Prudencia Grifell

The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

Mexican feature film

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren...

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her...

A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Mercedes, the thief, has a brother who, by mistake,...

The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin...

1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.

A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.

Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.

Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.

Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair with him and that he's her father.

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his...

Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.

Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.

Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.

Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.

Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.

Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent...

An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old lady.

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.

After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.

The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and married lawyer.

Mexican movie

Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.

Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be...

It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the...

Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to...

Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.

A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.

This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers....

Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!

Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.

Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.

Family rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years before. Unresolved mysteries. And meanwhile, there's a...

A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead.

Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.

Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. Deep. Dark.

Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is...

Homeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker.

Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional spasms of Afro-Cuban dancing.

Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs...

The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-step their demands, she pretends to be already...

Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today, his wealthy mother-in-law is still full of...

Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and her fiancé kicks her to the curb. Then...

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and...

Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.

Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost...

Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.

Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.

Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a modest servant, Anselmo, who almost everyday takes...

Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior...

A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire...

Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar...

Mexican movie

Mexican feature film