Jaime Salvador

Directing

Jaime Salvador

Born — Died

1901-11-04 — 1976-10-18

Place of birth

Barcelona, Spain

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Jaime Salvador Valls (Barcelona, Spain, November 4, 1901 – Mexico City, Mexico, October 18, 1976) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director who developed much of his career during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. After working in France, Hollywood, and Cuba, he settled in Mexico, where he became a prolific director and the principal screenwriter for Cantinflas, writing many of the comedian's most celebrated films. Focused on popular entertainment, his films achieved considerable box-office success throughout his career.

Known for

Susana poster
6.8

The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

Susana

1951

Drop the Curtain poster
7.6

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

Drop the Curtain

1955

The Magician poster
7.5

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

The Magician

1949

A Quixote Without La Mancha poster
7.1

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.

A Quixote Without La Mancha

1969

El Portero poster
7.8

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

El Portero

1950

Romeo y Julieta poster
6.8

Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighting to make life unbearable in the Italian town. The Prince of Verona informs the chiefs that the two families respond with their lives if there are new struggles. At a ball in honor of Juliet, the daughter of Capuleto, incidentally meets Romeo, son of Montesco. Both fall in love immediately, not knowing that their love is impossible.

Romeo y Julieta

1943

Behind the camera

Susana poster
6.8

The story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends up at a plantation where she disrupts a working family's daily routines and chemistry.

Susana

1951

Drop the Curtain poster
7.6

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

Drop the Curtain

1955

The Magician poster
7.5

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

The Magician

1949

A Quixote Without La Mancha poster
7.1

A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.

A Quixote Without La Mancha

1969

El Portero poster
7.8

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

El Portero

1950

Romeo y Julieta poster
6.8

Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighting to make life unbearable in the Italian town. The Prince of Verona informs the chiefs that the two families respond with their lives if there are new struggles. At a ball in honor of Juliet, the daughter of Capuleto, incidentally meets Romeo, son of Montesco. Both fall in love immediately, not knowing that their love is impossible.

Romeo y Julieta

1943

The Atomic Fireman poster
8.5

Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.

The Atomic Fireman

1952

One Day with the Devil poster
7.7

Cantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make it an evil being.

One Day with the Devil

1945

The Circus poster
7.9

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.

The Circus

1943

El Supersabio poster
8.0

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

El Supersabio

1948

The Three Musketeers poster
7.6

Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be extras at Clasa studios. While on the set, he falls asleep and dreams that he is d'Artagnan, fighting on behalf of Queen Anne.

The Three Musketeers

1942

Mi marido poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Mi marido

1951

Mi marido poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Mi marido

1951

El amor llegó a Jalisco poster
6.3

In a small Mexican town, two rival groups clash over water irrigation rights. While the local priest attempts to mediate, his nieces charm the landowners' sons to force a peaceful resolution.

El amor llegó a Jalisco

1963

El amor llegó a Jalisco poster
6.3

In a small Mexican town, two rival groups clash over water irrigation rights. While the local priest attempts to mediate, his nieces charm the landowners' sons to force a peaceful resolution.

El amor llegó a Jalisco

1963

Mil Máscaras poster
5.9

A committee of four wise men trains the masked hero Mil Máscaras to defend the world. When someone kidnaps the members of the committee, the hero stops at nothing to rescue them.

Mil Máscaras

1969

La ley del gavilán poster
5.8

A 1968 film.

La ley del gavilán

1968

La ley del gavilán poster
5.8

A 1968 film.

La ley del gavilán

1968

Soltera y con gemelos poster
5.7

A father imposes conditions on his son in order to inherit his fortune, unaware of what true love is capable of. The son accepts his father's terms and faces a series of challenges that ultimately lead him to become the heir.

Soltera y con gemelos

1945

La maldición del oro poster
6.3

Local rowdies roll a drunk and get away with his life savings. Felipe Reyes El Justiciero rides into town on his faithful sidekick Macario and sets things aright.

La maldición del oro

1965

No artwork available
6.0

Romantic comedy about two school-teachers with show-biz aspirations.

La comezón del amor

1961

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño) poster
6.2

After a vengeance taken too far costs his father his Hacienda and his life, young Juan Manuel Mendoza becomes a bandit. He will get a chance for revenge and for love after he infiltrates his enemy house as a piano teacher.

El rebelde (Romance de Antaño)

1943

Mi viuda alegre poster
5.7

A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.

Mi viuda alegre

1942

Tres desgraciados con suerte poster
5.8

Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.

Tres desgraciados con suerte

1958

Tres desgraciados con suerte poster
5.8

Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.

Tres desgraciados con suerte

1958

Ambición sangrienta poster
6.0

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.

Ambición sangrienta

1968

Ambición sangrienta poster
6.0

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.

Ambición sangrienta

1968

La frontera sin ley poster
5.5

Series western -- cowboy hero "Martin Romero, el Rapido."

La frontera sin ley

1966

Los dos apóstoles poster
5.8

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Los dos apóstoles

1966

Los dos apóstoles poster
5.8

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Los dos apóstoles

1966

Un par a todo dar poster
6.0

Comedy about two friends (Viruta and Capulina) who are swindled when they buy a plot of land. It turns out that the land they just purchased is actually the cemetery of a small town. Moreover, the two bumbling stooges cross paths with the local criminal, a masked robber known as "El Esqueleto" (the Skeleton). The film also stars Dacia Gonzalez.

Un par a todo dar

1961

Un par a todo dar poster
6.0

Comedy about two friends (Viruta and Capulina) who are swindled when they buy a plot of land. It turns out that the land they just purchased is actually the cemetery of a small town. Moreover, the two bumbling stooges cross paths with the local criminal, a masked robber known as "El Esqueleto" (the Skeleton). The film also stars Dacia Gonzalez.

Un par a todo dar

1961

No artwork available
4.8

Two babies are switched in the cradle to gratify wealthy parents' preference for a boy. Nineteen years later, the babies meet...

Cuando el diablo sopla

1966

Boom in the Moon poster
4.1

An American soldier marooned in Mexico is mistaken for a wife-butchering serial killer.

Boom in the Moon

1946

La banda del fantasma negro poster
6.7

Wandering cowboy hero with sidekick helps a young woman solve a murder and find a hidden treasure.

La banda del fantasma negro

1964

Pact with the Devil poster
4.7

A crazed doctor performs gruesome experiments in his search for a youth serum.

Pact with the Devil

1969

The Dalton That Got Away poster
6.0

The story of one of the notorious members of the infamous Dalton Brothers outlaw gang.

The Dalton That Got Away

1960

La guarida del buitre poster
5.8

Cowboy-policeman-hero interferes with the bad guy's plans and prevents his engaging in monkeyshines. Part of the series "Mauricio Rosales, el rayo justiciero."

La guarida del buitre

1958

¡Que padre tan padre! poster
5.7

Two feuding families are affecting the quality of life in a small town. The Church wants to intervene, but the local Priest is sorta helpless, so he brings in a younger, more aggressive, gitterdone Priest to attack the problem.

¡Que padre tan padre!

1961

Los pobres van al cielo poster
5.8

When their parents die, brother and sister run away rather than go to an orphanage. Childless elderly couple adopts them, the neighborhood priest takes an interest in their sad story, and it goes on from there...

Los pobres van al cielo

1951