José Peña

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Charros, gauchos y manolas
1
The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with scenes set in Mexico, Argentina and Spain, his paintings come to life. In Xochimilco, Mexico, a young bachelor has a drunken dream that his girl friend is performing Josephine Baker's famous banana dance in a Parisian nightclub. In Buenos Aires, an Italian and a Galician are rivals for the affections of a Creole girl. At the other side of the Hispanic world, a Sevillian girl tells of her tragic romance with a matador, who obstinately continues to appear in the ring despite having been injured.
El Crimen de Media Noche
1
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. Alternate language version of MIDNIGHT PHANTOM (1935)
Crime
No matarás
5.5

No matarás

Mar 13, 1937
Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. But the reality is other. Antonio is passing a hard time in New Yor City, suffering the Years of Depression as many out of workers. One day, Antonio meets a nice Cuban seller, who invites him to eat at his poor house. The seller advices Antonio to visit a man, who has contacts and could help him to find a job. Nevertheless, Antonio is send with the leader of a group of gangsters, dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcohol. Antonio is offered a work of dealer, but he won't do anything out of the law.
Los hijos mandan
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Los hijos mandan

Sep 03, 1939
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.
Romance
Mis dos amores
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Mis dos amores

Oct 03, 1938
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.
Romance
Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor
7.7
Biography of the famous composer of children's music Gabilondo Soler. Starts from his childhood, when he worked as a pastor and grandmother tried to teach him to play the piano. Later he went to the city to study music theory and began writing his first songs.
Drama
La Vie criminelle d'Archibald de La Cruz
7.3
Archibald de La Cruz découvre dans un magasin d'antiquités une boite à musique que lui avait offerte sa mère. Il se souvient alors que sa gouvernante lui avait dit que cette boite avait le pouvoir de donner la mort. Ce qu'Archibald n'avait pas manqué de tester immédiatement sur la gouvernante, qui s'était effondrée aussitôt. Il décide d'expérimenter à nouveau sa trouvaille.
Comedy
El analfabeto
7.7

El analfabeto

Sep 07, 1961
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
Comedy
Nazarin
7.7

Nazarin

Jun 04, 1959
Mexique, 1900, pendant le règne du dictateur Porfirio Diaz. Un prêtre, Nazarin, protège les parias et subit l'opprobre de ses pairs et de ceux qu'il défend. A cause de sa grande charité, lui-même vit dans une indigence proche de la misère. Il se sacrifie et se dévoue tout en se sachant violenté, incompris, méprisé, insulté. Il forme un étrange trio avec ses deux suivantes, la pécheresse Béatriz et la prostituée Andara. Nazarin poursuit son chemin, empruntant le chemin de croix du Christ.
Drama
Castillos en el aire
1

Castillos en el aire

Apr 06, 1938
After winning a trip to Hollywood, office typist Lolita Álvarez (Cristina Téllez) travels to the city of dreams on an ocean liner in the company of her aunt Gertrudis (Pilar Arcos). During the trip, she meets and falls for banker Alberto Guzmán (Rafael Alcayde), mistaking him for a prince while she herself pretends to be a well-travelled socialite. The film features a flamenco-inspired tap dancing scene performed by dancer Edith Davis.
Castillos en el aire
1

Castillos en el aire

Apr 06, 1938
After winning a trip to Hollywood, office typist Lolita Álvarez (Cristina Téllez) travels to the city of dreams on an ocean liner in the company of her aunt Gertrudis (Pilar Arcos). During the trip, she meets and falls for banker Alberto Guzmán (Rafael Alcayde), mistaking him for a prince while she herself pretends to be a well-travelled socialite. The film features a flamenco-inspired tap dancing scene performed by dancer Edith Davis.
Piernas de Seda
6

Piernas de Seda

Oct 04, 1935
Piernas de Seda is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John Boland. It stars Rosita Moreno, Raul Roulien, and Enrique de Rosas. Rita Hayworth had a small uncredited role as a dancer.
Comedy
Val
7.1

Val

Jul 23, 2021

Val

The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
Documentary