Silvia Pinal Movies
Distinguished Mexican stage actress Silvia Pinal made her earliest screen appearance in 1948. Best known for her classical roles, she was equally famous for her work in the films of Luis Bunuel, notably her performances as the title character in Viridiana (1961) and as the Devil in Simon of the Desert (1965). Almost as well-publicized as her acting career was her private life, specifically her four high-profile marriages to director Rafael Banquelis, producer Gustavo Alatriste, popular singer Enrique Guzman, and Mexican governor Tulio Hernandez. In addition to her acting credits, she has also flourished as a recording artist, and during her marriage to Gov. Hernandez was elected to public office herself. Several of Silvia Pinal's children have followed their mother's footsteps with show business careers of their own. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Tin Tan stars as a poor railroad employee by day and a modern day Robin Hood by night. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1947
This fictional story covers a woman who has a past full of questions and her marital problems with her clean cut husband. ~ All Movie Guide
Lupe has fallen in love with El Zorilla, but little does the smitten beauty realize that the heroic figure is actually the alter ego of the soft-spoken Tin-Tan. When the scheming Don Gaspar has Don Martin and his loyal employees jailed in a devious underhanded scheme, however, it's up to El Zorila to thwart the evil plan and ensure that justice prevails in a Mexican comedy classic directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares and starring Silvia Pinal and German Valdez. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1952
The romantic drama Un Rincon Cerca del Cielo tells the story of a young couple who, after losing their well-paying jobs, struggle with issues of personal integrity when the husband goes to work as a bodyguard for an ethically compromised man. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
La Sospechosa concerns a woman named Regina who returns from a vacation to find that her mother has disappeared. As she begins to investigate what happened, she begins to suspect that her stepfather knows more than he is letting on. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Silvia Pinal, Miguel Torruco, (more)
Mexican screen legend Pedro Infante takes the lead for this high-concept Spanish-language comedy that finds a well-to-do woman forced marry a gruff mechanic, and then pass off the lowly grease-monkey as a blueblood nobleman. En route to her parents vacation house ring in the New Year, a beautiful young woman (Silvia Pinal) hits a roadblock when her car suddenly dies. Though a local mechanic (Infante) is more than willing to help her get back on the road, the pair soon have too much to drink and end up passing out. When the woman's parents arrive and discover the pair together, a marriage is soon arranged with the intent of a quick divorce. This is no marriage of convenience, however, because in the next few days this grease-stained auto repairman will have to assume the guise of a European nobleman as his new bride's family struggles to find a means of rupturing their daughter's recently officiated nuptials. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1956
Jorge Mistral brings his considerable star power to the murky Mexican melodrama Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn). Mistral plays the captain of a whaling ship who arrives in port with his pockets full and his heart empty. He meets a pretty, equally lonely bar girl (Silvia Pinal), who for some reason does not appeal to Mistral at all. Even so, he spends the night with her, and the following day takes her with him on his next whaling excursion. The strange, sterile relationship between the two stars is complemented by (symbolic?) stock shots of whales being harpooned and hauled aboard ship by rope. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Mistral, Silvia Pinal, (more)
- 1957
Director Fernando Cortes puts a comedic twist on the familiar tale of the Phantom of the Opera in this comedy about a Cuban dancer who is staked by a demented madman while headlining a stage production of "Fantasias Mexicanas." ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- German "Tin Tan" Valdéz, Silvia Pinal, (more)
