Carlos Martínez Baena
Also Known As: Carlos M. Baena
Biography: Carlos Martinez Baena was a character actor, who was born in Spain. At an early age he moved with his family to Mexico where he became a journalist. By 1920 he decided to become an actor while he was living in Argentina, and shortly afterward moved to Spain where he worked as a stage actor, eventually ppearing in films in Argentina, Spain and the U.S in Spanish language films made in the early and mid 1930s. In 1940 he returned to Mexico, escaping the fascist Franco goverment in Spain. The following year he began appearing in Mexican films in character parts, he was often cast as kindly old men, teachers, priests and appeared in many character parts. He was also very involved in the actor's union, during his career he also wrote and adapted sceenplays as well as writing poetry. In 1970 he completed his last film at the age 80, also a character part.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Birthday: May 07, 1889
Deathday: May 29, 1971
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Él
Overview: Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-07-09
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El Portero
Overview: Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-05-03
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Un año en la luna
Overview: In late September, Iñigo comes to Madrid to study psychology and stays at the home of his sister Esther, who lives with a porn story writer called Gabriel and that is not going through its best. The three start a relationships sneaking, but neither will find it easy to tell if it's a simple adventure or if they are living a love story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-05-30
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The Kneeling Goddess
Overview: Businessman Antonio is carrying on an affair with Raquel, who wants him to divorce his wife Elena. He purchases for Elena as an anniversary gift a statue – the titular Kneeling Goddess – which, unbeknownst to him, features Raquel as the model. Antonio marries Raquel after Elena dies under suspicious circumstances — but not everything is what it seems.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-08-13
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Pecado Mortal
Overview: Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With them lives Soledad, goddaughter Clara. A day comes Carlos, nephew of Juan Manuel, who is interested in Soledad. Carlos is going to study medicine in the United States and maintains correspondence with Soledad. Juan Manuel shows interest in Soledad but prevents Clara meet her. She is the daughter of Clara, who hid that Juan Manuel had killed the father of Soledad and also caused her blindness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-03-10
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The Intruder
Overview: Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-07-21
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Gema
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Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-05-20
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El Charro del Cristo
Overview: Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-10-07
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The Bewitched House
Overview: Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-10-12
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Otra primavera
Overview: His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-04-27
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Woman Without a Soul
Overview: Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-10-10
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Cupido pierde a Paquita
Overview: Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though, and...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-19
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La sombra vengadora contra la mano negra
Overview: Masked wrestler vs. gothic criminal gang. Third or fourth in a series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-15
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La mujer que no tuvo infancia
Overview: Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-07-25
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Perverse Doll
Overview: A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-12-26
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The Well-paid
Overview: Melodrama about marital infidelity.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-02-20
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La abuelita
Overview: Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-05-09
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Lola Casanova
Overview: Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-05-25
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Monte de piedad
Overview: Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-08-01
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Overview: A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-05-19
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El Supersabio
Overview: Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition
Genres: Comedy Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-09-04
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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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El analfabeto
Overview: Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-09-07
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The River and Death
Overview: A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-08-22
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Camelia
Overview: A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-16
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Si, Mi vida
Overview: Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-05-14
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
Overview: A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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Nocturno de amor
Overview: Venice Film Festival 1948
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-01-11
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Good Love
Overview: Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-02-28
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Little Black Angels
Overview: A racist woman who doesn't know about her own mixed heritage—even though she's lived with her black mother since birth—marries a pop singer. Everybody conspires to protect her from finding out about herself. It's not clear exactly why they do that.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-08-29
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Mujeres en mi Vida
Overview: Mexican romantic musical.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-04-05
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Mi niño, mi caballo y yo
Overview: Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-06-04
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Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
Overview: Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
Genres: War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-02-11
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El agua en el suelo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1934-04-16
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La ciudad de los sueños
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-10-25
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Entre tu amor y el cielo
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-11-30
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La sombra vengadora
Overview: An evil mastermind, known as La mano negra, attempts to steal a formula that creates synthetic drugs but a masked avenger known as La sombra will do anything to stop him.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Nosotros
Overview: The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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