Tito Guízar
Also Known As: Tita Guizar, Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino
Biography: From Wikipedia Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (April 8, 1908 – December 24, 1999) was a Mexican singer and actor. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he performed under the name of Tito Guízar. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades, Guízar trained early as an opera singer and traveled to New York in 1929 to record the songs of Agustín Lara. In addition, Guízar performed both operatic and Mexican popular songs at Carnegie Hall, but he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as Cielito Lindo, La Cucaracha, Granada, and You Belong to My Heart (English version of Solamente una Vez). In 1936, his song Allá en el Rancho Grande launched the singing charro in Mexico after appearing in the film of the same name, succeeding as well in the United States. He also starred in dozens of films, including The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Tropic Holiday (1938), St. Louis Blues (1939), The Llano Kid (1939), Brazil (1944), and The Gay Ranchero (1948), playing with such stars as Evelyn Keyes, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Ann Miller, Martha Raye, Roy Rogers, Mae West and Keenan Wynn. In the 1990s, he continued playing series parts in Mexican television.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Adult: No
Birthday: April 08, 1908
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 24, 1999
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Blondie Goes Latin
Overview: Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-27
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Reclusorio
Overview: The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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The Gay Ranchero
Overview: Manzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays their mechanic to have the planes run out of fuel so his men can rob the gold shipments and kill the pilots. After Sheriff Roy Rogers catches the mechanic, Roy plans one more gold shipment to get proof and this time his men will be ready. But it looks like Roy's plan will fail when Brados suspects a trap and call off the raid.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1948-01-14
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Brazil
Overview: Brazil is perhaps the best of the handful of US films made by Brazilian singing sensation Tito Guizar. In typical screwball-comedy fashion, the plot is set in motion by authoress Nicky Henderson, who has hit the best-seller charts with her latest tome, Why Marry a Latin? While researching her next book in Rio De Janeiro, she finds out "why" when she meets handsome songwriter Miguel Soares. Upon learning about Nicky's book, Miguel decides to teach her a few lessons in the affairs of the heart. Edward Everett Horton is also on hand, twittering his way through the role of a well-meaning buttinsky. Thanks to the "Good Neighbor" policy of the 1940s, South American musicals were a glut on the market, but Brazil was good enough on its own merits to pay its way at the box office.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-30
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Tropic Holiday
Overview: A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-29
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The Llano Kid
Overview: Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband. They have been searching for the long-lost son of a rich Mexican widow and they get the Kid to claim it is him. All goes according to plan until greed and jealousy raise their heads.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-08
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On the Old Spanish Trail
Overview: A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-15
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
Overview: Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1936-10-07
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The Thrill of Brazil
Overview: Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda. Because of this they all get small problems.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-06
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Amapola Del Camino
Overview: Ranchera comedy/melodrama
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-17
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Como México no hay dos
Overview: Two farmworkers emigrate to USA to work on a Texas ranch, then go home and put their lives back in order.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-07-06
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How Beautiful is Michoacan!
Overview: When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
Genres: Western Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-10-10
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De ranchero a empresario
Overview: Ranch-owner visits the big city to help his brother launch a theatrical venture.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-12-29
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Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Overview: Sequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-25
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En los altos de Jalisco
Overview: MexRev era -- soldier falls in love with the woman who killed his brother, then discovers her role in his back-story.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-10
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El plagiario
Overview: Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-28
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El pecado de ser mujer
Overview: Irresponsible playboy pop-singer gets a girl pregnant and rejects his responsibility for the baby. Ten years later, his career has tanked and he makes amends.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-26
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Locos por la televisión
Overview: Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-08-27
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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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Mexicana
Overview: A Mexican crooner tries to put off fans by faking marriage to his American co-star.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Mis dos amores
Overview: Rita Santiago's father, Don Antonio, stubbornly refuses to give permission for her to marry Julio Bertolin, a struggling medical student, because he wants his daughter to marry a rich Brazilian. Because of this, Julio leaves medical school and determines to gain wealth and position for himself by becoming a singer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-10-03
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St. Louis Blues
Overview: A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue. But a competing carnival owner hatches a scheme to put an end to the show before it begins.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-03
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #8
Overview: Gossip columnist Eddie Bruce introduces three musical acts, followed by a vaudeville routine.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-20
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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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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #7
Overview: A radio salesman is trying to sell some gypsies a radio. But they have their easy to operate crystal ball, that even works as a TV. They show him how easy it works by listening to the doings of the Rhythm Boys, Tito Guizar, the Picken Sisters and Ann Lee, and let him try to receive a Frank Hazard program.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
Overview: Two military goons slaughter a young man's parents and siblings. A few years later, the same guys rape and murder his wife, then use their young son for target practice. Enough is enough.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-06-15
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Música y dinero
Overview: Restaurant/nightclub is sinking into bankruptcy and management team pull wacky shit to try to get back on their feet.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-05-22
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De México llegó el amor
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-09-16
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The Time and the Touch
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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