Fernando Cortés
Director · 1909 – 1979 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
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.
Movies19
Movie5.8ComedyMusicGlobe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
Las cinco noches de Adán
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.2CrimeThrillerThe story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.
3 citas con el destino
1954 · 6 votes
Movie6.8ComedyDramaFrivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle.
Las tandas del principal
1949 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceManuel, the manager of the (real-life) Hotel Condado Beach in San Juan, and his assistant Paquito decide to promote their establishment by offering free "honeymoons in Puerto Rico" to newlywed couples.
Luna de miel en Puerto Rico
1966 · 3 votes
Movie5.4Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.
El amor las vuelve locas
1946 · 5 votes
Movie5.6Newly-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 collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good.
Recién casados... no molestar
1951 · 5 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaTarget of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
El gato sin botas
1957 · 12 votes
Movie5.3Cinco fueron escogidos taking place in Slavko, a "peaceful town in Yugoslavia," with only Yugoslavians and Germans as characters, not a Mexican or Spaniard in sight. Another interesting point about Cinco fueron escogidos is the existence of an alternate version, shot in English with a different cast (at least in major roles). Sadly, this film, usually referred to as "Five Were Chosen" but sometimes called "Hostages" (not to be confused with the somewhat similar 1943 Hollywood movie with that title), appears to be lost. García Riera indicates the English-language version was screened in Mexico, at least for the press, but does not seem to have been released commercially in the Mexico or the USA. Since Herbert Kline was well-known for his leftist views, it's not surprising to note that many of the imported Hollywood actors were also left-leaning (and in fact more than one was blacklisted during the Red Scare era).
Cinco fueron escogidos
1943 · 6 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMusicLight comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
1942 · 7 votes
Movie6.3International committee mounts a revue to promote Pan-American unity. Showbiz hotel rom-com hilarity ensues.
La liga de las canciones
1941 · 3 votes
Movie6.4ComedyIn Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.
La hija del regimiento
1944 · 5 votes
Movie5.8Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.
El globo de Cantolla
1944 · 5 votes
Movie6.2ComedyThe wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
Movie6.3DramaComedyBedroom farce, with three men claiming the same woman as their mistress.
Cinco minutos de amor
1941 · 3 votes
Movie5.7Los tres pecados
1966 · 3 votes
Movie6.6RomanceDramaA group of nuns raise an abandoned baby as their own inside a convent.
- Movie9.0Comedy
To marry a second time, a woman pretends to be the mother of only one daughter, when in fact she has four.
Hoy cumple años mamá
1948 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaSocialist librarian gets mixed up in the family life of a spoiled rich girl and her screwball family.
La pícara Susana
1945 · 3 votes
MovieMusicComedyA group of musicians try to establish a pacifist Latin American philharmonic orchestra. They must face the efforts of an American spy to ruin the project.