
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
6.8The 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
7.6Cantinflas, 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
7.5A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
The Magician
1949
7.1A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
A Quixote Without La Mancha
1969
7.8Cantinflas 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
6.8Verona'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
6.8The 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
7.6Cantinflas, 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
7.5A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
The Magician
1949
7.1A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
A Quixote Without La Mancha
1969
7.8Cantinflas 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
6.8Verona'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
8.5Cantinflas 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
7.7Cantinflas, 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
7.9A 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
8.0Cantinflas 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
7.6Cantinflas 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
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Mi marido
1951
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Mi marido
1951
6.3In 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
6.3In 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
5.9A 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
5.8A 1968 film.
La ley del gavilán
1968
5.8A 1968 film.
La ley del gavilán
1968
5.7A 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
6.3Local 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
Romantic comedy about two school-teachers with show-biz aspirations.
La comezón del amor
1961
6.2After 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
5.7A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.
Mi viuda alegre
1942
5.8Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.
Tres desgraciados con suerte
1958
5.8Three cowboy party-boys, posing as highway bandits, meet three women who want to reform them.
Tres desgraciados con suerte
1958
6.0A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.
Ambición sangrienta
1968
6.0A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.
Ambición sangrienta
1968
5.5Series western -- cowboy hero "Martin Romero, el Rapido."
La frontera sin ley
1966
5.8Two 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
5.8Two 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
6.0Comedy 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
6.0Comedy 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
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
4.1An American soldier marooned in Mexico is mistaken for a wife-butchering serial killer.
Boom in the Moon
1946
6.7Wandering cowboy hero with sidekick helps a young woman solve a murder and find a hidden treasure.
La banda del fantasma negro
1964
4.7A crazed doctor performs gruesome experiments in his search for a youth serum.
Pact with the Devil
1969
6.0The story of one of the notorious members of the infamous Dalton Brothers outlaw gang.
The Dalton That Got Away
1960
5.8Cowboy-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
5.7Two 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
5.8When 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
