
Acting
María Calvo
Born 1892-08-14 · Zaragoza, Spain
Acting credits
7.0Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.
Playing at Politics
1931
4.7Madrid, Spain, 1880. Angelina, daughter of the pompous Brigadier Marcial, is tempted by the womanizer Germán, who asks her to run away together, just after her boyfriend, Rodolfo, asks her to do exactly the same thing with him.
Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier
1935
7.5Cantinflas 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
No synopsis available yet.
Felipe Derblay, el herrero
1944
Malatroff, head of an international gang of jewel thieves, pressures Lucy Stavrin to pose as a countess and become friendly with the Corbetts, a nouveau-riche American couple residing on the Costa Azul.
Bold Love
1930
6.8Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career. Meanwhile, he stays behind and waits with the baby until they reunite again.
La reina de la opereta
1946
The Wall Street crash of 1929 brings tragedy to thousands, and only a small group of astute investors are able to retrieve their funds. Financial adviser Antonio Benson is one of the few to survive the disaster. He escapes from his ruined clients, whose funds he has mismanaged, by hiding out at his country home; however, someone finds him and kills him. The onscreen credits were taken from a cutting continuity. This film is a Spanish-language version of the 1930 film The Benson Murder Case (See Entry), which was directed by Frank Tuttle and starred William Powell and Natalie Moorhead. The Spanish version had two working titles: Juego, amor y sangre and El crimen de Wall Street.
El Cuerpo del Delito
1930
5.6A 1940 film.
Hombre o demonio
1940
9.0A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent. Spanish version of MGM's Call of the Flesh.
Sevilla de mis Amores
1930
7.0A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Estrellados
1930
7.3This is the Spanish-language version of The Cat Creeps, shot at the same time and on the same sets.
The Will of the Dead Man
1930
9.0A maid with a checkered past falls in love with the son in the posh household where she works, and gives him a baby.
Common Clay
1930
7.4Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.
Cantinflas Ruletero
1940
1933 Spanish language film.
Una viuda romántica
1933
An expanded, Spanish-language version of the two-reel comedy Thundering Tenors (1931).
The soul of the party
1931