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Amor audaz (1930)
Character: N/A
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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Cuando el amor ríe (1930)
Character: N/A
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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Dos noches (1933)
Character: General Sánchez del Valle
A Spanish-language version of "Revenge at Monte Carlo".
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¡Ora Ponciano! (1937)
Character: Don Luis Martínez del Arco
'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.
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Ave sin rumbo (1937)
Character: Tiburcio Moreno
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?
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Zorina (1949)
Character: N/A
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.
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Hay que casar al príncipe (1931)
Character: Counsellor
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."
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Estrellados (1930)
Character: Jack Collier
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.
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El último de los Vargas (1930)
Character: N/A
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.
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An Old Spanish Onion (1935)
Character: N/A
Ruth Etting sings "Ay, Ay, Ay" in this 1935 film with Mario Álvarez, along with other songs.
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El Diablo del Mar (1935)
Character: Jose
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)
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Nostradamus (1937)
Character: Nostradamus
A Mexican film about Nostradamus, the 16th century French astrologer, physician and reputed seer .
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Qué hombre tan simpático (1943)
Character: Don Procopio
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.
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Del mismo barro (1930)
Character: N/A
A maid with a checkered past falls in love with the son in the posh household where she works, and gives him a baby.
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The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
Character: Dracula (archive footage)
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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Los hijos mandan (1939)
Character: N/A
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.
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Mis dos amores (1938)
Character: Don Antonio Santiago
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.
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La mujer legítima (1945)
Character: Pedro
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.
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El misterio del rostro pálido (1935)
Character: Dr. Galdino Forti
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.
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Una aventura en la noche (1948)
Character: Don Adolfo
After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The next day, the two friends return to look for them and a neighbor surprises them when she tells them that the girls died some time before. Intrigued by the events of the previous night, one of them decides to investigate the mystery of the two dead girls.
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El superloco (1937)
Character: Dr. Dienys
Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.
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Frontiers of '49 (1939)
Character: Padre
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.
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Verbena trágica (1938)
Character: Manuel
On the eve of Columbus Day, Mateo, a boxer who has served time in prison for assault, returns to his New York City neighborhood, where he receives shocking news.
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The Road to 'Dracula' (1999)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.
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Gran Hotel (1944)
Character: Don Pepe
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.
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Black Jack (1950)
Character: N/A
A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.
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Drácula (1931)
Character: Count Drácula
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
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Decameron Nights (1953)
Character: N/A
Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.
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Meet the Wildcat (1940)
Character: Workman
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.
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Starlight Over Texas (1938)
Character: Governor Ruiz
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.
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Tropic Holiday (1938)
Character: Commandante (uncredited)
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
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La diosa arrodillada (1947)
Character: N/A
Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.
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La Barraca (1945)
Character: Tabernero
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.
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The California Trail (1933)
Character: Gov. Carlos Moreno (as Carlos Villar)
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...
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California Frontier (1938)
Character: Don Pedro Cantova (as Carlos Villarios)
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.
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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Character: Mexican Judge (uncredited)
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.
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La otra (1946)
Character: Lic. Félix Mendoza
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
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