Dolores del Río

A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.

Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.

Documentary depicting Mexican society, in honor of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. With a prologue by José Revueltas.

A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos. The King of Spain has ordered Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven Italian Princesses, but he is smitten by the lowly peasant.

The women of a brothel adopt a foundling baby.

It is three years since Martín's wife, Angélica, mysteriously disappeared in the waters of the river. Despite the bad weather and ignoring the advice of Angélica's mother, Martín leaves the house. At that moment a strange pilgrim arrives in search of shelter. She can only stop for a few minutes because she has to go to the bridge to meet Adela, a girl with an appointment with Death.

1878년 황폐한 오클라호마 인디언 보호지역 이곳에서 질병과 기아에 굶주린 최후의 샤이언족 1천 여명이 그들의 원래 고향인 와이오밍으로 대 이주를 결심하고 감행하지만 그것을 저지하려는 백인들과의 처절한 사투가 벌어진다.

A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.

페이서(Pacer Burton: 엘비스 프레슬리 분)의 생일축하 잔치가 끝난 후, 귀가하던 마을 사람들이 잠복해 있던 인디언들에 의해 무참히 살해된다. 어느날 형과 함께 물건을 사기위해 마을에 들른 페이서는 마을 사람들로부터 인디언의 피가 섞였다는 이유로 비난을 받는다. 그날 오후, 인디언 추장 ‘버팔로 흔’(Buffalo Horn: 루돌프 아코스타 분)이 찾아와 페이서에게 자신들과 합류하여 백인들과 싸울 것을 강요한다. 그러나 그는 완강히 거부한다. 며칠 후, 지나가던 백인들을 친절히 대해주던 어머니가 농락당하자 그들을 쫓아내며 페이서는 백인들에게 환멸을 느끼기 시작한다. 이 사건 이후 이전까지 조금도 흔들림이 없던 페이서는 어머니와 함께 버팔로 흔을 따라 인디언 부락으로 향한다. 그들을 이해하게 되고 그들에게서 동족애마저 느끼게 되지만 어머니와 함께 다시 집으로 돌아오는 페이서. 그러나 인디언에게 부상당한 채 복수의 기회를 노리던 백인의 총에 어어니가 피살되고 마을의 의사에게 왕진을 요청하지만 거부당하자 페이서의 분노가 시작된다. 결국 어머니를 묻으며 백인에 대한 복수를 결심하게 되는 페이서는 형과 아버지에게 작별을 고하고 인디언 부락으로 향하는데...

A man dies and his mistress gives their son to his wife. Twenty years later...

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

One of the boys is a radical, one's a playboy, and the girls want to get jobs first before they think about marriage! Mom and Pop have their own #firstworldproblems.

The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the peak of his profession. Written by Jim Beaver

Ranchera melodrama transferred to a Spanish setting.

Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Liberal 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.

A man comes to a village to marry a girl, but upon meeting the bride's sister, he falls in love with her.

Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and became his love. Although he was engaged to another, Fernando decided to return to the city to complete his commitment to her and finally reunited with Amalia, but the facts do not happen as they had planned.

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.

Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house.

영화는 주기도문의 마지막 구절인 `모든 나라와 권세와 영광`에서 착안한 그레이엄 그린의 "권력과 영광"을 영화로 옮긴 것이다. 기독교를 탄압하는 권력층을 피해 도망 다니는 신부의 나약함과 패배감, 전락을 거쳐 죽음을 통한 구원에 이르는 길을 따라가면 광대한 모뉴먼트 밸리의 풍광은 종교적 숭고에 이른다. 브레송적인 서부극이라 할만한 기이한 걸작.

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevented from consummating their love, Ricardo is going to Guanajuato where again later become the rich owner of a mine. On his return, fate has prepared a tragic encounter with Amalia.

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.

마리아 칸델라리아는 모든 마을 사람들로부터 따돌림을 당하는 존재다. 그녀를 사랑하고 도우려고 하는 유일한 존재인 로렌조는 병에 걸린 마리아를 위해 약을 훔치다가 이로 인해 감옥에 갇히게 된다. 그를 감옥에서 구하기 위해 화가의 모델로 일하며 돈을 모으던 마리아는 누드모델이 되어 달라는 제안을 받고 거절한다. 하지만 그녀에게 알리지 않은 채, 화가는 다른 모델을 고용해서 누드화를 완성하고, 이 그림이 마리아의 것으로 오해를 받으면서 그녀는 비극적인 운명에 처하게 된다. 오로즈코나 리베라 등의 벽화화가들처럼 멕시코 문화의 가치를 드러낸 영화감독으로 인정받고 있는 에밀리오 페르난데스 감독의 세 번째 장편영화이자 그의 대표작.

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.

A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle on land for the affections of dance-hall girl Carmen (Dolores del Rio). She marries Dorgan but makes a play for Mason when her husband is on duty. The romantic rivalry is forgotten when Dorgan must rescue Mason and his crew from a sunken sub.

Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.

A failed actor finds success as a radio singer.

At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.

Dolores Del Rio plays 18th-century French courtesan DuBarry like a 20th-century golddigger on the make. Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon (Victor Jory), former street waif DuBarry charms her way into the heart -- and boudoir -- of gouty King Louis XV (Reginald Owen).

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.

남태평양을 항해하던 요트가 폴리네시아의 한 섬에 다다르자 원주민들은 거룻배를 타고 나와 환영한다. 한편, 상어가 나타나자 선원 조니가 미끼를 던지다 그만 바다에 빠지고 만다. 아름다운 원주민 여인 루아나가 조니를 구하고, 두 사람은 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 그녀는 이미 이웃 섬에 시집 가기로 되어 있다. 선원과 원주민 여인의 사랑과 모험을 그린 작품. 할리우드의 심의 규정이 강화되기 전이었으나, 돌로레스 델 리오가 나체로 수영하는 장면은 논란을 불러일으키기도 했다.

Girl of the Rio finds the gorgeous Dolores del Rio as a cabaret dancer in the employment of slick gambler, Leo Carrillo, who has his eye on the beauty. When she falls for Norman Foster, Carrillo has him locked away. Del Rio must use her smarts to ensure her man is safely freed.

In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.

A sculptor dreams about his work coming to life and having various adventures.

A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.

Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.

German documentary about Hollywood

Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.

Rascha, the wild daughter of Costa, the Gypsy bear tamer, swears revenge on Jorga, her father's enemy, when he cuts off her braids (a sign of disgrace among the Gypsies).

No Other Woman

Based on the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of 1884 about a young woman of partial Native American descent, who experiences love and loss in 1800s California.

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

John Griffith Wray silent South America romantic melodrama starring Dolores Del Rio, Walter Pidgeon, Anders Randolf, Lesle Fenton, and Noble Johnson.

The Loves of Carmen is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh. The film, based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée, stars Dolores del Río in the title role, and Don Alvarado as Jose.

Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.

Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.

U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...

Richard Castleman, master of Winnecrest Hall in Louisiana, goes on a sea voyage recommended by his cousin and physician, Harry Chilton, who thereupon begins romancing Castleman's fiancée, Jeanne Lamont. When word arrives of Castleman's death, Chilton prepares to usurp the fortune and property of the dead man. Danny Rowland, who is found wounded by two wandering crooks, Dominie and The Squirrel, opportunely arrives at the estate seeking food and rest; and because of his resemblance to Castleman, he is welcomed as the master. Dominie is introduced as an English cleric and The Squirrel as an Italian count, while Danny falls in love with Jeanne, who believes him to be her fiancé. Chilton, however, suspects the trio and finally unmasks them. It then develops that Danny actually is Castleman, who had decided to reform the two men who befriended him and to expose the dishonesty of his cousin.

Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a reporter.

Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash. She falls in love with John Wilmore, a gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the crowd of gold-digging gigolos and hustlers she knows.