Directing
Alfonso Patiño Gómez
Born 1910-08-18 · Mexico City, Mexico
Alfonso Patiño Gómez (August 18, 1910 – 1977) was a Mexican journalist, producer, director, and screenwriter. He began his career in journalism, co-founding the newspaper La Prensa in 1928 and later establishing the film magazine Cine Gráfico in 1933. Transitioning to filmmaking, Patiño Gómez directed several films, including Los dos pilletes (1942) and Canta y no llores... (1949), which starred ranchera singer Irma Vila. His work often explored social themes and contributed to the development of Mexican cinema during the mid-20th century.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
10.0Because of his lower class status, Alberto is rejected by Elvira. He then travels to the capital city to study Philosophy and return worthy of Elvira's love and approval.
Elvira
1955
7.3A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955
6.7An ingenious actor has an idea of making musical numbers without a dialogue when he arrives with a violin and a ladder.
Música en la noche
1958
6.7An ingenious actor has an idea of making musical numbers without a dialogue when he arrives with a violin and a ladder.
Música en la noche
1958
5.7Young woman has to choose between three potential husbands, so she leaves town for awhile to sing for a living and sort out her feelings.
Canta Y No Llores
1949
5.4Dark romantic melodrama, played out with high-stakes card games and cockfights.
Albur de amor
1947
6.0Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.
México lindo y querido
1961
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El médico de las locas
1944
4.6Suspicious husband deals with wife's supposed infidelity by making his toddler son disappear into the city's slums, where he grows to boyhood as a thief's apprentice.
Los dos pilletes
1942
No synopsis available yet.
Cuando baja la marea
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Adiós, Mariquita linda
1944
6.5Before the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
Miracle Roses
1960
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Carne de cabaret
1941
4.6A boxer wins a championship but he is injured and forced to retire. After that he falls in love with a blind girl.
El amor no es ciego
1950
6.7A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.
Forgotten Faces
1952
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Dulce madre mía
1943
6.0The delegates of an international conference must decide on a "United Song", capturing the traditions and cultural characteristics of the participating countries. An unprecedented art showcase.
Las canciones unidas
1960
6.0Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1950
6.0Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1950
6.0Music teacher gets all tangled up with a nightclub singer, after seeing his students ogling her advertisements.
Viajera
1952
6.0Music teacher gets all tangled up with a nightclub singer, after seeing his students ogling her advertisements.
Viajera
1952
Political satire about fixed elections in a small town.
¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!
1948
6.3Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.
Cinco minutos de amor
1941
6.3Bedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.
Cinco minutos de amor
1941