Joaquín Pardavé
Joaquín Pardavé Arce (September 30, 1900 – July 20, 1955) was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s. In some of them, Pardavé paired with one of Mexico's most famous actresses, Sara García, the films which they starred are El baisano Jalil, El barchante Neguib, El ropavejero, and La familia Pérez. Both actors had on-screen chemistry together, and are noted for playing a wide variety of comic characters from Lebanese foreigners to middle-class Mexicans.
You’re Missing the Point
as Cayetano LastreCantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order...
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El mil amores
as ChabeloCarmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen...
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¡Que viene mi marido!
as Don ValerianoRom-com: collecting on a big inheritance "forces" a family to play games with their daughter's...
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Every Madman to His Specialty
as Justiniano conquiánJulio Cesar (Enrique Herrera), writer of soap operas, is very upset nerves. Dr. Jimenez (Alberto...
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El Gran Makakikus
as uncreditedUncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
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When the Children are Gone
as Don CasimiroUnjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new...
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In the Times of Don Porfirio
as don RodrigoIn a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian,...
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En un burro tres baturros
as uncreditedThree Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.
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Perez Family
as Gumaro PérezGumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though...
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La virtud desnuda
as uncreditedA certain young woman won't allow her virtuous reputation to be compromised... until her suitors...
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El hombre inquieto
as Don Raful CaimAdult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.
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Mi campeón
as Don Choforito MorenoCatita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important...
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Los Hijos De Don Venancio
as uncreditedSpanish immigrant wants his sons to join him in running his business, but they all have other...
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Una gallega en México
as uncreditedThe Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates...
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To the Sound of the Marimba
as uncreditedShabby-genteel big city family tries to marry their daughter off to a wealthy landowner from the...
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Mi adorada Clementina
as uncreditedA woman in an unhappy marriage trades places with her grandmother's ghost; Grandma whupps the...
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Una gallega baila mambo
as uncreditedLadylike widow hires a roughneck neighbor to help her marry off her daughter and collect an...
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Caballo A Caballo
as uncreditedTwo con-men end up at a country estate, where they thwart some jewel-thieves.
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Primero soy Mexicano
as uncreditedUSA-educated doctor goes home for the first time in years. Culture shock.
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Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
as Don SimónA not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and...
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Reportaje
as Thief with arabic accentReporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
as don Severo de los Rios / don PlacidoLight comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed...
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Viviré otra vez
as ChufasCard-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother...
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Canción del alma
as uncreditedJose and Esperanza got married just before the Revolution blew up, and they got separated in the...
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México de mis recuerdos
as Don Susanito PeñafielAfter listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don...
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El baisano Jalil
as uncreditedAristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil,...
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Doña Mariquita de mi corazón
as UbaldoAdolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real...
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El barchante Neguib
as NeguibSmall-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career...
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El ropavejero
as uncreditedCirilo, a used clothes dealer, falls in love with Maria, who works as a cook in a house. One day...
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Cinco fueron escogidos
as uncreditedCinco fueron escogidos taking place in Slavko, a "peaceful town in Yugoslavia," with only...
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Ojos de juventud
as uncreditedA bad woman exploits her husband's love. Infidelity, illegitimate children, self-sacrificing...
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The Guys from Penjamo
as uncreditedWhen he hears how his grandfather left illegitimate children scattered all over the county, a...
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Like All Mothers
as uncreditedThe story of a single mother and her children, and the lives that cross their paths.
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El casto Susano
as uncreditedFather and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they...
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Pueblo, canto y esperanza
as uncreditedAnthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
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Dark Angel
as Don LucianoDespite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
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Ladies Club
as Don Susanito PeñafielLonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.
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From Can-Can to Mambo
as Don Susanito Llueve o TrueneYoung man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.
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¿Quién te quiere a tí?
as Rogaciano GutiérrezNeither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good...
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Mi candidato
as uncreditedYoung silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
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A los cuatro vientos
as uncreditedCareer-biography of a fictional ranchera singer, played by Rosita Quintana.
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Pompeyo el conquistador
as uncreditedTimid guy creates an alter-ego who will get tough with people while he continues being gentle...
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Tierra brava
as uncreditedFinancier threatens to foreclose on a cigar-factory's mortgage, but a secret benefactor pays off...
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Jalisco nunca pierde
as uncreditedArranged marriages vs romance down on the hacienda.
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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
as Don BodrozDuring the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must...
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La zandunga
as Don Catarino, el alcaldeIt is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the...
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Adios Juventud
as uncreditedNostalgic comedy about medical students circa 1905.
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The Girls Aunt
as Goyo BecerraTwo middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men...
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Dos pesos dejada
as uncreditedComedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps...
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Arriba el norte
as uncreditedHusband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her...
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El jefe máximo
as uncreditedA 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
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Los viejos somos así
as uncreditedTwo card-sharps fall for the same woman.
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Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
as uncreditedEvery single student at Uni flips over the young woman that lives in the building across the...
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El sombrero de tres picos
as El CorregidorThe corregidor, or magistrate, of a small Spanish village tries to seduce the miller's wife,...
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