Mauricio Magdaleno

Writing

Mauricio Magdaleno

Born — Died

1906-05-13 — 1986-06-30

Place of birth

Villa del Refugio, Zacatecas, Mexico

Known for

Writing

Credits

35 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

Maria Candelaria poster
7.3

A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.

Maria Candelaria

1944

The Three Perfect Wives poster
4.7

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.

The Three Perfect Wives

1953

Entre tu amor y el cielo poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Entre tu amor y el cielo

1950

Cárcel de mujeres poster
5.9

Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was deprived of her freedom for his illicit business. An interesting story is about to be woven.

Cárcel de mujeres

1951

Duelo en las montañas poster
6.0

1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.

Duelo en las montañas

1950

Siempre tuya poster
5.7

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

Siempre tuya

1952

Hidden River poster
6.2

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

Hidden River

1948

Las Islas Marias poster
7.6

Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man.

Las Islas Marias

1951

La estatua de carne poster
5.4

Sculptor becomes infatuated with model. Everyone suffers.

La estatua de carne

1951

Tentación poster
6.0

Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low instincts of a man who sought favors he did for an uncontrolled temptation.

Tentación

1943

The Sea and You poster
6.4

A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.

The Sea and You

1952

Una cita de amor poster
6.0

The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.

Una cita de amor

1958

Miguel Strogoff poster
5.8

A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines. He encounters many colorful characters along the way.

Miguel Strogoff

1944

No artwork available
7.0

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.

The Unloved Woman

1949

By the False Door poster
6.6

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.

By the False Door

1950

Ley fuga poster
5.8

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

Ley fuga

1954

The Love Nest poster
5.5

Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and became his love. Although he was engaged to another, Fernando decided to return to the city to complete his commitment to her and finally reunited with Amalia, but the facts do not happen as they had planned.

The Love Nest

1950

The Abduction poster
4.9

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.

The Abduction

1954

Vertigo poster
7.0

Young woman's fiance unexpectedly falls in love with her mom, and ends up arranging the young woman's death.

Vertigo

1945

Wild Flower poster
6.6

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.

Wild Flower

1943

The Abandoned poster
5.5

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.

The Abandoned

1945

Reportaje poster
7.3

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

Reportaje

1953

Legacy of the Crying Woman poster
5.7

A hacienda seem to be haunted by La Llondra, the crying woman.

Legacy of the Crying Woman

1947

Legacy of the Crying Woman poster
5.7

A hacienda seem to be haunted by La Llondra, the crying woman.

Legacy of the Crying Woman

1947

La bienamada poster
6.2

Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...

La bienamada

1951

Everybody's Woman poster
6.2

A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.

Everybody's Woman

1946

La fuerza de la sangre poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La fuerza de la sangre

1947

Ojos de juventud poster
4.9

A bad woman exploits her husband's love. Infidelity, illegitimate children, self-sacrificing fatherhood... Also: Cabarets!

Ojos de juventud

1948

Su gran ilusión poster
6.3

Mexican movie

Su gran ilusión

1945

El Intruso poster
6.3

A man discovers that the second child he is expecting is the product of his wife's infidelity, who dies in childbirth. The boy, named Alberto, is treated as if he were a servant. His brother José Manuel, on the other hand, is treated well and all his whims are fulfilled and therefore he becomes lazy and irresponsible.

El Intruso

1944

Little Town poster
6.7

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.

Little Town

1962

Tragic Weddings poster
5.7

Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan Manuel, who fiercely opposes the union. Juan Manuel still holds a grudge against Diego, having once been his employer when Diego was just a laborer. Their secret marriage stirs jealousy and resentment, particularly in Octavio, Diego’s servant, and his wife Laura, who harbors unspoken feelings for him. As Diego departs for a military mission in Guadalajara, Juan Manuel, unaware of the marriage, attempts to arrange a match between Amparo and the Spaniard José Luis.

Tragic Weddings

1946

Remember to Live poster
6.0

In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters alone. As he is love with her voice, he is mistaken for a sister whom he marries. The teacher then goes to the capital. There she becomes part of a family of young students, who believe she is the mistress of his father, so she suffers the scorn and reproach. Over the years the parents die and she renounces to the inheritance they leave her.

Remember to Live

1953

Entre hermanos poster
5.7

During the Mexican Revolution, brothers Ramón and Geraldo fall in love with Pilar who is uncertain of which brother she loves. Pilar ends up marrying Ramón but gets pregnant when Geraldo rapes her.

Entre hermanos

1945