Cine de 1948
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- DirectorJosé GiaccardiStarsJulio EstradaAventuras de un mexicano en África
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsTito GuízarBlanca Estela PavónTito JuncoA Mexican Revolution soldier falls in love with a woman who killed his brother, then discovers she was more involved.
- DirectorEnrique GómezStarsAna MariscalFernando ReyRafael CalvoA rich man tries to induce his ichthyology-affectionate son to marry and enter the real world instead of concentrating on fishes. He chooses for his son a young woman and sends him to town for some leisure.
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsEsther FernándezDavid SilvaRosita FornésLa Carne Manda, (The Flesh Commands is yet another romantic drama from the well-known Director and Actor, Chano Urueta. It tells the tale of a man who finds himself caught up in a torrid love triangle with two beautiful women. One is a talented outgoing blonde cabaret performer played by actress (and singer in her own right), Rosita Fornes. The other woman in this three-way relationship is played by the dark-haired siren, Esther Fernandez, (who was married to actor Antonio Badu at this time). Interestingly, although Fornes starred in only a half-dozen or so films during her entire career, she was able to make an impact as an the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. The film also features performances by Jose Pulido and Eva Calo, and is highlighted by several musical numbers.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMaría FélixCarlos López MoctezumaFernando FernándezCalled by the Mexican President himself, and in spite of a heart condition, young teacher Rosaura Salazar travels to the deserted town of Rio Escondido to accomplish the mission of bringing education to the poorest people. Being there, Salazar has to fight Regino Sandoval the evil landlord of the town. He has transformed the town into his own property, imposing his will and spreading death everywhere.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasPerla AguiarCarlos Martínez BaenaCantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition.
- DirectorHomero ManziRalph PappierStarsHugo del CarrilEmma GramaticaAída LuzAn old beggar girl, only followed by a crowd of dogs, stops in front of a yard. A succession of memories shakes the old woman: her only son, attracted by a woman of bad life, left the job, the girlfriend of the neighborhood and left for distant lands. The return of the boy did not resolve things, but, on the contrary, triggered conflict, betrayals and deaths.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordRon RandellA beautiful but amoral gypsy girl entices a young dragoon to betray his honor and get cashiered from the service, and for her sake he soon turns to a life of crime.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsDana AndrewsGene TierneyJune HavocThe story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsGuillermo CallesEsther FernándezGilberto GonzálezIn this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
- DirectorTito DavisonStarsSara GarcíaMarga LópezDomingo SolerAn old maid who controls the house of a widower and his children has an important secret.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsOlga ZubarryGuillermo BattagliaEduardo CuitiñoA murderer terrorizes a city by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López".
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottRobert RyanAnne JeffreysWhen part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsIngrid BergmanCharles BoyerCharles LaughtonIllegal refugees lead dark lives in pre-World War II Paris.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsGeorge BrentJane PowellLauritz MelchiorA young girl stows away aboard a luxury liner which is full of musical stars--and which her father just happens to be the captain.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsStewart GrangerJoan GreenwoodFlora RobsonYoung Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark.
- DirectorCharles BartonWalter LantzStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloLon Chaney Jr.The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.