Writing

Elvira de la Mora

Born — Died

1902-01-25 — 1990-01-01

Place of birth

Durango, Mexico

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Pioneer in Mexican cinema script.

Known for

Behind the camera

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!

1943

Land of Men poster
7.2

On his family's farm, Gilberto keeps weapons to support the revolutionaries. When his father find out, he runs out from the hacienda to join them.

Land of Men

1959

Allá en el bajio poster
6.4

Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats.

Allá en el bajio

1942

La pícara Susana poster
5.7

Socialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.

La pícara Susana

1945

¡Ora Ponciano! poster
4.8

'Ora Ponciano stars Chucho Solorzano as the eponymous hero. Set in 19th-century Mexico, the story deals with a celebrated matador named Ponciano, as skillful with the senoritas as with the toros. Special attention is lavished upon the romance between the bullfighter and the fair Rosario (Consuela Frank). Much of the film is given over to authentic re-creations of various folk festivals and dances, with the extras colorfully (and accurately) costumed for the occasion. The fact that the bullfighting sequences are not excessively brutal is an indication that the producers of 'Ora Ponciano hoped to release the film in the U.S.

¡Ora Ponciano!

1937

Matrimonio y mortaja poster
5.0

A series of misadventures leaves a city slicker trapped into a shotgun marriage with a country gal. Back home in Mexico City, he tries to scam his way out of his marriage and set things right with his previous fiance...

Matrimonio y mortaja

1950

The Super Madman poster
5.2

Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination.

The Super Madman

1937

No artwork available
NR

Based on the Spanish play "El caudal de los hijos" by José López Pinillos. Francisca, the daughter of a provincial gentleman in Valencia, falls in love with Miguel, a young sculptor. When Miguel leaves for Paris to complete his studies, the lovers promise to wait for each other. During Miguel's absence, however, the Duke of Montesino calls on Francisca's father and asks for her hand in marriage. Her father, pressed for money because of gambling debts, agrees to the match.

Los hijos mandan

1939