Mimí Derba
Mimí Derba (1893–1953) was a Mexican actress and the first female director in Mexico. Derba founded one of the very first Mexican production companies, Azteca Films. She had a successful career in Vaudeville before entering films.
Dos tipos de cuidado
as Doña JosefaJorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when...
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You the Rich
as La MillonariaPepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
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Me he de comer esa tuna
as uncreditedIn rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose...
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Salon Mexico
as Señora directoraMercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when...
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Woman Without a Soul
as Mamá de TeresaAmbitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.
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Wild Flower
as Doña ClaraThe film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of...
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A Letter of Love
as Doña RosaMoments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a...
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Cuando lloran los valientes
as Mamá de CristinaA farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
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The Seminarian
as NunReturning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume...
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La malquerida
as Dona MercedesEmilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and...
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Rosauro Castro
as Doña MargaritaCardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr....
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La loca de la casa
as Madre superioraNovice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.
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Cuatro horas antes de morir
as uncreditedThe film tells the intense countdown of a man sentenced to death.
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Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
as Doña BeatrizA low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her...
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Sangre en el barrio
as uncreditedSlumlord and his daughter interfere in the lives of the proletariat for personal gratification.
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El espectro de la novia
as uncreditedBritish-born David T. Bamberg was a magician who went by the stage name of Fu Manchu. He was so...
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Soul Sacrifice
as uncreditedSoul Sacrifice is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.
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Fantasía ranchera
as uncreditedYoung composer in a small town where everyone is very nurturing of his talent finishes his first...
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The Absentee
as Doña Elena, madre de IsabelAfter arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a...
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Martín Garatuza
as uncreditedSixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of...
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María Eugenia
as VirginiaBefore marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the...
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Acapulco
as Abuela de RicardoYoung lady goes shopping for a millionaire husband.
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México de mis recuerdos
as Tía GertrudisAfter listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don...
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La trepadora
as uncreditedRomantic triangles between city folk and country folk, with new money/old money issues...
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Santa
as Doña ElviraSanta is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot...
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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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Nosotras, las taquígrafas
as Mamá de BerthaYoung women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
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La hija del penal
as uncreditedA young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island...
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La casa de la zorra
as uncreditedThe owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute...
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La vida en broma
as Doña EugeniaMany many mistaken identities and impostures overlapping among a group of husbands, wives and...
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Mi mujer no es mía
as uncreditedBachelor pretends that he got married, thinking that will stop his aunt from trying to play...
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Inmaculada
as Madre de Luis AngelA single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she...
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Café Concordia
as uncreditedDuring the early XX Century, a lovely woman dancer has an amazing success in a place called...
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El capitán Malacara
as uncreditedMisogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he...
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El abandonado
as uncreditedBased on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and...
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White hair
as Doña EmiliaSinger's-rise-to-stardom plot combined with long-lost-son plot.
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La soñadora
as uncreditedLa soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.
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Rocambole
as Madre de AntonietaConvict breaks out of jail to undo aristocratic crimes involving a fortune in jewels, a servant...
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In Self Defense
as uncreditedThe recently orphaned Enriqueta has to work to earn a living; She finds a job with the widower...
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