Carlos Villarías
Also Known As: Carlos Villar, Carlos Villaria, Carolos Villarias, Carlos Villarios, Carlos Villarías Llano
Biography: Carlos Villarías (7 July 1892 – 27 April 1976) was a Spanish actor who was born in Córdoba, Spain and died in California, USA. His most famous role is in the title role of the Spanish language version of Dracula (1931), with Barry Norton and Lupita Tovar filmed at night on the same sets as the English language version starring Bela Lugosi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Villarías, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: July 06, 1892
Age: 132 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 27, 1976
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When Love Laughs
Overview: José Mojica plays a singing vacquero who stops off in la cantina to have muchas cervezas with los muchachos. While José is all beered up, he boasts that he can tame the wild mare -- a horse no man can ride -- owned by local ranchero Don Alvarado (a stolid performance by Carlos Villarias). While he's in the neighbourhood, José also boasts that he can tame the Don's daughter, a Mexican spitfire played by Mona Maris.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-26
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Common Clay
Overview: A maid with a checkered past falls in love with the son in the posh household where she works, and gives him a baby.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-19
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The Last of the Vargas
Overview: A cowboy avenges his father's murder, but must flee the law as a result. He attempts the rescue of a young woman from an outlaw, but becomes entangled with the outlaw's wife.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-03
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Estrellados
Overview: A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-07
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Decameron Nights
Overview: Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-13
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The California Trail
Overview: Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
Genres: Western Crime Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-24
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The Men in Her Life
Overview: Alternate-language version of Men in Her Life (1931)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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Nostradamus
Overview: A Mexican film about Nostradamus, the 16th century French astrologer, physician and reputed seer .
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Qué hombre tan simpático
Overview: Amable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-03-19
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Flirting with Fate
Overview: A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-02
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The Devil of the Sea
Overview: A ship disappears without trace. What happened to the crew? Years later there's news of possible survivors and soon a rescue team is setting sail. Eventually they discover a young man living on a remote island and they ask him to leave with them. He refuses, so they abduct him. But he gets his revenge and guides them into the lair of the devil of the deep. Alternate language version of THE SEA FIEND (1935)
Genres: Adventure Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1935-12-12
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Zorina
Overview: This overlooked, if not almost forgotten romantic melodrama from Director Juan Jose Ortega, features a South American-born beauty named Lenora Amar, (whom the Mexican press quickly dubbed "The Brazilian Beauty"), in the title role. Although her acting career was rather short-lived because she chose to end it when she was just 27 years of age, her Zorina co-star and then-husband, Luis Aldas, (starring as" Bardo" in this film), seem to still have made an impact on movie audiences due to some favorable news publicity and the relative success of the handful of films the pair made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-09-14
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An Old Spanish Onion
Overview: Ruth Etting sings "Ay, Ay, Ay" in this 1935 film with Mario Álvarez, along with other songs.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-01
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Escape to Paradise
Overview: An American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-22
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Frontiers of '49
Overview: In California in 1848, Brunton through his stooge Sheriff is evicting the Mexicans from their ranches. Major John Freeman and his troops arrive to investigate. Keeping his troops hidden and appearing out of uniform, he takes up the fight against Brunton. He helps a rancher who has been evicted before his taxes were due only to find him murdered and this leads to the showdown between Brunton's men and the soldiers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-19
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Bold Love
Overview: Malatroff, head of an international gang of jewel thieves, pressures Lucy Stavrin to pose as a countess and become friendly with the Corbetts, a nouveau-riche American couple residing on the Costa Azul.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-10
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Hold Back the Dawn
Overview: Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-26
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Mystery of the Ghastly Face
Overview: Dr. Forti carries out strange experiments, assisted by his son Pablo. They embark on an expedition to the jungle. Eight years later Forti returns without his son but strange things start to happen in the old house where they live.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1935-03-11
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El museo del crimen
Overview: Stage magician/amateur detective helps police to solve a murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-08-08
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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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Los hijos mandan
Overview: Based on the Spanish play "El caudal de los hijos" by José López Pinillos. Francisca, the daughter of a provincial gentleman in Valencia, falls in love with Miguel, a young sculptor. When Miguel leaves for Paris to complete his studies, the lovers promise to wait for each other. During Miguel's absence, however, the Duke of Montesino calls on Francisca's father and asks for her hand in marriage. Her father, pressed for money because of gambling debts, agrees to the match.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1939-09-03
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The Super Madman
Overview: Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-03-13
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¡Ora Ponciano!
Overview: 'Ora Ponciano stars Chucho Solorzano as the eponymous hero. Set in 19th-century Mexico, the story deals with a celebrated matador named Ponciano, as skillful with the senoritas as with the toros. Special attention is lavished upon the romance between the bullfighter and the fair Rosario (Consuela Frank). Much of the film is given over to authentic re-creations of various folk festivals and dances, with the extras colorfully (and accurately) costumed for the occasion. The fact that the bullfighting sequences are not excessively brutal is an indication that the producers of 'Ora Ponciano hoped to release the film in the U.S.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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Gran Hotel
Overview: Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-08-14
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María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala
Overview: The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-10-10
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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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Ave sin rumbo
Overview: A woman with a past meets a man with a past; the back story of each one represents an obstacle to their couple-bonding. Will they work through their traumas?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1937-06-24
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The Other
Overview: A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-11-20
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Starlight Over Texas
Overview: Tex has been sent to investigate the theft of government provisions along the border. Kildare is the leader of the outlaw gang and has his men posing as Indians. He has already killed the incoming Marshal and assumed his identity. When Tex asks too many questons, he plans to get rid of him also.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-06
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Meet the Wildcat
Overview: Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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The Barracks
Overview: The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the rest of the villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-05-27
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La mujer legítima
Overview: Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1945-11-25
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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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Drácula
Overview: At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1931-03-11
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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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La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
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Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-04-03
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California Frontier
Overview: Halstead forces the Land Agent to alter the records and then kicks the Mexicans off their land. Buck has been sent to investigate and quickly joins up with Juan Cantova in the fight against Halstead. To keep Buck from seeing the records, Halstead has the Agent murdered. His men then claim Juan killed him and both Buck and Juan then find themselves wanted dead or alive.
Genres: Western Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-15
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You Have to Marry the Prince
Overview: Tomson, a financial adviser, is called to the aid of the country of Sylvania by the Grand Duke Constantino, known as "Tino." Tomson refuses to aid Tino until the Duke's son Alexis is married. However, Alexis, a romantic, is not interested in the blue-blooded types that his father has selected for him. Instead he wants fate to intercede. Upon learning this, Tomson plans a wife-hunting trip to Paris, "the beauty mart of the world."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1931-07-24
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Black Jack
Overview: A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-20
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Una aventura en la noche
Overview: Film version of the 'hitchhiking ghost' urban legend.
Genres: Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-07-09
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El hombre de la máscara de hierro
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Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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The Road to 'Dracula'
Overview: A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-21
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Em Nar, la ciudad de fuego
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-08-23
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Dos noches
Overview: A Spanish-language version of "Revenge at Monte Carlo".
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-16
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