Janet Alcoriza

Writing

Janet Alcoriza

Born — Died

1918-01-04 — 1998-11-12

Place of birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Known for

Writing

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 6 titles

1930s · 2 titles

Behind the camera

The Great Madcap poster
7.3

Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.

The Great Madcap

1949

The Hour of Truth poster
6.3

Mexican movie

The Hour of Truth

1945

El ahijado de la muerte poster
6.2

Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.

El ahijado de la muerte

1946

Una gringuita en México poster
6.0

A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies. When she gets there, everything isn't all charros and bandidos, though -- surprise, surprise!

Una gringuita en México

1951

Living Is What Matters poster
5.4

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.

Living Is What Matters

1987

La Vida No Vale Nada poster
8.1

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.

La Vida No Vale Nada

1955

Our Daily Hunger poster
8.0

Trophy wife of a crooked industrialist meets a philanthropic doctor and develops a social conscience. Mexican remake of Born Yesterday.

Our Daily Hunger

1960

Me quiero casar poster
6.0

In Mexico, an American tourist meets and falls in love with a young Mexican doctor.

Me quiero casar

1967

Si me viera don Porfirio poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Si me viera don Porfirio

1950

La miel se fue de la luna poster
6.7

Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa is out he marries Mini, which proves to be terribly jealous. Complications ensue when Africa returns to Mexico and start searching for the fake Richard. By chance a friend of Mini will be in a beauty salon and this ensures she can take to "Ricardo" because is "a friend of her husband". A typical sitcom with a blistering pace.

La miel se fue de la luna

1952

Morir de pie poster
5.7

A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.

Morir de pie

1957

Enrédate y verás poster
6.7

A young woman disguises herself as a soldier when her boyfriend arrives to propose.

Enrédate y verás

1948

Nocturno de amor poster
6.6

Luis Aguilar is a talented piano student who struggles to make ends meet. At the conservatory he meets the beautiful, rich, and also talented piano student Marta Reyes and romance ensues. One day, a full scholarship to study piano abroad is announced and both Luis and Marta fill out the necessary paperwork--but only one place is available. Luis is torn apart by his love for both the piano and Marta.

Nocturno de amor

1948

Engagement ring poster
5.8

Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.

Engagement ring

1951

The Black Horseman poster
6.7

A rancher disguises himself as a generous bandit and murders a tax collector, but is discovered.

The Black Horseman

1961

Canasta Uruguaya poster
6.3

Screwball comedy about country girl who inherits a fortune.

Canasta Uruguaya

1951