
Directing
Ernesto Cortázar
Born 1897-12-10 · Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Acting credits
5.8Romantic triangles, jealousy and duels on horseback at a hacienda.
Adios Nicanor
1937
6.3During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
The Underdogs
1940
6.3No synopsis available yet.
El rosario de Amozoc
1938
6.3Twin brothers, one of them a bandit, in Mexican California.
Camino de Sacramento
1945
Behind the camera
5.8Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.
Ambitious
1953
7.5Hard-living horse-trainer has a thing with an aristocratic woman... but her brothers aren't happy to see her involved with someone beneath her station.
Juan Charrasqueado
1948
6.5Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest.
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
6.0Newly-elected state governor is challenged by his responsibilities.
El señor gobernador
1951
3.8In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.
Se solicitan modelos
1954
6.0El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.
Street Love
1950
Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.
Love Pays for Love
1950
6.3A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and bring her back to the bosom of the family.
Cuando tú me quieras
1951
6.4This Musical-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, features American actress Janice Logan as the dutiful daughter who is about to wed a much older man and widower as part of an arranged marriage orchestrated by her Father. Plans quickly change, however, once she meets a handsome singer and rising radio star, (played by actor Jose Pulido), who soon sweeps her off her feet-much to the dismay of her dear old Dad. Catchy musical numbers and a charismatic cast add to the charm of this war-time movie release.
Hotel de verano
1944
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Estrella sin luz
1953
6.3Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
Heart of beast
1951
6.3Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
Heart of beast
1951
6.5A tale of intrigue and deceit concerning two young lovers who, despite the fact that their relationship was originally founded on greed, soon discover that their feelings for one and other have grown more genuine than they ever expected.
Cartas Marcadas
1948
7.6Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu
El mil amores
1954
6.3Mexican feature film
Radio Patrulla
1951
6.3Mexican feature film
Radio Patrulla
1951
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Mi madre adorada
1948
6.4On their anniversary, a lomg-married couple reminisce about the history of their marriage
Golden Wedding
1956
5.8Sequel to "Juan Charrasqueado." Juan Jr. discovers that the woman he's engaged to is the daughter of the man who killed his father.
En la Hacienda de la Flor
1948
8.2When three beautiful young nurses from Jalisco, afflicted with a rare disease called "sexappealitis", create commotion among the patients in a hospital, they are forced to resign. They travel to Mexico City following the suggestion of a crazy scientist, who tells them they will be cured when they get married. But they are attracted to three men who are indifferent to their sexy looks, being themselves sick with "lovetitis".
Las cariñosas
1953
6.3Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
For Loving a Woman
1951
6.31830s, guerrillas in the hills resisting the French occupation. Meanwhile, their leader has a French officer and another guy chasing after his fiancé, and...
El Cristo de mi Cabecera
1951
6.4A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.
Death in Love
1951
6.4A man's life changes forever when death -- in the form of a female grim reaper -- moves in with him and his family, all so that he can buy a bit more time on earth. The only catch is, his family has no idea that their houseguest, a woman their father says is a foreign relative, is there to take their daddy away. Miroslava Stern, Fernando Fernandez and Jorge Reyes star in this inventive Spanish-language comedy.
Death in Love
1951