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Arriba El Norte (1949)
Character: Gumersindo
Husband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her eye on a fella.
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Anacleto se divorcia (1950)
Character: N/A
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.
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La Adelita (1937)
Character: N/A
Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.
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Canción del alma (1938)
Character: N/A
Jose and Esperanza got married just before the Revolution blew up, and they got separated in the chaos, each assuming the other was dead. Six or eight years later...
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El rayo del sur (1943)
Character: N/A
Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.
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La hija del penal (1949)
Character: N/A
A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
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Bodas trágicas (1946)
Character: Juan de Dios
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.
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La posesión (1950)
Character: Simón Oceguera
Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.
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El gallero (1948)
Character: N/A
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.
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Medianoche (1949)
Character: Onofre, director de orquesta
A villain has his cronies kidnap a teacher and pretends to be him, teaching in a hidden town.
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Una carta de amor (1943)
Character: Aguirre
Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.
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El Cristo de mi Cabecera (1951)
Character: Señor alcalde
1830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
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Enemigos (1934)
Character: Mayordomo
The bride of a Federale colonel rejects him on their wedding night, and begins extramarital relations with a strapping young leader of the peasant revolution against which the colonel is fighting.
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El cobarde (1939)
Character: Juancho
Alberto is born in wartime, where his father dies a hero. He grows up effeminate. His mother sends him to military college where Fernando bullies him, but they become friends. When war comes, he has to face his fears.
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La tía de las muchachas (1938)
Character: Chema
Two middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men concoct a scheme to prevent it, which involves one of them masquerading as the young ladies' aunt.
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Alejandra (1942)
Character: Tomás
There's a lot of confusion about who Alejandra's parents are, and until those questions are resolved, she may not be able to get married.
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México lindo (1938)
Character: Mamerto
The film of the thousand dancers, of the enchanting songs, of the sets that are splurge of luxury and beauty.
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Cuatro noches contigo (1952)
Character: Marinero
Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives who are tracking her.
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Amanecer ranchero (1942)
Character: N/A
The old massa dies and his son comes home to take over the hacienda. Things are going to be a whole lot different now; he's overturning all the old social order. A-a-and...
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La Fuga (1944)
Character: N/A
A stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
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Cada loco con su tema (1939)
Character: Serafin del Monte
Julio Cesar (Enrique Herrera), writer of soap operas, is very upset nerves. Dr. Jimenez (Alberto Galán) recommends an institution that will give he a therapy to cure these scares. To avoid exposure to bad publicity, is camouflaged by the pseudonym Justiniano Conquian . By chance, a taxidermist (Joaquin Pardavé) also named. His case is different: it is a millionaire heir heritage potential, but will only be legally recognized if it meets a peculiar condition in the will, having to spend a whole month in the gloomy castle Conquian, competing with other heirs of fortune. Dr. Jimenez is bribed by a cousin of Justinian to send the false Conquian scares Castle into thinking that is the sanatorium.
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Así se quiere en Jalisco (1942)
Character: N/A
Because of a debt, Lupe is forced to work as a housekeeper for Luis, a ranch owner who is madly in love with her. However, Luis’s feelings are not reciprocated because Lupe is in love with Juan Ramón.
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Así es mi tierra (1937)
Character: General
With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.
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Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Character: Señor Gómez
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
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México de mis recuerdos (1944)
Character: Don Porfirio Díaz
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
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El compadre Mendoza (1934)
Character: Gen. Felipe Nieto
In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?
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La oveja negra (1949)
Character: Nicho
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
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La Mujer Que Yo Perdí (1949)
Character: Jefe Político
A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.
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La Llorona (1933)
Character: Francisco - criado
Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore -- the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the living. With its framing story and flashback structure, this film sets forth a couple of variations of the story.
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Cuando los hijos se van (1941)
Character: Francisco Paz (Pancho)
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.
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Doña Bárbara (1943)
Character: Antonio Sandoval
A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
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Ahora soy rico (1952)
Character: Tachito
Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
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¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936)
Character: Don Tiburcio Maya
The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. Together, they will endure the tragedies and hardships of a civil war.
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Los tres García (1947)
Character: Mayor Don Cosme
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Vuelven los García (1947)
Character: Mayor Don Cosme
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
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Por la puerta falsa (1950)
Character: Tirso
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.
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Santa (1932)
Character: Fabián
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
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El Siete Machos (1951)
Character: Jefe municipal
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.
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Angelitos Negros (1948)
Character: Laureano
Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
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Rosenda (1948)
Character: Chema, Bandido
A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.
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Ahí está el detalle (1940)
Character: Defensor
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
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Sobre las olas (1950)
Character: Porfirio Díaz
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.
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Los tres huastecos (1948)
Character: Don Damián
This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
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El prisionero 13 (1933)
Character: Enrique Madariaga
Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.
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El enamorado (1952)
Character: N/A
Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
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