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As part of the set design work, two production assistants contracted smallpox while handling antique clothing and period furniture, so the Ministry of Health declared the film studio quarantined. [3] The film led to the founding of the production company Mex-Art (Impulsora Cinematográfica), owned by businessmen Pablo Bush and Alfonso Sánchez ...
Viva Villa! is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book Viva Villa! by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade. The film was shot on location in Mexico and produced by David O. Selznick.
El fantasma del convento (1934) directed by Fernando de Fuentes, this early Mexican horror film is set in a haunted convent and is considered one of the earliest examples of Mexican horror cinema. La Llorona (1933) Directed by Ramón Peón, this film draws from the Mexican legend of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman), a ghostly figure said to roam ...
Thunder Over Mexico: Sergei Eisenstein: Drama, History. 1933 Mexico Prisoner 13: El prisionero trece: Fernando de Fuentes: Drama, War. 1933 Mexico Revolution: Revolución: Miguel Contreras Torres: Drama, Adventure, War. 1934 Mexico Godfather Mendoza: El compadre Mendoza: Fernando de Fuentes: Drama, War. Based on an unknown story. 1934 United ...
¡Viva México! - Alma insurgente, El grito de Dolores ("Viva Mexico! (The Cry of Delores)") is a 1934 Mexican film about the events that caused the Mexican War of Independence. It stars Sara García.
El fantasma del convento was co written and produced by Jorge Pezet and directed by Fernando de Fuentes.Development and production for the film began in 1933. Following the success of La Llorona which was based on the legendary spirit of the same name, and was co-written by director Fuentes, the filmmakers quickly decided to follow-up with the film's success with another horror film.
In a Gothic monastery, an ailing monk, Brother Javier, has been acting out with violent emotions.The prior, fearing that he might be possessed by evil spirits, asks a new monk, Brother Juan, to tend to him.
This change reflected Mexico's evolving national identity and military heritage. Presidential Transition: On November 30, 1934, Lázaro Cárdenas assumed the presidency from Abelardo L. Rodríguez, following a successful federal election. Cárdenas' presidency marked the beginning of significant social and economic reforms in Mexico. [1]