Jorge Negrete

What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America?

A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), through popular culture: songs, newspapers and magazines, movies and newsreels.

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.

Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.

A wealthy sculptor takes in a thief as a servant on her ranch, hoping to reshape him, but their situation is disrupted when she discovers a major robbery has taken place on her estate.

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Husband and wife leave their farm and move to the big city. Husband becomes a famous ranchera singer.

In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.

Colonel Montero kills a man, which triggers a series of events, deaths and reprisals in 1923 Mexico. The people want revenge, and Montero will do everything possible to protect his beloved Elisa, who loves him despite his crimes.

Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.

Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.

In the late nineteenth century, Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Madrid, where he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl working at the Apollo theater.

Documentary on the life, work, and death of Jorge Negrete. Mexico's "Singing Cowboy". Includes some of the greatest stars of that era—Pedro Infante. Maria Felix, Luis, Aguilar, Cantinflas. Arturo de Cordova, Jose Alfredo Jimenez and many more—who came to say goodbye to Mexico's Cowboy and to give their condolences to Marie Felix, his widow at the time. Wonderful singing and unforgettable scenes from Negrete's movies, a well-deserved tribute to one of Mexican cinema's favorite actors and singers.

In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.

After a vengeance taken too far costs his father his Hacienda and his life, young Juan Manuel Mendoza becomes a bandit. He will get a chance for revenge and for love after he infiltrates his enemy house as a piano teacher.

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.

Argentine woman stranded in plane-crash, falls for Mexican plantation-owner.

Remake of famous 1936 ranchera musical.

Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.

An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.

The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates although children of both Aurora and Rodolfo are in love. In the neighborhood where they live, the neighbors prepared a joke to the galician girl. She gets angry Robustito hard time believing him guilty of what happened.

Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.

The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.

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

Marcos Vargas returns home to Ciudad Bolívar after finishing his studies in Trinidad. There he decides to start a business transporting merchandise to the interior of the jungle. A local chieftain will not make things easy for him.

A Hollywood star travels to Mexico to take flamenco dancing lessons for her next movie. In the airport she meets a Mexican rancher, and while both dislike each other at first, things may change.

Rivalries and romances among bullfighters.

Jalisco Canta En Sevilla is about a Mexican and his friend that go to Sevilla Spain to collect an inheritance.

16th century swashbuckler in the 'musketeers' vein.

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Because of a debt, Lupe is forced to work as a housekeeper for Luis, a ranch owner who is madly in love with her. However, Luis’s feelings are not reciprocated because Lupe is in love with Juan Ramón.

Young couple run off to join the Mexican Revolution, in part because she has a crush on Francisco Villa.

Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart José. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged. This makes José and Cholita's uncle more than a little bit put out as Fernando is not only not a Mexican, he is also a city slicker afraid of the country.

Twin brothers, one of them a bandit, in Mexican California.

Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.

Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.

Ensemble-comedy set in a lower-middle-class apartment complex.

In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.

When the U.S. invasion and the landing of troops in 1847 begins, the former cadet Miguel de la Peña (Jorge Negrete) and his friend Agustin Melgar (Jose Macip) decide to return to the military college and fight heroically in the defense of the Mexican army.

Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.

Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.

Two young men compete for a young woman.

Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico.