Writing

Emilio Villalba Welsh

Known for

Writing

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

El juramento de Lagardere poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

El juramento de Lagardere

1955

El retrato poster
6.9

A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.

El retrato

1947

La hostería del caballito blanco poster
10.0

A famous singer falls in love with the owner of a hostel where he is employed in incognito.

La hostería del caballito blanco

1948

María de los Ángeles poster
7.0

Set in 1825, the romance between a Creole woman and a Spaniard, during the Argentine War of Independence.

María de los Ángeles

1948

Date in the Stars poster
6.8

A couple splits up and gets married to other people. After the man dies, the woman becomes delirious and thinks she's found him again in heaven.

Date in the Stars

1949

Intermezzo criminal poster
10.0

A man is found dead in a music hall during one of the numbers, so the performance is suspended and the police begin to investigate.

Intermezzo criminal

1953

Intermezzo criminal poster
10.0

A man is found dead in a music hall during one of the numbers, so the performance is suspended and the police begin to investigate.

Intermezzo criminal

1953

My Husband and My Boyfriend poster
6.5

When a woman finds out that her husband is being unfaithful to her, she decides to give him a dose of his own medicine, making him jealous with another suitor.

My Husband and My Boyfriend

1955

Tres alcobas poster
7.0

An obstrusive man complicates a couple's honeymoon.

Tres alcobas

1964

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

Don Fulgencio poster
7.0

The adventures of the man who had no childhood, smart for business, but a lover of innocent jokes.

Don Fulgencio

1950

La caraba poster
10.0

A mythomaniac woman rejects her humble status and falls in the trap of a wealthy lawyer.

La caraba

1948

Bacará poster
8.0

When a concert pianist is crippled in a car accident, his wife turns to gambling and gets in over her head.

Bacará

1955

Los chiflados dan el golpe poster
7.0

When the mother of a sailor who had written to him that he was the commander appears on the ship, two friends help him in the deception.

Los chiflados dan el golpe

1975

La vendedora de fantasías poster
8.0

A store clerk, a detective, the robbery of a necklace and a murder.

La vendedora de fantasías

1950

El hombre que hizo el milagro poster
10.0

A village barber washes the hair of a blind man who gets soap in his eyes and regains his sight.

El hombre que hizo el milagro

1958

Anguish of a Secret poster
10.0

A priest is unjustly sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The surprise will be greater when he, while in prison, knows who the murderer is through the confession of his daughter.

Anguish of a Secret

1959

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess poster
7.1

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess

1943

No artwork available
8.5

Aging-roue comedy: foxy grandpa's doctor tells him he needs to cut out the high-living and make a stable, tranquil home for himself, as befits his age and station... but he decides he'd rather do that by marrying his nephew off and piggybacking on the domestic tranquility created in that household.

El calavera

1958

Un tipo de sangre poster
9.5

A man whose blood type is hard to obtain gets possession of a coat where pickpocketers hide their stolen goods.

Un tipo de sangre

1960

Dringue, Castrito y la lámpara de Aladino poster
NR

A spy adventure intertwined with the famous magic lamp from the story of One Thousand and One Nights.

Dringue, Castrito y la lámpara de Aladino

1954

The Rats poster
6.6

Returning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.

The Rats

1963

El tango en París poster
NR

A tango singer travels to Paris seeking success.

El tango en París

1956

Juan Mondiola poster
NR

A woman and a winning ticket bring a neighborhood boy to the center.

Juan Mondiola

1950

Dance of Fire poster
8.7

The sometimes profound, sometimes slightly sordid tale of Elena, a famous concert pianist who, as a child, was sexually assaulted by a circus clown while the music of Manuel de Falla "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Elena has gone into hysterics every time she hears that composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager.

Dance of Fire

1949

Punto y banca poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Punto y banca

1961

Albergue de mujeres poster
9.0

Different stories that take place in a women's accommodation.

Albergue de mujeres

1946

Si se calla el cantor poster
9.0

A man leaves his job working in the mining industry, falls in love with a girl and succeeds as a singer.

Si se calla el cantor

1973

No artwork available
10.0

A series of confusions involve an unfaithful woman and a man on his wedding day.

Un modelo de París

1946

El abuelo poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.

El abuelo

1954

La senda oscura poster
7.0

An impostor pretends to be the mother of a blind man so he can manage his assets. But things are changing because of the arrival of the person who takes care of the blind.

La senda oscura

1947

No artwork available
7.0

An etymologist and a P.E professor simulate being married to obtain a scholarship and make a scientific expedition end up falling in love.

Su esposa diurna

1944

Canción de arrabal poster
6.2

Set in the 1900s and filmed partially in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla. A young lady of Spanish parents, raised in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, travels to act in Europe after winning a contest, she becomes famous and marries an Argentinian.

Canción de arrabal

1961

Dishonor poster
5.8

The woeful tale of a trained nurse falsely accused of murder and shipped off to prison for five years.

Dishonor

1952

La cumparsita poster
6.4

A reporter and tango singer is sent to the war zone in 1916, where he loses his memory.

La cumparsita

1947

El deseo poster
9.5

While her husband is abroad, Luisa receives a visit from an old love, her cousin, who becomes a "dangerous attraction". Her husband's stay abroad is prolonged and her loneliness overwhelms her and her attraction to her cousin increases.

El deseo

1944

Escala musical poster
7.5

An entrepreneur encourages New Wave youth to get their own radio show on the air. Tour of great musical successes of the 60s, with the participation of Johnny Tedesco, Los Shakers, Los Gatos Salvajes and Yaco Monti.

Escala musical

1966