Manuel Noriega
Birthday: 1880-07-24
Place of Birth: Colombres, Asturias, España
Biography: Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (July 24, 1880 - August 12, 1961) was a stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well in Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film, "Pepita Jiménez." Married to Hortensia Castañeda, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961.
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Soulless Women
Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga...
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The Macabre Trunk
A crazed scientist tries to keep his terminally ill wife alive by transfusing into her the blood of ...
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You’re Missing the Point
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to k...
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Macario
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife coo...
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When the Children are Gone
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, ...
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Morenita clara
Priest nags a crusty old man into reconciling with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after the d...
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Mystery of the Ghastly Face
Dr. Forti carries out strange experiments, assisted by his son Pablo. They embark on an expedition t...
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Mi madrecita
Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when ...
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Hooray for Women!
Movie in which funny situations based on the entanglements caused by a woman named Felicidad to her ...
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The Dead Speak
Professor Jiménez believes the human retina retains the image of the last thing a person sees before...
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Romeo y Julieta
Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, ir...
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¡A volar, joven!
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rul...
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El Supersabio
Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez B...
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Con su amable permiso
Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a ...
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Mexican Bus Ride
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remot...
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The River and Death
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican villag...
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommis...
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The Abduction
In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has dis...
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Encadenada (El yugo)
A marriage becomes a living hell when hubby's pathologies start surfacing....
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Ave sin rumbo
A woman with a past meets a man with a past; the back story of each one represents an obstacle to th...
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El ametralladora
Peasant farmer and landowner are rivals for a woman. Sequel to Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes....
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Pepita Jimenez
On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of ...
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda ...
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El charro Negro
Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four....
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In the Times of Don Porfirio
In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost fo...
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Viviré otra vez
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes t...
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Dos tipos de cuidado
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they e...
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Alejandra
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La zandunga
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the pro...
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Twilight
Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pin...
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Cinco rostros de mujer
"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which ...
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The Barracks
The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push throug...
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Conozco a los dos
Twin brothers separated at birth accidentally meet each other 25 years later. Girlfriends and cowork...
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The Cockfighter
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violen...
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La mujer que engañamos
Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejecte...
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Los apuros de mi ahijada
Irresponsible playboy-type needs to cut down on his nightclubbing and his expensive women-friends an...
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Las cuatro milpas
Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and ...
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A media luz
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson....
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Reportaje
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve....
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El calvario de una esposa
Confederate Col. Lafe Harvey (Earl Ross) travels home after the Civil War, where he must tell his ni...
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Eterna mártir
A dedicated wife and mother takes the blame for embezzling money that was actually stolen by her hus...
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Tarzan and the Mermaids
A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god B...
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Two Monks
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan, and suddenly ...
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Cuatro noches contigo
Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives ...
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the...
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Tragic Weddings
Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan ...
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San Francisco de Asís
Historical drama on the life of the medieval Italian saint, Francis of Assisi....
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