Jorge Negrete
Film clips spanning the career of recently deceased actor-singer Jorge Negrete, with a small amount of documentary footage and some exclusive-to-here tributes.
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins. A year later they find themselves in the same town and confront each other once and for all.
Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.
Husband and wife leave their farm and move to the big city. Husband becomes a famous ranchera singer.
Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.
Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.
Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Spain in the late nineteenth century. In Madrid, he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl at the Apollo theater. This makes her father withdraw financial support, so Celia decides to run away to avoid harm. Nevertheless, the couple gets married and is happy. And Celia triumphs at the Apollo. Over the years, the theater is demolished to build a bank. The old Miguel feels that with its disappearance much of his life goes as well.
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.
Young couple run off to join the Mexican Revolution, in part because she has a crush on Francisco Villa.
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.
Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.
A landowner indirect kills another because of false rumors. Time passes. The son of the dead want the offender to pay their share. It becomes generous bandit, but then he meets the daughter of his enemy and falls in love.
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
Argentine woman stranded in plane-crash, falls for Mexican plantation-owner.
The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.
Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.
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.
Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart José. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged. This makes José and Cholita's uncle more than a little bit put out as Fernando is not only not a Mexican, he is also a city slicker afraid of the country.
Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.
Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.
