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Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2025

El Muchacho Alegre -- May 5, 2025

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tsutpen.blogspot.com Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I borrowed the Luis Aguilar poster from the wonderful blog If Charlie Parker Was a Guns...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Bugambilia -- May 5, 2023

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listal.com Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. Dolores del Rio may have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was proud of her Mexican...
Thursday, May 5, 2022

El Fanfarron -- May 5, 2022

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tsutpen.blogspot.com Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. Jorge Negrete was a popular actor and singer during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema....
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

El rey del barrio -- May 5, 2021

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  listal.com Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone. Germán Valdés, who used the stage name Tin-Tan, was a popular character. He often dressed as a p...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

El Automóvil Gris -- May 5, 2020

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Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone. Enrique Rosas directed El automóvil gris in Mexico in 1919. It made a big impression at a recent San Fr...
Sunday, May 5, 2019

Cantinflas -- May 5, 2019

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www.listal.com Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I first saw Cantinflas as Passepartout in Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days . I...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Lupita Tovar, RIP -- November 16, 2016

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www.listal.com I was sad to learn of the death, at the age of 106, of Mexican actress Lupita Tovar.  She was one of the last living peo...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! -- May 5, 2016

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www.lucywho.com Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! was an unpopular 1936 movie directed by Fernando de Fuentes.  ...
Friday, April 29, 2016

News of the Week April 29, 1916 -- April 29, 2016

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The 29-April-1916 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. "ju...
Friday, April 22, 2016

News of the Week April 22, 1916 -- April 22, 2016

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The 22-April-1916 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. ...
Friday, April 15, 2016

News of the Week April 15, 1916 -- April 15, 2016

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The 15-April-1916 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. "Not ...
Friday, September 11, 2015

News of the Week September 11, 1915 -- September 11, 2015

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The 11-September-1915 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. "...
Friday, August 28, 2015

News of the Week August 28, 1915 -- August 28, 2015

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The 28-August-1915 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. "May...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

El Muchacho Alegre -- May 5, 2015

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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. I borrowed the Luis Aguilar poster from the wonderful blog If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd ...
Friday, January 16, 2015

News of the Week January 16, 1915 -- January 16, 2015

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The 16-January-1915 Motography featured "News of the Week as Shown in Films," with items from current newsreels. "Ca...
Monday, September 15, 2014

A Trip Thru Barbarous Mexico -- September 15, 2014

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Moving Picture World , 13-March-1913   The Mexican Revolution was a hot subject for US films.  Here we have an ad for Barbarous Mexico...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Villa is Getting More Famous Every Day! -- July 15, 2014

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Moving Picture World , 18-July-1914 Pancho Villa was a general during the Mexican Revolution.  In 1916 Villa and his troops raided Colu...
Monday, June 9, 2014

War With Huerta -- June 9, 2014

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The Magnet Film Releasing Company had two films about the Mexican Revolution.  War With Huerta , "An Exclusive and Original Moving P...
Monday, May 5, 2014

El Fanfarron -- May 5, 2014

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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. Jorge Negrete was a popular actor and singer during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.  It used to be hard t...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Barbarous Mexico -- March 14, 2014

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The Mexican Revolution was a hot subject for US films.  Here we have an ad for Barbarous Mexico , a five reel feature from the 01-March-1...