Manolo Fábregas
After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.
When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden goal.
An American actress travels to Mexico to make a movie and brings her daughter with her. Upon arriving in Mexico, she is spotted by a drug dealer who also heads a kidnapping ring. He plants one of his drug-addicted "customers" with the actress as her nanny in order to be kidnap the child for ransom, but things don't work out as planned.
After a millionaire playboy is murdered, police enlist a look-alike of the victim to impersonate him in a sting operation.
A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most part this is typical Mexican filmmaking for the period. With Armond Silvestre and Alma Delia Fuentes.
Five young women hold a weekend-long bachelorette party for their engaged girlfriend.
Sequel to Las señoritas Vivanco. After being arrested at the end of part one, the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.
Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
Two genteel grandmother-types (ca.1910) take to crime when their inheritance is all spent.
Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be put her back on earth in a new body.
Unhappy young married couple argue and almost break up their marriage.
Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.
Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.
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.
A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.
Elena #2 has been working at seducing her daughter's boyfriend away from her, without realizing that the two young people were romantically involved. Just before she makes a huge grotesque mistake, her mother takes here aside and narrates a long long long flashback about the unhappy things that happened in her love life thirty-odd years back. That story connects to the modern-day one in curious ways...
Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.
Captain Scarlett rescues Princess Maria from being abducted while travelling. She's not exactly grateful. He finds out that she is to be married to a man she doesn't like, so Captain Scarlet attempts to help her but winds up in prison for his efforts. He escapes and finally helps the reluctant bride who winds up joining Captain Scarlett and his sidekick and they become something along the lines of the three musketeers.
Timid guy creates an alter-ego who will get tough with people while he continues being gentle and jolly.
Young couple looks for a way to wiggle out of the marriage their parents have arranged for them.
The Martyr of Calvary (Spanish: El Mártir del Calvario) is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta about the life of Christ. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa is out he marries Mini, which proves to be terribly jealous. Complications ensue when Africa returns to Mexico and start searching for the fake Richard. By chance a friend of Mini will be in a beauty salon and this ensures she can take to "Ricardo" because is "a friend of her husband". A typical sitcom with a blistering pace.
Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...
Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
It's 1913, and noble Mexican General Pancho Villa leads his troops against the assassins of President Madero.
In Rome, a beautiful young model named Donina is hired by a sculptor, Leonardo, inspired her to do a statue he hopes will be his masterpiece. The striking statue of Prince Florencio, heir to the throne of Preslavia, who presented at the banquet in his villa in Rome. Soon their beauty is all the rage across the country, the girl is the feeling of the moment and decides to leave with her prince, leaving behind all his life, including his daughter, who leaves her under the protection of Leonardo.
A 1949 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García and Manolo Fábregas.
After his wife dies, the master of the house can... maybe... acknowledge that he had children with the houseekeeper. But will he?
A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
Eight shipwrecked men do the Robinson Crusoe thing on an uninhabited island... and then they're joined by an aviatrix whose plane conks out in their airspace.
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.
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.
The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
The story of a single mother and her children, and the lives that cross their paths.
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappears from his life when her employer puts the moves on her.
