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Fernando Cortés
Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died. On 1932, while in New York City, Fernando Cortés married Puerto Rican childhood friend María del Pilar Cordero, who adopted the stage name of Mapy Cortés. The couple soon traveled to Spain with a Cuban theatrical troupe. They worked on the Spanish stage, radio and film until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936. Fernando progressively began to take a backseat as actor and baritone and focused on promoting the career of his wife Mapy, who became a noted ''vedette'' (showgirl with star status) in Barcelona. After the Spanish Civil War interrupted their careers, the couple worked in New York, San Juan, Buenos Aires, Havana and Caracas, occasionally starring in movies. They arrived to Mexico City in late 1940 and made their stage debut at the Teatro Follies, in a show headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puss Without Boots
''Puss Without Boots'' (Spanish:''El gato sin botas'') is a 1957 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Germán Valdés, Martha Valdés and Nono Arsu.Monsiváis & Kraniauskas p.117 Cast * Germán Valdés as Agustín Tancredo "El Gato" / Don Victorio Tancredo * Martha Valdés as Laura del Castillo * Nono Arsu as Paco * Wolf Ruvinskis as Humberto Carrasco * Marcelo Chávez as Sargento Botija * José Pidal as Sansón * Pepe Ruiz Vélez as Comentarista * Julián de Meriche as Aladino * Américo Caggiano as Tamalito * Antonio Brillas as Señor Comisario * Carlos Bravo y Fernández as Reportero * Sara Cabrera as Josefina * Lupe Carriles as Vecina * Enrique Carrillo as Policía * Fernando Cortés as Director pelicula * Julio Daneri as Reportero * Javier de la Parra as Actor rechaza empleo * Gerardo del Castillo as Empleado estudio * Pedro Elviro as Hombre en estadio * Pepita González as Dalilah * Héctor Mateos as Empleado de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Miedo No Anda En Burro
''El miedo no anda en burro'' (Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey) is a 1976 Mexican comedy horror film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Eleazar García, Fernando Luján, Emma Roldán and Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo. Literally, the title is an idiom used to express that fear strikes quickly, not calmly as if on top of a donkey. The film is one of the most successful comedies of the India María franchise, having remained in the Cine Metropolitan for an astounding nineteen weeks. In the film, the death of a wealthy woman is expected to benefit her greedy relatives. Her will actually leaves her entire estate to her pet dog, and entrusts her loyal maid to be its caretaker. The dead woman's family make several attempts to kill both the dog and its caretaker. During a vacation at a supposedly haunted house, the caretaker encounters several monsters. The monsters are actually the villains in disguise, preparing another murder attempt. Plot María Nicolasa Cruz is do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Presidenta Municipal
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Que Familia Tan Cotorra!
QUE or que may refer to: * Quebec (Que.), as the traditional abbreviation, though the postal abbreviations are now QC and previously PQ * Que Publishing, a company which first began as a publisher of technical computer software and hardware support books * Garmin iQue, a line of products combining PDA devices with integrated GPS receivers * Trademark of Plastic Logic for an electronic reading device * Que (tower), a freestanding gate tower characteristic of the tomb architectural ensembles during China's Han Dynasty * ''Qué!'', a Spanish newspaper * Quwê, an Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BC to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal around 627 BCE in the lowlands of eastern Cilicia * An informal term for a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, a historically African American Greek-letter fraternity * London Underground station code for Queensway tube station * MRT station abbreviation for Queenstown MRT station See also * * * Queue ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor But Honest
''Poor But Honest'' (Mexican:''Pobre, pero honrada!'') is a 1973 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco, Fernando Soler and Norma Lazareno.Mora p.162 It was made at the Estudios América. It was one of a series of films featuring Velasco as the comic character La India María. Cast * María Elena Velasco as María * Fernando Soler as Don Abundio * Norma Lazareno as Marcela * Ángel Garasa as Padre Bonifacio * Adalberto Rodriguez * José Ángel Espinoza as Chimino * Raúl Meraz as Ayundante de don Abundio * Héctor Herrera * Julián de Meriche as Doctor Villegas * Alicia del Lago as Enamorada de don Abundio * Armando Arriola as Viejito * Elena Contla as Criada de don Abundio * Jorge Fegán * Jaime Manterola * Alfonso Zayas as Borracho * Patricia Olmos * Pura Vargas * Manuel Dondé * Armando Acosta * Fernando Cortés Fernando "Papi" Cortés (October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Criada Bien Criada
''La criada bien criada'' ("The Well-Made Maid") is a 1972 Mexican comedy film based on the television series of the same name. It was directed by Fernando Cortés and stars María Victoria and Guillermo Rivas. Plot Inocencia has left her ''pueblo'' to find a job at Mexico City. In Mexico City, Inocencia meets two men, a deliveryman and a postman, who fight for her love. The postman finds a babysitting job for Inocencia. Inocencia has to take care of Bebito, who is more "grown up" than she expected. Cast *María Victoria as Inocencia *Chabelo as Bebito * Guillermo Rivas as the delivery man *Alejandro Suárez as the postman *Jorge Lavat * Arturo Castro *Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1941 – 8 July 2021), better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Cinema of Mexico, Mexican sex comedy, sex comedies. In Mexico, Zayas partic ... * Joaquin Garcia Vargas "Borolas" References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonta, Tonta, Pero No Tanto
''Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto'' (English: ''Foolish, Foolish, But Not So Much'') is a 1972 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring María Elena Velasco as La India María. Plot In San Jose de Los Burros, María Nicolasa Cruz is encouraged by her cousin Eufemia, who has found work for her, to migrate to Mexico City for a better life. However, she is robbed as soon as she gets out of the train, and is homeless. But she soon finds help from TV personality Paco Malgesto, who makes an announcement of her story, where Eufemia soon goes after to pick her up. Cast * Maria Elena Velasco as Maria Nicolasa Cruz * Sergio Ramos as Crescencio "Chencho" Torrijos * Paco Malgesto as himself * Julián de Meriche as Wilfredo Villegas/Leandro McKinley * Emma Arvizu as Doña Julia Escandón de León * Anel as Lucy * Kiki Herrera Calles as Leandro McKinley's widow * Antonio Bravo Antonio Bravo (12 May 1906 – 28 February 1992) was a Spanish-born Mexican film and television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Beverly De Peralvillo (film)
''Los Beverly de Peralvillo'' is a 1971 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés. The film is based on the television series of the same name. Synopsis El Borras marries La Pecas, unaware of her mother's (Doña Chole) scheme against Borras. That of Borras to provide for all her family members who are a lazy bunch composed of her father and brothers. Cast * Guillermo Rivas as "El Borras" *Leonorilda Ochoa as "La Pecas" * Arturo Castro as "Bigotón" *Amparo Arozamena Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema ... as Doña Chole "La Tarantula" External links * Mexican comedy films 1971 films 1970s Mexican films {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Casa De Las Muchachas
''La casa de las muchachas'' ( es, "The House of the Girls", italics=no) is a 1969 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Amparo Rivelles, Enrique Rambal, Maura Monti, Gilda Mirós and Malú Reyes. Plot A Mexican, winner of the Nobel Prize, returns to the town where he was born. The local authorities, in tribute, decide to place a plaque on the house where he was born, only to realize that his birthplace is now the local brothel. Consequently, they try to ask the madame to leave the house with her prostitutes and she refuses, but when the honoree arrives, she and her pupils pass themselves as a widow and her decent daughters. From there, the man involuntarily transforms the brothel into a decent house. Reparto * Amparo Rivelles as Doña Marta *Enrique Rambal as Marcelo Ledón * Maura Monti as Ana Luisa "La Marquesa" * Gilda Mirós as Amalia "La Profe" * Malú Reyes *Héctor Lechuga as Commissioner *Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Ahumado Cienfuegos, chief of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Golfas
''Las golfas'' is a 1969 Mexican film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Isela Vega, Gilda Mirós, Gina Romand, José Luis Rodríguez and Ángel Garasa.Garcia Berumen, p. 114 Plot The stories of sex workers and their struggle to leave their lifestyle behind. Cast *Isela Vega as Otilia *Gilda Mirós as Rosaura * Gina Romand as Mariana * Malú Reyes as Emma * Sandra Boyd as Elvira * José Luis Rodríguez as Andrés "El Uñas" * Ángel Garasa as Don Florentino Fernández (as Don Angel Garasa) * Sergio Barrios as The Director *Omar Jasso as Crisóforo Belloso, the drunk (as Omar Jaso) *Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo as El Quinto *Rafael Inclán as The Preacher *Enrique Pontón * Clara Osollo * Aurora Alonso as La costeña * Arturo Silva * Clarissa Ahuet (as Clarisa Ahuet) * Polo Villa *Antonio Brillas *Carlos Bravo y Fernández (uncredited) *Roberto Meyer The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedians And Songs
''Comedians and Songs'' (Spanish: ''Cómicos y canciones'') is a 1960 Mexican comedy crime film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Marco Antonio Campos, Gaspar Henaine, and Silvia Fournier.Riera p.171 Cast * Marco Antonio Campos as Viruta * Gaspar Henaine as Capulina * Silvia Fournier as Lilia * María Eugenia San Martín as Carmen * Jaime Fernández as El Charrascas * Pedro de Aguillón as Mister Fong * Rosa Cué * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as El Jefe * José Chávez * Julián de Meriche * Ernesto Finance Ernesto Finance (15 January 1891–16 February 1974) was a Mexican stage and film actor.Agrasánchez p.159 Selected filmography * '' Por mis pistolas'' (1938) * '' The Whip'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Corner Stop'' (1948) * ''Music, ... as El Comandante * Guillermo Hernández References Bibliography * Emilio García Riera. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1959-1960''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1994. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
