Emilio Gomez Muriel Movies
Producer Emilio Gomez Muriel worked in Mexican cinema from 1934 to 1968. He got his start working as a film distribution executive and publicity man in the United States following university studies. He returned to Mexico in 1934 to produce such films as La Guerra de los Pasteles (The Cake War) (1943). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1971
Love and matrimony are the subject of this anthology comprised of several comedy vignettes. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mauricio Garces
- 1968
This comedy is a reworking of old vaudeville routines used to show some hilarious (at least they are intended to be) sex situations. Although several sex comedies have come from Argentina, this feature holds little resemblance to the more successful efforts of the genre. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Zulma Faiad, Jorge Barreiro, (more)
- 1965
This youth-oriented sci-fi adventure concerns four astronauts who travel to the Planet of Eternal Night. A young scientist named Daniel (Guillermo Murray) and his girlfriend Silvia (Adriana Roel) lead the mission, and take along a boxer and his manager for comic relief. The planet's occupants live underground because the surface is blindingly bright and hot, and they are ruled by The Protector (Jose Galvez), who wants to blow up the Earth with a death ray. The usual cartoonish adventures ensue, until Daniel and Silvia manage to save the day. Director Alfredo B. Crevenna's film looks like a 1930s Flash Gordon serial rather than a product of the '60s, but it was popular enough to bring the characters back for a sequel, El Planeta de los Mujeres Invasoras. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
This Mexican musical received American play under the title The Troubles of Two Roosters. A quartet of singing cavaliers wander into a ranch. They serenade the hired hands, then take a crack at honest work themselves. The film's comedy content doesn't play quite as well as its music, but it's possible the film seemed funnier twenty-five years ago. Los Apuros de dos Gallos has shown up from time to time on the various "Pelicula" presentations on Spanish-language cable TV. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1962
This Mexican thriller was the sequel to 1961's Neutron and the Black Mask. Nasty old Dr. Caronte (Julio Aleman), assumed to be dead, is back in harness. This time Caronte develops a race of robot monsters, with which he hopes to...all together now....RULE THE WORLD. But the mysterious masked Mexican superhero Neutron (played by Wolf Ruvinskis, so they say) isn't about to let Caronte have his way. El bang! El socko! El pow! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1961
Originally titled Neutron el Enmascarado Negro, the Mexican melodrama stars the legendary "mystery wrestler" Neutron (said to have been played by Wolf Ruvinskis, but who can tell?) Mad scientist Dr. Caronte (Julio Aleman) develops a neutron bomb, in hopes of taking over the world-or, at least, Guadalajara. With the help of his rassler pals, Neutron vanquishes Caronte and neutralizes his neutrons. That settles that, right? Wrong: less than a year later, a sequel to Neutron and the Black Mask appeared, with Caronte up to his old tricks. (Incidentally, why is this called Neutron and the Black Mask when Neutron is the Black Mask?) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The life of a powerful actress is examined in this tragedy. The film begins with her demise during a plane crash. Later, the men who loved her try to figure out why she was always so unhappy. Her story is told in flashback. It begins in a small town where she was a dress shop model. She used the money from that job to pay for her acting lessons. Later she is seen meeting the director of a theater group. This encounter eventually gets her involved with a Mexican film studio. As she becomes increasingly popular, she has a series of men in her life. Though she has become rich, powerful, and sought after, the woman still feels a great void in her life. To begin a new life, she takes a plane to Europe. Unfortunately the plane crashes and her life tragically ends. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maria Felix, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, (more)
- 1960
In a pitch for the ordinary Joe -- or Jose -- movie-goer, this tortilla western has the same salsa audiences have come to savor in popular, commercial Mexican films. Top-billed Pedro Armendariz and well-known singer Antonio Aguilar co-star as two men in real serious competition for the same woman. Arguments or drinking or both together lead to several fist-fights, interspersed with large doses of horseback riding and the requisite romantic songs. A few popular comedians provide comic relief and, as in most films of this type, a happy ending has to be a part of the whole package. Elvira Quintana and Maria Duval play two sought-after women. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Pedro Armendáriz, Antonio Aguilar, (more)
- 1960
Campy Mexican low-budget horror abounds in this final entry in the three-part "Neutron, the Black Masked Wrestler" saga. This time, he takes on psycho scientist Dr. Aleman to prevent the megalamaniacal villain from bombing the world no one will allow him to control. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Pedro Armendariz stars as a man struggling to survive a stint in prison in Carne de Presidio. He is convicted of murder after accidentally killing the cruel husband of a female friend. His own family slides into hard times as the man stays behind bars. Soon he begins plotting an escape, but ends up trusting some untrustworthy men in the process. Soon the hero is in over his head with some very bad guys. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- 1945
The matchless Maria Felix essays a dual role in the Mexican romantic drama Sister Lieutenant. Felix begins the film as Catalina, daughter of a wealthy family whose dowry is stolen by a scheming aunt. After surviving a shipwreck, Catalina disguises herself as a man named Don Alonso. This she does to get to Peru without molestation and to locate her father's will, which will enable her to expose the aunt as a fraud. While comporting herself in male drag, Catalina has quite a time confessing her ruse to her lover (Jose Cibrian). Anyone who catches Sister Lieutenant on cable TV (where it pops up with alarming frequency) will immediately understand why Maria Felix was -- and is -- Mexico's favorite female film star. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maria Felix, Ángel Garasa, (more)
- 1944
The title of this Mexican musical translates to The War of the Pastries, suggesting at the very least a return to the pie-throwing days of Mack Sennett. In truth, the story concerns the romance between Suzette (Mapy Cortes), the daughter of baker Alcalde (Domingo Soler), and Antonio (Pedro Armendariz), a handsome army lieutenant. While carrying on a feud with the town mayor, Alcalde finds time to woo the mayor's former lover Hortensia (Delia Magana). Unlike many escapist musicals of this nature, the storyline of La Guerra de Los Pasteles is as enjoyable as the music itself. Though no English-language version was prepared, the film proved successful in Spanish-language communities in the U.S. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mapy Cortes, Domingo Soler, (more)
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