Elvira Quintana
Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer, and poet. her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in El buen ladrón (1957) before her breakthrough in Bolero inmortal (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in Dos hijos desobedientes (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty and talent, she became one of the most popular Mexican performers of the 1960s.
Film clips of songs by performers from around the world. (more)
Bolero Inmortal (1958)
Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man. (more)
Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man. (more)
El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest. (more)
Unscrupulous rich guy owns all the businesses in border towns, is challenged by town's new priest. (more)
Me llaman el cantaclaro (1964)
The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo. (more)
The story of the ruthless female boss of a hacienda who meets her match in the city-educated Santos Luzardo. (more)
The Curse of the Doll People
(1961)
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families. (more)
Four men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families. (more)
Se alquila marido (1961)
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns. (more)
Female CEO hires a man to pass as her husband and act as figurehead of her business concerns. (more)
The Cha Cha Cha Widows (1955)
Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance band... And then... (more)
Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance band... And then... (more)
Los tigres del ring (1960)
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two. (more)
Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two. (more)
El vendedor de muñecas (1955)
A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men. (more)
A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men. (more)
La ley de las pistolas (1960)
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand. (more)
Fancy shooting-iron awarded as a prize in a marksmanship competition, passes from hand to hand. (more)
Una pasión me domina (1961)
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right. (more)
Unscrupulous landowner and his family are trying to deny water rights to the townsfolk. Particular beef with the guy that runs the mill. Ultimately the Revolution rolls through town and helps put everything right. (more)
Duelo indio (1961)
A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas." (more)
A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas." (more)
Amor a balazo limpio (1961)
Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death. (more)
Hired gunman tries and fails to kill The Sheriff. Then the gunman's kid brother coms to town, thinking The Sheriff is to blame for the gunman's death. (more)
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert) (1962)
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree! (more)
An American priest is hired as coach at a Mexican university; he trains his students in the ways of American football and moral rectitude. You ain't gonna sire no babies out of wedlock on Father Lambert's watch, no siree! (more)
Lástima de ropa (1962)
Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl... (more)
Millionaire goes slumming, meets a girl... (more)
La divina garza (1963)
Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas. (more)
Film of 1963 directed by Humberto Gómez Landero, starring Elvira Quintana, Manuel Capetillo and Joaquín García Vargas. (more)
Tres palomas alborotadas (1963)
Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends. (more)
Controlling papa won't let his daughters have boyfriends. (more)
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
(1964)
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes. (more)
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes. (more)
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s) (1964)
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution. (more)
Young woman and her godfather make up a story about her past in order to trick a suitor into marrying her. Then she becomes a musical comedy star and Mexican Revolution. (more)