor fotógrafo (1953), with Cantinflas. She also tried her hand at singing; in Los chiflados del rock and roll (1957), she sang the songs "Se me hizo fácil", "Serenata huasteca", and "Qué manera de perder".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Adult: No
Birthday: August 19, 1933
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Female
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The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Overview: A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-07-17
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Neutron and the Black Mask
Overview: Dr. Charon and his group of mad scientists built a neutron bomb with trying to blackmail the free world for global power. But the hero appears, Neutron, who, with the help of Dr. Thomas and reporter Nora spoil those plans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-06
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The Brute
Overview: A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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The Witch's Mirror
Overview: A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-07-12
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Tu recuerdo y yo
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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The Curse of the Crying Woman
Overview: A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-08-15
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El gallo colorado
Overview: A young street vendor who is a cockfighting aficionado, attracted by the image of one of them, settles on the ranch of its owner where he falls in love with the foreman's daughter. All the problems happen and some that afflicted the ranch in the past are solved by him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Overview: A scientist hypnotically regresses a woman to a previous life, a Mayan princess, who leads him to a secret tomb where the princess was buried - and the mummy of an ancient warrior, cursed to live after death and guard the treasure buried with her. Edited by Jerry Warren from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and following its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage added and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the Mexican footage.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Overview: The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood lots of blood, sending Caronte's midget assistant Nick and his legion of mutant monsters out to get fresh victims. However, the masked atom-superman Neutron vows to put a stop to Caronte's deeds.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-08-10
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Overview: This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Overview: The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-12-11
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Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Overview: Experimenting in hypnotic regression to past lives, Dr. Edmund Redding of the Cowan Institute in Pasadena has discovered that Ann Taylor is a reincarnated Aztec woman. Via her recovered memories, she is able to lead Redding and his associates to a hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid of Yucatan, where they hope to find the lost treasure of the Aztecs. Instead, they find two mummified bodies - one of a modern man, quite dead, and the other of an ancient Aztec, quite alive. They are able to return safely to Pasadena with both finds, but a rival professor, Janney, kills Redding and steals the body of the modern man-mummy. This he subjects to a resurrection experiment, which works - only the mummy proves to be a werewolf. Two supernatural menaces roam the city that night. This film is composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror movies, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new footage shot in the U.S. by Jerry Warren.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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El niño de las monjas
Overview: When a newborn baby is abandoned in a convent Andalusian Mother Superior decides to be the gardener who takes over from him. As the boy grows, manifest a decided vocation for bullfighting and, although his adoptive father did not endorse, struggle to achieve his dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-11-05
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School for Buglars
Overview: The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-05-09
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Casi Casados
Overview: A poor mechanic is conned into taking the place of a wealthy business magnate so the rich man can take off to work on some major wheeling and dealing. Sure enough, the impostor is trapped in a series of circumstances beyond his control that lead him right to the altar. Once he is wed -- or rather, once the rich businessman is unknowingly wed by proxy, the tycoon returns from his trip with the subsequent surprises in store for all concerned.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-24
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The Aztec Mummy
Overview: A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-11-13
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Mujeres engañadas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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La ladrona
Overview: Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-03-18
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Overview: Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-09-03
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Fierecilla
Overview: After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-05-03
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The Doctor of the Crazy Women
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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Anacleto Gets Divorced
Overview: Anacleto and Baldomira are a couple who have problems because of gossip from their compadre who wants Baldomira. The marriage is separated for a short time because they realize that they love each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-09-07
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Los solterones
Overview: Pop, Bro and Sis all take a vow never to (re)marry after Mom walks out on them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-11
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Hay ángeles con espuelas
Overview: Two brothers butt heads: one's a gadabout charro playboy and the other's a priest.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-20
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El Látigo Negro
Overview: Zorro imitation, first in a series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-19
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El misterio del látigo negro
Overview: Zorro-type horseback adventure, series-hero programmer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-04
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El señor fotógrafo
Overview: Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-02
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Muchachas que trabajan
Overview: Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-24
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Rogaciano el huapanguero
Overview: Itinerant folk-singer returns to his home town, gets caught in two intersecting love triangles. It ends badly.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-08-08
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La hija del ministro
Overview: A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-09-19
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3 Lessons of Love
Overview: The rigid professor Germán, president of the League of Honor and Modesty, hates statues of naked women, but the spirit of his ancestor Casanova leads him to episodes of debauchery and conquest. Married to the rigid Severa, he becomes a corrupt mayor. Only the moralistic Rosa will be able to free him from these strange influences to improve his life and that of the town.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-07
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Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Overview: Spoofy adaptation of The Three Musketeers, follows the original very closely.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-10-29
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Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Overview: Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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¿Me permites matarte?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Hanged Man's Ghost vs. The Black Whip
Overview: Masked rider leads a posse to defend their town from crimes related to appearances of a hanged man come back from the grave.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Diez fusiles esperan
Overview: During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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Mi campeón
Overview: Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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El amor que yo te dí
Overview: Suave jewelry-thieves caper comedy overlaid with howling family-melodrama coincidences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-01-18
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Dios sabrá juzgarnos
Overview: Rejected suitor goes all-out in his efforts to break up an engaged couple.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-09-27
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Twist: Locura de juventud
Overview: The Legion Of Decent Decency is determined to shut down a nightclub where live rock and roll bands play and young people dance The Twist.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-06-07
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Vístete Cristina
Overview: Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-04-23
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Cambiando el destino
Overview: A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario have an accident and get lost in the middle of the desert.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Un indiano en Moratilla
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-03-10
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La noche y el alba
Overview: Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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El hombre que perdió el tren
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-02-29
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La gitana blanca
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-08-18
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La sombra de Cruz Diablo
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Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-09-07
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