Carlos Martínez Baena
Nascimento : 1889-05-07, Madrid, Spain
Morte : 1971-05-29
História
Carlos Martinez Baena was a character actor, who was born in Spain. At an early age he moved with his family to Mexico where he became a journalist. By 1920 he decided to become an actor while he was living in Argentina, and shortly afterward moved to Spain where he worked as a stage actor, eventually ppearing in films in Argentina, Spain and the U.S in Spanish language films made in the early and mid 1930s. In 1940 he returned to Mexico, escaping the fascist Franco goverment in Spain. The following year he began appearing in Mexican films in character parts, he was often cast as kindly old men, teachers, priests and appeared in many character parts. He was also very involved in the actor's union, during his career he also wrote and adapted sceenplays as well as writing poetry. In 1970 he completed his last film at the age 80, also a character part.
Javier
In late September, Iñigo comes to Madrid to study psychology and stays at the home of his sister Esther, who lives with a porn story writer called Gabriel and that is not going through its best. The three start a relationships sneaking, but neither will find it easy to tell if it's a simple adventure or if they are living a love story.
A trama gira em torno de uma mulher que não sabe sua origem, criada como filha do rico patrono "branco", ela é na verdade filha da empregada negra.
Profesor
A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
Profesor
Inocêncio Prieto y Calvo recebe uma carta dizendo que ele é o herdeiro da fortuna de seu tio de dois milhões de pesos. Não sendo capaz de ler, ele não faz ideia de quem enviou a carta ou o seu conteúdo. Então ele vai à farmácia porque o farmacêutico pode ler-lhe a carta. Mas enquanto espera para ser ajudado, ele vê que uma menina sabe ler. Ele então acha que precisa descobrir o conteúdo da carta sozinho, então decide guardar a carta e ir à escola para aprender a ler.
Nun tries to heal the relationship between a six-year-old boy and his estranged father.
Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.
Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.
Dr. Everardo Fuentes
An evil mastermind, known as La mano negra, attempts to steal a formula that creates synthetic drugs but a masked avenger known as La sombra will do anything to stop him.
Rich 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...
Masked wrestler vs. gothic criminal gang. Third or fourth in a series.
Doctor Robles
Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With them lives Soledad, goddaughter Clara. A day comes Carlos, nephew of Juan Manuel, who is interested in Soledad. Carlos is going to study medicine in the United States and maintains correspondence with Soledad. Juan Manuel shows interest in Soledad but prevents Clara meet her. She is the daughter of Clara, who hid that Juan Manuel had killed the father of Soledad and also caused her blindness.
Priest
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Padre Julián
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
don Pedro Almeida
Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her grandfather administrates. He doesn't reveal his real identity and they fall madly in love. Tania, Raúl's sister-in-law, secretly loves him and she decides to separate them by simulating a car accident from which Gabriela temporarily becomes paralized. Aware that they will marry, Tania makes the girl believe that Raúl is marrying her out of compassion, causing Gabriela to disappear from the residence...
Sacerdote (uncredited)
A woman of low estate is beloved of a promising young man, but sacrifices her love for him in order to protect his future and reputation.
Padre Velasco
Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident, he is suddenly intent on her becoming his wife and courts her until she agrees to marry him. Francisco is a dedicated husband, but little by little his passion starts to exhibit disturbing traits. Nevertheless, Gloria meets with scepticism as she expresses her worries to their acquaintances.
Doctor Amado Castellanos
Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.
Don Cándido Reyes
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Padre Guzman
Para conquistar Rosário, Margarito finge ser o famoso fora da lei "Siete Machos", assim chamado porque "ele possui a coragem de sete machos".
Don Sebastian, el profe
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?
Músico vagabundo (as Carlos M. Baena)
Mexican romantic musical.
Padre Juan
Stage magician Fu Manchu uses his illusions and trickeries to find a murderer.
Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
Profesor Archimedes Monteagudo
A ambiciosa família Montes tem em sua casa o cientista Archimedes Monteagudo e seu assistente Cantinflas, que cuida do bem-estar de ambos. O professor está prestes a fazer uma grande descoberta: extrair da água do mar os componentes de um combustível que substituiria a gasolina carburex. A Cantinflas, por sua vez, quer descobrir um composto que permita prolongar a longevidade das rosas.
Don Jorge Rute
Melodrama about marital infidelity.
Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
Venice Film Festival 1948
Esteban (as Carlos M. Baena)
Legendary superstar María Félix, stars in this melodrama noir playing the role of Raquel, a woman who has a passionate love affair with married aristocrat Antonio. However, a sensual sculpture untitled “The Kneeling Goddess” and modeled after Raquel will lead Antonio down a memory lane he'd rather soon forget.
Rosendo Buendía
Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears make-up, she goes out un-chaperoned... Granny sees her rubbing up against a married man and it shatters her health.
Cura Camacho (as Carlos M. Baena)
A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
Writer
A documentary, with some fictionalized images, about the operations and combat that took place near Huesca in the first months of 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.
Writer
A pro-Republican documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It details the offensives of the Durruti Column and the Ascaso Division on the Huesca front between March and April 1937.
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