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Celos (1936)
Character: Invitado (uncredited)
Story about the rocky relationship between an engaged couple after the husband-to-be discovers a picture of his fiancée with an old boyfriend. He becomes consumed with jealousy and attempts to find out as many details as possible about her life before they met.
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Una luz en mi camino (1939)
Character: N/A
In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.
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No te engañes corazón (1937)
Character: Señor Rebolledo
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and the first where they share the screen. Don Boni (Orellana) is diagnosed with a deadly disease and decides to spend his last days doing good deeds. He leaves his wife and decides to help people. He then gets drunk and wakes up with a winning lottery ticket and realizes that the doctor who diagnosed him has been sent to prison for fraud.
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Las mujeres mandan (1937)
Character: N/A
Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follows young variety dancer Chayito (Tamayo) to Mexico City. After becoming lovers, Chayito asks Isidro to steal money from the bank he used to work in the small town of San Jacinto. After commiting the robbery, Isidro is accused of murder and things get more complicated.
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Caballo a caballo (1939)
Character: Dueño coche robado
Two con-men end up at a country estate, where they thwart some jewel-thieves.
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Viviré otra vez (1940)
Character: Director de la prisíon
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
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Arsenio Lupin (1947)
Character: M. Levin
Arsenio Lupin is an audacious Parisian thief who mocks the police, especially Inspector Ganimard, but turns over most of his ill-gotten gains to charity. One night, he attends a party disguised as a newspaper writer who also mocks Ganimard; the next morning, the host's wife and a male guest are found murdered, and Ganimard arrives to solve the crime. A Mexican version of the Arsene Lupin character, with Sherlock Holmes tossed in as a cameo at the end.
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Amapola Del Camino (1937)
Character: N/A
A young woman is forced to marry an old pharmacist, but she is in love with a young man who is leaving town
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La mujer de nadie (1937)
Character: Mayer
A melodrama that tells the story of a young woman forced to leave home because her stepfather abuses her.
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Sobre las olas (1933)
Character: Apolinar
Based on the brief life of the Mexican composer of the famous waltz, "Over the Waves" ("Sobre las Olas"), Juventino Rosas.
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El cobarde (1939)
Character: Director del colegio
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: Gaspar
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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Mala yerba (1940)
Character: Don Petronílo - secretario del alcalde
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
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Odio (1940)
Character: N/A
A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.
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Cantaclaro (1946)
Character: Don Tereso
A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite himself.
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Al son de la marimba (1940)
Character: Acreedor
A broken high society man tries to keep his family expensive lifestyle by tricking a rich man from out of the town to marry his well intended daughter.
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La rebelión de los fantasmas (1949)
Character: Actor radio (uncredited)
When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter the decision.
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El socio (1946)
Character: Asistente de notario (uncredited)
A former singer, determined to succeed in business, comes up with a partner and just believing their existence. In the end, wake up ...
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Historia de un gran amor (1942)
Character: Cofrade Mayor
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.
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El gendarme desconocido (1941)
Character: Profesor Melo (uncredited)
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
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Ahí está el detalle (1940)
Character: Magistrado
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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El prisionero 13 (1933)
Character: Ordóñez
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 automóvil gris (1919)
Character: Don Vicente González
A gang terrorizes Mexico City's high society in 1915. Murder, kidnaping and robbery are their trademarks. One police inspector (Cabrera) follows the gang's crimes and eventually sends them to jail.
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