
Acting
Manolo Fábregas
Born 1921-07-15 · Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Manolo Fábregas, Manuel Sánchez Navarro, fue un actor mexicano de origen español, nieto de Virginia Fábregas. Se le recuerda también como actor, director y productor teatral y se le reconoce como un artista que se empeñó en montar en México los mejores musicales de Broadway y Londres.
Acting credits
7.0When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
5.5Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape.
Dancing, salón de baile
1952
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tía Candela
1948
5.8No synopsis available yet.
Beloved Mother
1935
5.6Young lawyer is mistaken for music professor and goes to live at a boarding school for young women.
Dormitorio para señoritas
1960
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Lagunilla 2
1982
6.9When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Broken Flag
1979
5.4Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
Arrabalera
1951
5.9Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.
Wait for me in Siberia, Darling!
1971
6.8Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".
La casa de la Troya
1948
6.0Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
México de mis amores
1979
4.5Captain Scarlett rescues Princess Maria from being abducted while travelling. She's not exactly grateful. He finds out that she is to be married to a man she doesn't like, so Captain Scarlet attempts to help her but winds up in prison for his efforts. He escapes and finally helps the reluctant bride who winds up joining Captain Scarlett and his sidekick and they become something along the lines of the three musketeers.
Captain Scarlett
1953
5.6Rome, Italy, February 1900. While a malaria epidemic sweeps the city, the young and beautiful Donina meets Leonardo, an ambitious sculptor, who makes her his model.
La noche del sábado
1950
6.3After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.
Lagunilla, mi barrio
1981
8.1The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his death on the cross.
The Martyr of Calvary
1952
6.9The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the rest of the villagers.
The Barracks
1945
6.7Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
El derecho a la vida
1959
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Llegada de noche
1949
6.7Dr. 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
6.5Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him since he owes everyone money.
Perez Family
1949
5.8A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
El tigre de Jalisco
1947
4.8Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.
Padre contra hijo
1955
7.4A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
National Mechanics
1972
6.3A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most part this is typical Mexican filmmaking for the period. With Armond Silvestre and Alma Delia Fuentes.
The Island of the Dinosaurs
1967