MX
This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.
Oct 2009
Jun 1945
Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.
Apr 1951
Tourist gets bonked on the head, suffers an amnesiac fugue, wanders away from her husband and children, becomes an evil prostitute-y thief-y saloon gal.
May 1953
Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
Jul 1952
Ranch-owner visits the big city to help his brother launch a theatrical venture.
Dec 1954
A cop goes undercover as a mobster and gets a plumber involved in his mess. Meanwhile, a producer falls in love with a drag queen that isn't what she seems to be...
Jun 1988
Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.
Mar 1952
With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.
A historical drama based on St. Ignatius of Loyola as a Warrior, as a Founder of the Jesuit Order and as a Saint .
Apr 1949
Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
May 1955
A saloon singer is released from prison after being convicted on a prostitution charge. She plans to blackmail the judge from her case by seducing him, but after she grows close to the judge she has a change of heart.
Jul 1951
A 1952 film by Alberto Gout.
A burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
Young man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.
Nov 1951
Nightclub dancer comes unglued after killing a man.
To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.
Apr 1954
Mexican romantic musical.
Apr 1950
Jul 1978