Cantinflas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as costarring with David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days (1956). As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was himself politically conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against charrismo, the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions. Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a venture capitalist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cantinflas,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Around the World in Eighty Days
as PassepartoutBased on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...
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El bolero de Raquel
as BoleroThe film tells an episode of the life of a kindly hearted bootblack who becomes accidentally the...
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¡A volar, joven!
as CantinflasCantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following...
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El padrecito
as Padre SebastiánYoung priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not...
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El profe
as Sócrates GarcíaMario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests...
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El Siete Machos
as Margarito / El Siete MachosRosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in...
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Por mis pistolas
as Fidencio BarrenilloFidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old...
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You’re Missing the Point
as CantinflasCantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order...
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El patrullero 777
as Diógenes BravoFollows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right...
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Sube y baja
as CantinflasIt is the story of a sportsman who is a little bit dumber than most people but nevertheless he...
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El analfabeto
as Inocencio Prieto y CalvoInocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of...
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El señor fotógrafo
as CantinflasCantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some...
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Soy un prófugo
as CantinflasA janitor in a large bank is accused of pulling of a major heist. He is forced to become a...
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El barrendero
as NapoleonA cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous...
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Pepe
as PepeMario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood...
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Si yo fuera diputado
as CantinflasCantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws...
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Cantinflas Ruletero
as uncreditedCantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a...
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The Unknown Policeman
as Agente 777A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces...
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El señor doctor
as Salvador Medina / ChavaIt's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town......
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One Day with the Devil
as Juan PérezCantinflas, on a drunken night, becomes Army soldier. Soon, he meets the Devil who tries to make...
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Romeo y Julieta
as RomeoVerona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the...
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El bombero atómico
as Agente 777Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose...
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El circo
as El ZapateroA cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the...
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Tailored gentleman
as CantinflasCantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in...
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Conserje en Condominio
as UrsuloAfter reading in the newspaper, Úrsulo runs to seek employment. It is the position of caretaker...
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El Extra
as RogacianoCantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at...
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El Supersabio
as CantinflasCantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos...
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Cantinflas y su prima
as uncreditedCantinflas appears flirting with a lady until her lover arrives. Angry, Cantinflas call the...
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Your Excellency
as Lopez 'Lopitos' / His Excellency the Ambassador of Los CocosLopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current...
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El Portero
as CantinflasCantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn...
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El Mago
as CantinflasA slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.
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Un Quijote sin mancha
as Justo LealA lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in...
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Cantinflas boxeador
as uncreditedWe see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.
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Así es mi tierra
as TejónWith revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the...
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Ni sangre ni arena
as CantinflasCantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also,...
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Entrega Inmediata
as FelicianoImmediate delivery recounts the misadventures of Feliciano Callosum (Cantinflas), a postman who...
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Jengibre contra Dinamita
as uncreditedHe shows us a poor Cantinflas like a rat that walks with a sad hatter and ends up in a bar where...
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El ministro y yo
as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a...
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Love Your Neighbor
as LuisThis film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital,...
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Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
as Sancho PanzaA new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes...
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Gran Hotel
as CantinflasCantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the...
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Águila o sol
as Polito SolAt birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. They are Polito Sol and his siblings,...
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The Sign of Death
as CantinflasTwo journalists, Carlos and Lola, investigate the murder of a young woman whose body appeared...
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The Three Musketeers
as Cantinflas / D'Artagnan (as Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas')Cantinflas and three friends return a stolen necklace to an actress who invites them to be...
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Drop the Curtain
as CantinflasCantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French...
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No te engañes corazón
as CantiNo te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first...
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Carnaval en el trópico
as CantinflasThree Mexican friends decide to go to Vercacruz Carnaval to celebrate. There they watch...
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Siempre listo en las tinieblas
as uncreditedCantinflas will face a thief who enters his house while he sleeps.
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Mexican Moods
as SelfThis 1942 travelogue film, directed by Aldo Ermini and sponsored by the Office of the...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Oscars
as SelfAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Cantinflas Show
as CantinflasCantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets...
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