Ernesto Alonso
Also Known As: El señor telenovela
Biography: Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "El Señor Telenovela" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the world.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aguascalientes, Mexico
Adult: No
Birthday: March 01, 1917
Age: 108 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 07, 2007
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Wuthering Heights
Overview: Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-06-30
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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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Price of Glory
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-01-15
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The Pharaoh's Court
Overview: The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-06-08
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A Doll's House
Overview: Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife hides from her banker husband that she is in debt to a dishonorable employee her husband has fired.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-03-04
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La gallina clueca
Overview: Divorced mother struggles to raise her large family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1941-12-04
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Coronation
Overview: The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-06-03
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El Jorobado
Overview: Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-05
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The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
Overview: Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-10-01
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Tragic Weddings
Overview: Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan Manuel, who fiercely opposes the union. Juan Manuel still holds a grudge against Diego, having once been his employer when Diego was just a laborer. Their secret marriage stirs jealousy and resentment, particularly in Octavio, Diego’s servant, and his wife Laura, who harbors unspoken feelings for him. As Diego departs for a military mission in Guadalajara, Juan Manuel, unaware of the marriage, attempts to arrange a match between Amparo and the Spaniard José Luis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-05-30
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Reportaje
Overview: Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-11-13
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The White Monk
Overview: In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray Paracleto humble mystically and sew clothes. Besides a mysterious woman appears Orsina Galata. She tells her story to the Father Provincial and thus dates back to his past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-10-06
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The Young and the Damned
Overview: A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-12-09
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La dama del velo
Overview: Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's lawyer. Twenty years later...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-06-01
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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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Una mujer en la calle
Overview: An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old lady.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-02-03
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The Port of the Seven Sins
Overview: Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the cabaret-gal that sings there.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-11-11
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Marina
Overview: Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-06-21
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Maternidad imposible
Overview: Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-05
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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
Overview: On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain Allende that the flag of the insurgent movement be the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-12-11
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El cardenal
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-31
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La cobarde
Overview: A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-03-05
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Crimen en la alcoba
Overview: A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-10-16
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Streetwalker
Overview: In Mexico City, two sisters, Maria and Elena, fight over the love of pimp Rodolfo. Elena escapes her sad marriage to an old banker into Rodolfo's arms. Meanwhile, life is hard for sex worker Maria, who-along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers-must deal with exploitative clients.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-06-22
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El padre Morelos
Overview: Biography of early-1800s Mexican priest/statesman.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-04-22
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The Cockfighter
Overview: In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-10-27
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El globo de Cantolla
Overview: Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-07-07
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La torre de marfil
Overview: Philandering husband drives wife to the brink of suicide.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-04-11
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Mujer de medianoche
Overview: Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be separated, and she finds herself alone in a big city with no resources to fall back on.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-05-28
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Felipe de Jesús
Overview: Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-08-05
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Story of a Great Love
Overview: Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-09-20
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Orquídeas para mi esposa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-06-01
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Every Man’s Woman
Overview: A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-11
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Girls in Uniform
Overview: Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-05-31
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Speaking of Buñuel
Overview: Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-06-09
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LA HEREDERA
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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A Mexican Buñuel
Overview: A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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