Dolores Camarillo
Actor · 1910 – 1988 · San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Dolores Sepulveda Camarillo (March 31, 1910 – February 8, 1988) was a Mexican character actress of film, television, and theater. She also was a makeup artist for films, and was frequently billed as "Fraustita". The daughter of actors, Camarillo was a makeup artist for films in the 1930s. She was also a makeup teacher in the Andrés Soler Institute. She was married to fellow film actor Antonio R. Frausto, to whom she owed her professional nickname of "Fraustita", or meaning "little woman Frausto" Camarillo debuted as an actress in 1915 in the theatrical play, La cara de Dios (The Face of God). She appeared in 124 films from 1933 to 1986. One of her most prominent roles in her film career is that of "Paz" in the popular 1940 Cantinflas film Ahí está el detalle. In the film, she received the sixth billing, after her other co-stars. She also appeared in supporting roles with actor Joaquín Pardavé in the Lebanese character comedies El baisano Jalil (1942) and El barchante Neguib (1946).
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Movie7.5An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Picardía mexicana
1978 · 80 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaHuapango
1938 · 3 votes
Movie6.8Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.
Hoy he soñado con Dios
1972 · 4 votes
Movie6.4Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
El corrido de María Pistolas
1964 · 5 votes
Movie6.0"Problem drama" examining the pros and cons of euthanasia.
Mi madre es Culpable
1960 · 6 votes
Movie6.3ComedyTwo brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaWesternNorthern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
Movie6.9DramaA deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
- Movie5.7AdventureDrama
Los enamorados
1972 · 3 votes
Movie8.2ComedyCantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
- Movie5.7
Romcom with music: owner of an auto-repair shop woos the owner of a beauty parlor.
El cariñoso
1959 · 3 votes
Movie5.8DramaComedyTwo charros from Hacienda A come a-courtin' to hacienda B, owned by a friend of their father's. Also a horse-race.
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaComedyElderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter. Remake of En Tiempos De Don Porfirio.
Así amaron nuestros padres
1964 · 4 votes
Movie6.4DramaPriest feels a calling to open an orphanage.
La ciudad de los niños
1957 · 5 votes
Movie6.3MusicDramaIn a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is pregnant, is sent to Paris by the snubbed family.
Movie6.0CrimeMysteryInsurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
Mystery in Mexico
1948 · 12 votes
Movie6.7DramaHistoryAfter listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
México de mis recuerdos
1944 · 6 votes
Movie6.4WesternMusicWhen her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
Movie6.0DramaRomanceIn times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!
1943 · 9 votes
Movie6.7ComedyThis film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
Movie8.0ComedyMusicAlberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.
Movie6.0AdventureEl ogro
1971 · 3 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomanceMonja, casada, virgen y mártir
1935 · 3 votes
Movie5.8ComedyRomanceThree girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events.
El primer paso... de la mujer
1974 · 4 votes