Gilberto Martinez Solares Movies
With over 150 films to his credit, Mexican director Gilberto Martinez Solares was one of his country's most prolific filmmakers. He started out doing camera chores on Rosario (1935), but did not make his feature film directorial debut until 1938 with El Senor Alcade (Mr. Mayor). Solares is credited with having significantly added to the growth of Mexican cinema during the '40s and '50s, an era that is considered the country's golden age of movies. Solares died of a heart attack in Mexico City on January 17, 1997, at age 90. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1937
Esos Hombres (These Men) offers a few new and novel twists on a familiar story. The hero (if he can be called that) is Fernando, played by Arturo de Cordova. Breezing through law school with the considerable financial aid of his sweetheart Juana (Marina Tamayo), Fernando summarily dumps the girl when Azucena (Adriana Lamar) comes along. Equally smitten by the fickle protagonist, Azucena turns her back on her wealthy family and moves in with Fernando. Her reward for this devotion is betrayal when Fernando elects to marry another, wealthier girl. Amazingly, the louse continues to get away with this sort thing right up to the end -- and then... ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Arturo de Cordova, Marina Tamayo, (more)
A ravishing black woman sends every man around her into a frenzy of heated passion in this film starring Tun Tun and Caesar Bono, and inspired by the popular song of the same name. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
