Carlos Orellana
Actor · 1900 – 1960 · Santiago Tezontlale, Mexico
Carlos Orellana was born on December 28, 1900 in Santiago Tezontlale, Hidalgo, Mexico as Carlos Orellana Martinez. He was an actor, director and writer.
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Movie6.4ComedyNo te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and the first where they share the screen. Don Boni (Orellana) is diagnosed with a deadly disease and decides to spend his last days doing good deeds. He leaves his wife and decides to help people. He then gets drunk and wakes up with a winning lottery ticket and realizes that the doctor who diagnosed him has been sent to prison for fraud.
No te engañes corazón
1937 · 13 votes
Movie7.6DramaRomanceAn Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
Tizoc
1957 · 50 votes
Movie8.4ComedyMusicJorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.
Dos tipos de cuidado
1953 · 115 votes
Movie6.2DramaComedyAmable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
Qué hombre tan simpático
1943 · 6 votes
Movie8.2DramaComedyA humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big city, where they will have to face many adversities that will make them wish they had never left their village.
Movie6.0No basta ser madre
1937 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaFamily life of a widowed father with four teenaged and young-adult children.
Amor Prohibido
1945 · 4 votes
Movie5.9ComedyMusicA young man goes to the capital to prove himself as an opera singer, after being rejected he must find other means to achieve fame
Movie6.7El hotel de los chiflados
1939 · 3 votes
Movie6.0WarFictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two brothers, one who has a promising future as a doctor, who volunteer for this unit after Mexico declares war on Germany after the sinking of Mexican merchants by U-boats. The story also follows another young man, the son of a Spanish immigrant baker. He volunteers to pay what he feels is an unpaid debt to their new adopted country.
Escuadrón 201
1945 · 4 votes
Movie5.8CrimeMysteryA man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.
Crimen en la alcoba
1946 · 5 votes
Movie5.0ComedyA Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles...
Miente y serás feliz
1940 · 5 votes
Movie6.3El rosario de Amozoc
1938 · 3 votes
Movie6.6ComedyRomanceRuled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Vuelven los García
1947 · 18 votes
Movie5.7Science FictionFantasyA couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Movie5.6DramaSanta 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 · 17 votes
- Movie6.7ComedyDrama
After many setbacks, Mr. Prudenciano, in Mexico, came to the conclusion that he had no great future as a bullfighter. He sold what little he had and, along with his wife, settled in Seville. Things didn’t go much better for him in Spain either, although at least he can spend all day doing what he likes best: doing nothing.
Dos mexicanos en Sevilla
1942 · 3 votes
Movie6.6Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though, and...
Cupido pierde a Paquita
1955 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMaid tries to smooth over the difficulties in her employers' marriage while juggling five or six potential boyfriends of her own.
Los paquetes de Paquita
1955 · 5 votes
Movie5.1Lives in a "model factory," designed to create a progressive community among the workers.
Movie6.8ComedyDramaHusband and wife share the spotlight as two of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers, but when they decide to pursue solo careers, a Spanish theatrical empresario and an Italian female chocolatier will threaten their marriage.
Dos corazones y un cielo
1959 · 6 votes
Movie6.4The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
La casa de la zorra
1945 · 5 votes
Movie6.4ComedyHorrorTwo journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared with her heart torn out, in what seems to be a human sacrifice. The investigation leads the reporters to a museum, whose director is the famous Doctor Gallardo.
Movie5.6Hubby latches onto a series of side-pieces and wifey finds it increasingly hard to put up with his behavior.
La calle de los amores
1954 · 5 votes