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Pascual García Peña
Pascual García Peña (1910–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, Jr. p.160 He was married to actress Hortensia Santoveña. Selected filmography * ''Felipe Was Unfortunate'' (1947) * ''Madam Temptation'' (1948) * '' The Big Steal'' (1949) * ''Midnight'' (1949) * '' Angels of the Arrabal'' (1949) * '' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) * ''Hypocrite'' (1949) * '' In the Palm of Your Hand'' (1951) * '' Love Was Her Sin'' (1951) * ''Oh Darling! Look What You've Done!'' (1951) * ''The Masked Tiger'' (1951) * '' Love for Sale'' (1951) * '' Arrabalera'' (1951) * '' My Man and I'' (1952) * '' The Atomic Fireman'' (1952) * ''Hot Rhumba'' (1952) * ''Paco the Elegant'' (1952) * '' The Justice of the Wolf'' (1952) * '' I Don't Deny My Past'' (1952) * ''The Beautiful Dreamer'' (1952) * ''Passionflower'' (1952) * ''City of Bad Men'' (1953) * ''Genius and Figure'' (1953) * '' The Naked Woman'' (1953) * '' A Life in the Balance'' (1955) * ''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' (1956) * '' The Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atomic Fireman
''The Atomic Fireman'' (Spanish: ''El bombero atómico'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Roberto Soto and Gilberto González.Stavans p.91 The film's art direction was by Gunther Gerszo. Plot A newspaper delivery man-turned-firefighter-turned-policeman (Cantinflas) embarks on the unexpected mission of caring for a girl whose mother died. Cast * Cantinflas as Agente 777 * Roberto Soto as Comandante Bravo * Gilberto González as El Piquete * Elisa Quintanilla as Rosario * Miguel Manzano as Jefe bomberos * Pascual García Peña as El Chueco * Ernesto Finance as Licenciado / notario * Jorge Mondragon as Silverio * Eduardo Alcaraz as Sargento Policía * Ángel Infante as Policía * Pedro Elviro as Secretario (uncredited) * Conchita Gentil Arcos as Vecina de Guadalupe (uncredited) * María Gentil Arcos as Doña Cleofas (uncredited) * Salvador Quiroz as Comandante Cienfuegos (uncredited) * Lily Aclemar as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boxer (1958 Film)
''The Boxer'' (Spanish: ''El boxeador'') is a 1958 Mexican sports drama film directed by Gilberto Gazcón and starring Joaquín Cordero, Ariadna Welter and Arturo Martinez.Riera p.82 It was shot at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by Salvador Lozano Mena. Cast * Joaquín Cordero as Natalio Sanchez; Kid Relampago * Ariadna Welter as Carmen * Arturo Martinez as Indio López * Alfonso Mejía as Ray Corona * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Doctor * Carlos Ancira as Ronco * Fanny Schiller as Madrastra de Carmen * Enrique King as Entrenador * Antonio Raxel as Don Arturo * Francisco Rosales * Guillermo Herrera as Hermano de Lupita * Norma Angélica as Lupita * Rogelio 'Frijolitos' Jiménez Pons as Espectador niño * Ismael Rodríguez * Salvador Lozano as Marido espectador boxeo * José L. Murillo as Médico de la comisión * Mario Cid as Revendedor de boletos * José Luis Trejo * Luis Aguilar as Cantante * José El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Scorpion (film)
''The Black Scorpion'' is a 1957 black-and-white giant arachnid horror film from Warner Bros., produced by Jack Dietz and Frank Melford, directed by Edward Ludwig, and starring Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, and Mario Navarro. The film's stop-motion animation special effects were created by Willis O'Brien. In the film, volcanic activity releases giant prehistoric scorpions from the earth. They wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City. Plot An earthquake strikes Mexico, resulting in the overnight birth of a new volcano. Geologists Dr. Hank Scott and Dr. Arturo Ramos are dispatched to study this crisis at the village of San Lorenzo, the two men finding a destroyed house and a totaled police car en route. They find a dead policeman nearby, and an abandoned and seemingly orphaned infant. They take the infant to San Lorenzo and give it to friends of the child's missing parents, while being welcomed by the village's priest, Father Delga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beast Of Hollow Mountain
''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' is a 1956 weird west horror film about an American rancher living in Mexico who discovers that his missing cattle are being preyed upon by a dinosaur. Plot In southern Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, tales are told of cattle and farmers mysteriously disappearing. These events occur at a location called "Hollow Mountain" where a curse is supposed to be residing. The mountain has never been explored and the swamp at its base is said to claim the lives of anyone foolish enough to go to its banks. In spite of these tales and possible perils, American cowboy Jimmy Ryan leads his business partner Felipe and their worker Manuel into the area one day in search of lost cattle. When they arrive, they split up to track the cattle down. Felipe falls into a quicksand pit at the base of the swamp and nearly drowns but is rescued by Jimmy and his lasso. When Manuel arrives the three spot a single drowned cattle in the swamp. Despite Manuel believing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life In The Balance
''A Life in the Balance'' is a 1955 American-Mexican thriller film directed by Harry Horner and Rafael Portillo and starring Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft and Lee Marvin. It was shot in Mexico and distributed in the United States by Twentieth Century-Fox. Plot Antonio Gomez is a nearly destitute musician and widower with an 11-year-old boy named Paco in Mexico City. Trying to support Paco in the face of unemployment and neighbors who want custody of his son, Gomez argues with an ex-girlfriend over money that she owes him. His girlfriend is murdered by the religious fanatic serial killer terrorizing the city, who stabs his young female victims and leaves them with their arms folded. When neighbors report an argument that Gomez had with the murdered girl, the police presume that they are finally on the trail of the serial killer, and Gomez is their target. At a pawn shop, Gomez meets Maria Ibinia, who accompanies him in the search for Paco. Gomez does not realize that a police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Woman (film)
''The Naked Woman'' (Spanish: ''La mujer desnuda'') is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Meche Barba, Antonio Aguilar and Miguel Torruco. It is part of the genre of Rumberas film popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. It was shot at the San Ángel Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Plot A cabaret dancer, daughter of a circus clown, marries a famous singer. When both seem to be happy, a former lover of the young woman returns from her past and blackmails her to not reveal her dark past. Cast * Meche Barba as Magda * Antonio Aguilar as Tony Aguilar * Miguel Torruco as David * Carlos López Moctezuma as Don Pedro * Aurora Segura as Carmen * Fanny Schiller as Violeta Bello * María Victoria as María Victoria * Marión Inclán as Cantante * Titina Romay as Magda, niña * Lupe Carriles as Doña Chole * Pascual García Peña as Portero Reviews In this film, Meche Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius And Figure
''Genius and Figure'' (Spanish: ''Genio y figura'') is a 1953 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Méndez and starring Luis Aguilar, Antonio Badú and Esther Fernández. Alfaro p.86 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director José Rodríguez Granada. Plot Antonio is a player who abandoned his woman as soon as she gives birth. Antonio's friend Luis, will do his best to make him go back to his family. Cast * Luis Aguilar as Luis Jiménez * Antonio Badú as Antonio Vargas * Esther Fernández as Esther * Evangelina Elizondo as Victoria Rey * Linda Cristal as Rosita * Gloria Mestre as Alicia del Río * Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Doctor * Aurora Walker as Enfermera * Manuel Noriega as Doctor Torres * Salvador Quiroz Salvador Quiroz (1892–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Kohner, p. 355 Selected filmography * ''Huapango (film), Huapango'' (1938) * ''Horse for Horse'' (1939) * ''With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Bad Men
''City of Bad Men'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring Jeanne Crain and Dale Robertson. Plot A heavyweight championship fight between "Gentleman Jim" Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons is coming to Carson City, Nevada at exactly the same time outlaw Brett Stanton and brother Gar return to town. Away for six years in Mexico, Brett has alienated his former love, Linda Culligan, who is now involved with Jim London, the fight's promoter. London's sister, Cynthia Castle, tries to attract Brett's interest, but he only has eyes for Linda. Because the bout could sell as much as $100,000 in tickets, law-breakers like Johnny Ringo are also milling around, keeping Sheriff Bill Gifford on his toes. He plays a strategy where he asks Ringo, another outlaw, and Brett, to be deputies just for the week of the fight. Gifford's idea is that this will offer incentive to the men to keep their respective gangs in order and keep the peace in town, so everyone might en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passionflower (1952 Film)
''Passionflower'' () is a 1952 Mexican crime drama film directed by Joaquín Pardavé and starring Meche Barba, Fernando Fernández and Freddy Fernández.Hershfield & Maciel p.168 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernández. Cast * Meche Barba as Lupita * Fernando Fernández as Ricardo * Freddy Fernández as El Pichi * Roberto G. Rivera as Jorge * Manuel Hernández as Manolo Hernández * Carlos Múzquiz as Don Luis * Pascual García Peña as Pascual * Rafael Icardo as Don Rodrigo * Manuel Dondé as Prisionero * Rafael Banquells as Juan * José René Ruiz as Medio litro * Isaac Norton as Cabezas * Pablo Marichal as Charolito * José Chávez as Policía * Javier de la Parra as Agente policía * Agustín Fernández as Alma negra * Rogelio Fernández as Criado * Sara Guasch Sara Guasch (21 November 1918 – 1 June 2005) was a Chilean-born actress who spent much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Dreamer
''The Beautiful Dreamer'' (Spanish: ''El bello durmiente'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Lilia del Valle and Wolf Ruvinskis.Schroeder Rodríguez p.117 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward Fitzgerald. Cast * Germán Valdés as Triquitrán * Lilia del Valle as Jade / Yolanda * Wolf Ruvinskis as Tracatá / Dr. Heinrich Wolf * Marcelo Chávez as Tico Tico / Don Marcelo * Juan García as Cavernario bruto * Gloria Mestre as Invitada a fiesta * José René Ruiz as Brujo Chaquira * Pascual García Peña * Nicolás Rodríguez as Don Ramón * Armando Arriola as Don Alfonso * Lucrecia Muñoz as Cavernaria / excursionista * Manuel Trejo Morales as Cavernario * Elena Julián as Cavernaria * Georgina González as Cavernaria * Elvira Lodi as Cavernaria en salón de belleza * Eduardo Bonada * Joaquín García Vargas as Brujo * Tonina Jackson * Fernando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Deny My Past
''I Don't Deny My Past'' (Spanish: ''No niego mi pasado'') is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla, Roberto Cañedo and Luis Aldás. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Manuel Fontanals.Gilabert p.337 It was part of the group of Rumberas films popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Cast * Ninón Sevilla as Rosa / Luisa * Roberto Cañedo as Octavio Gómez Castro * Luis Aldás as Leonardo * Agustín Isunza as Don Nicasio * César del Campo as Posturita * José Baviera as Ramón Valdés * Jorge Mondragón as Complice de Rosa * Aurora Walker as Doña Engracia * Jorge Treviño as Donato * Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Don Julio * Elodia Hernández as Mamá de Octavio * Kiko Mendive as Cantante * Juan Bruno Tarraza as Pianista * Fello Vergara as Pianista * Pascual García Peña Pascual García Peña (1910–1977) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |