
Acting
Manuel Noriega
Born 1880-07-24 · Colombres, Asturias, España
Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (July 24, 1880 - August 12, 1961) was a stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well in Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film, "Pepita Jiménez." Married to Hortensia Castañeda, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961.
Acting credits
6.7Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.
El ladrón
1947
6.0Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".
El rosario
1944
6.0A 1940 film directed by Ramón Pereda.
The Hawk
1940
5.0Dr. Forti carries out strange experiments, assisted by his son Pablo. They embark on an expedition to the jungle. Eight years later Forti returns without his son but strange things start to happen in the old house where they live.
Mystery of the Ghastly Face
1935
8.0Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Fly Away, Young Man!
1947
5.6Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
Viviré otra vez
1940
8.7Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
Macario
1960
6.3Mexican feature film
Ojos tapatios
1938
6.7A 1940 film directed by Rafael E. Portas.
Los últimos días de Pompeyo
1940
5.6Three children forge a close friendship with the help of a gentle elderly woman, Doña Dominga. They survive poverty and social exclusion; however, fate has a cruel twist in store for little Toño.
El Papelerito
1951
6.3A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
El jefe máximo
1940
6.0A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
Tarzan and the Mermaids
1948
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Huapango
1938
6.2Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...
Mi madrecita
1940
3.8Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.
Venganza suprema
1934
6.0During World War II, Nazi spies tried to infiltrate everywhere, and the Mexican Military Academy was no exception.
Cuando escuches este vals
1944
6.0Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.
Con su amable permiso
1940
6.0For the centenary of Cuban patriot Jose Marti, the 1950s pre-Castro dictator Batista collected funds for an official film commemoration and hired renowned director Fernandez from Mexico to erect this memorial work.
La rosa blanca
1954
6.0The corregidor, or magistrate, of a small Spanish village tries to seduce the miller's wife, with rather humorous results.
El sombrero de tres picos
1944
7.4A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
The Magician
1949
6.7Yolanda, the wife of renowned Spanish composer Enrique Montenegro, has grown weary of her husband's constant infidelities and neglect. While attending a bullfight, she meets the celebrated matador Eduardo Franco, and the two begin a romance
Beyond Death
1935
5.8The last soldier alive with the knowledge of where Pancho Villa's treasure is buried, tries to get it back.
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1935
6.4A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
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
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
José
1926
Silent version of Don Quintin the Bitter, a character with a miserable life and a lot of bad humor.
Don Quintín el amargao
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Problema resuelto
1923
Eloisa is an orphan, the fiancée of Agustín, who meets her when she arrives in Madrid fleeing her stepmother's mistreatment. She happens to be the mother of an illegitimate child, but in reality the mother is his cousin Irene (with whom he lives, next to his aunt) married to Mr. Adrian. Her aunt Marcelina tries with this lie to save her daughter Irene. After numerous family entanglements, the truth becomes clear and the couple can live together and in peace.
Alma de Dios
1923
Eloisa is an orphan, the fiancée of Agustín, who meets her when she arrives in Madrid fleeing her stepmother's mistreatment. She happens to be the mother of an illegitimate child, but in reality the mother is his cousin Irene (with whom he lives, next to his aunt) married to Mr. Adrian. Her aunt Marcelina tries with this lie to save her daughter Irene. After numerous family entanglements, the truth becomes clear and the couple can live together and in peace.
Alma de Dios
1923
10.0Original adaptation of the novel by its director, Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures of a young man studying abroad who stays in a boarding house known as The House of Troy.
La casa de la Troya
1925
10.0Original adaptation of the novel by its director, Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures of a young man studying abroad who stays in a boarding house known as The House of Troy.
La casa de la Troya
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Madrid en el año 2000
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Madrid en el año 2000
1925
No synopsis available yet.
La mala ley
1924
No synopsis available yet.
La mala ley
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Los guapos
1923
No synopsis available yet.
Venganza isleña
1923
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El crimen del expreso
1939