Esther Fernández
Actor · 1917 – 1999 · Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
From Wikipedia María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s. Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in hit movies including Amapola del Camino (1937), with Andrea Palma and Tito Guizar; Mi Candidato (1938), with Joaquín Pardavé and Pedro Armendàriz; and Los de Abajo, with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. Her popularity caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which promoted her films in Latin America and invited her to work in Hollywood. In 1943 she starred in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster, opposite Ricardo Montalban. In 1946 she acted in the Hollywood film Two Years Before the Mast, with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd. Her last appearance was in the film Reclusorio II (1997).
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Movie6.5AdventureDramaIn 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · 10 votes
Movie6.3DramaMusicMexican feature film
Ojos tapatios
1938 · 3 votes
Movie6.0Hipólito, el de Santa
1950 · 3 votes
Movie5.8Slum child, abandoned almost since birth, is reunited with his father.
El billetero
1953 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaIn a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.
Una luz en mi camino
1939 · 6 votes
Movie6.5DramaElderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
Los años de Greta
1992 · 6 votes
Movie6.3ComedyTwo brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948 · 3 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaIn this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
Movie6.0ComedyMusicTwo good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936 · 12 votes
Movie6.7DramaSometimes parents make the mistake of loving one child more than the others. Don José places blind trust in his son Pepe, who turns out to be the one committing the most serious faults within the family, while Raymundo is the one who pays for them. Remake of Cuando los hijos se van (1941).
Movie5.8Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
Mi candidato
1937 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaHer father dies... her fiance dumps her... and she can't find a job... so she covers the waterfront. And then one night...
Movie5.4Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset over this.
La santa del barrio
1948 · 5 votes
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
Movie6.7Orphan girl grows up, meets the wrong man and falls into disgrace.
Mujer
1947 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceLiberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Doña Perfecta
1951 · 11 votes
- Movie5.7CrimeDrama
Tu vida entre mis manos
1955 · 3 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceYolanda, the wife of renowned Spanish composer Enrique Montenegro, has grown weary of her husband's constant infidelities and neglect. While attending a bullfight, she meets the celebrated matador Eduardo Franco, and the two begin a romance
Movie7.3DramaComedyReporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje
1953 · 14 votes
Movie6.3DramaHistoryDuring the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
Movie6.0DramaThis post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing writers, who are clearly better-known for their cinematic talents in black and white . For instance, the film's Director Chano Urueta ( who became an acclaimed actor in his own right), actually co-wrote the script along with one of its principal actresses, namely Esther Fernandez, as well as adding in the literary abilities of a well-known movie-producer of the era named Luis Marique.
De pecado en pecado
1948 · 3 votes
Movie6.6ComedyDramaFernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, on a visit to Luis's grandmother, Doña Luisa, and his sister Esther. Unfortunately for the visitors, Luisa's goddaughter Rosita, is sitting near them in the same train car. She soon catches wind of the boys' wild tendencies, and makes a point of telling Luisa. Furious, the crotchety old woman decides to teach the bad boys a lesson by beating them senseless with her cane and forcing Luis to seek out a proper mate for Esther. Unfortunately, Esther has already fallen in love with Antonio - who could care less.
El lunar de la familia
1953 · 5 votes
Movie6.7MusicComedySequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
1956 · 3 votes
Movie5.8WarAdventureA stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
La fuga
1944 · 4 votes