
Directing
Fernando A. Rivero
Born — Died
1908-02-09 — 1972-04-20
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
37 titles
Fernando A. Rivero (Mexico City, February 9th 1902 – April 20th 1975) was a Mexican set designer, film director, painter, actor, and writer, regarded as a foundational figure—“the father” of Mexican film scenographers. He studied architecture but left the program for financial reasons, worked at the jewelry shop El Nuevo Mundo, emigrated to the United States in 1927 to work as a draftsman for advertising companies and newspapers, and returned to Mexico in 1931. After inheriting money upon his grandfather’s death, he founded the Compañía Anunciadora Mexicana; a later press note also states he was orphaned at age four and adopted by relatives, and that he began professionally in advertising, f…
Known for
6.7Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.
El pecado de ser pobre
1950
6.0In Cordoba, Spain, a girl singer and her mother are falsely accused of stealing a donkey. They are saved by a famous painter who becomes infatuated with the girl and asks her to be his model for a painting. Things get complicated when a Mexican bullfighter arrives in town and falls for the same girl.
La morena de mi copla
1946
5.5Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
Coqueta
1949
5.6Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Santa
1932
6.6During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.
La extraña pasajera
1953
6.3Adapted from "Le mortel baiser", a stage play by French writer Loïc Le Gouriadec (also known as Paul Gury). The story follows Cecilia, the daughter of a wealthy and conservative family, who is about to marry the son of the town's mayor. When a physician specializing in venereal diseases arrives in town, he examines Cecilia's fiancé and informs him that he is still suffering from syphilis, which has advanced significantly since he contracted it years earlier.
El beso mortal
1938
Film credits
1930s · 3 titles
5.6Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Santa
1932
6.7Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.
Prisoner 13
1933
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Desecration
1934
Behind the camera
6.7Ex-con rebuilds his life after being discharged from prison.
El pecado de ser pobre
1950
6.0In Cordoba, Spain, a girl singer and her mother are falsely accused of stealing a donkey. They are saved by a famous painter who becomes infatuated with the girl and asks her to be his model for a painting. Things get complicated when a Mexican bullfighter arrives in town and falls for the same girl.
La morena de mi copla
1946
5.5Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
Coqueta
1949
5.5Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
Coqueta
1949
6.6During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.
La extraña pasajera
1953
6.3Adapted from "Le mortel baiser", a stage play by French writer Loïc Le Gouriadec (also known as Paul Gury). The story follows Cecilia, the daughter of a wealthy and conservative family, who is about to marry the son of the town's mayor. When a physician specializing in venereal diseases arrives in town, he examines Cecilia's fiancé and informs him that he is still suffering from syphilis, which has advanced significantly since he contracted it years earlier.
El beso mortal
1938
6.3A girl meets a young boy in Arabia who falls in love with her. When they grow up, he goes to Mexico while hiding the fact that he is a prince.
El príncipe del desierto
1947
6.3A girl meets a young boy in Arabia who falls in love with her. When they grow up, he goes to Mexico while hiding the fact that he is a prince.
El príncipe del desierto
1947
6.1Magician Fu Manchu must find a way out of a supposed haunted house.
The Bewitched House
1949
6.0A 1932 film.
Hand to Hand
1932
5.7Rivalries and romances among bullfighters.
Seda Sangre Y Sol
1942
6.0Local oligarch has the hots for a small-town schoolteacher; to escape from the problems he causes them, she and her boyfriend both move to Mexico City... but they lose contact with each other, and complications.
Good night my love
1951
4.7Ensemble-comedy set in a lower-middle-class apartment complex.
Juntos pero no revueltos
1939
5.6An ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.
Los miserables
1943
6.3The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
Nosotros
1945
3.8Mexican romantic musical.
Mujeres en mi Vida
1950
3.8Mexican romantic musical.
Mujeres en mi Vida
1950
5.8Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.
La noche es nuestra
1952
7.7Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...
Perdida
1950
7.7Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...
Perdida
1950
7.7He shows us a poor Cantinflas like a rat that walks with a sad hatter and ends up in a bar where he will have a clash with the dangerous bandit "Ojo Tapado" (Covered Eye).
Jengibre contra Dinamita
1939
6.5No synopsis available yet.
El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!
1943
5.8The 'other woman' tricks her fella into filing to divorce his wife.
Víctimas del divorcio
1952
5.6Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.
Marina
1945
6.3Fancy gentleman uses his charms to exploit a bunch of women.
Burlada
1951
5.8Cantinflas will face a thief who enters his house while he sleeps.
Siempre listo en las tinieblas
1939
6.8We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.
Cantinflas boxeador
1940
6.6A burglar and a bar girl fall in love and decide to go straight, but complications.
Los amantes
1951
6.0Professional bullfighter pretends to his girlfriend that he's a doctor, because her father hates bullfighters and would never let her marry one. Meanwhile...
Mi reino por un torero
1944
6.5Young couple are trapped in an isolated mansion while members of a criminal gang are killing each other off on the premises.
The Bloody Inn
1943
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Dinero maldito
1949
7.4Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.
Cantinflas Ruletero
1940
The bride of a Federale colonel rejects him on their wedding night, and begins extramarital relations with a strapping young leader of the peasant revolution against which the colonel is fighting.
Enemigos
1934
6.3Mexican movie
Canciones y recuerdos
1949
