Andrea PalmaFilmography

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Viva Jalisco Que Es Mi Tierra

Actors: Ma. Antonienta Pons, Manuel Capetillo, Andrea Palma, Los Panchos

Synopsis: A positive advertisement for an upbeat Mexican spirit in song and dance and attitude, this is an otherwise routine musical-romance with a touch of Western thrown in for good measure. A young orphan (María Pons) wants to follow in the footsteps of her departed mother and succeed in the Read More

1961
La Hermana Blanca

Actors: Jorge Mistral, Prudencia Grifell, Antonio Carbajal, Augusto Benedico

Synopsis: There have been several movie versions of this tale written by Marion Crawford in 1909, including this standard Mexican drama directed by Tito Davison. The setting is changed from Italy to Mexico as Angela, a lovely but headstrong young woman rejects the suitor her father has chosen for her to Read More

1960
Miercoles de Ceniza

Actors: Maria Felix, Arturo de Cordova, Victor Junco, Maria Teresa Rivas, Rodolfo Landa

Synopsis: Though Miercoles de Ceniza was released in English-speaking countries as Ash Wednesday, it bears no relation to the much-later Elizabeth Taylor vehicle of the same name. Virtually plotless, the film is a paean to the pomp, ceremony and splendor of the Catholic Church, as seen through the eyes of Read More

1958
Ensayo de un Crimen

Actors: Ernesto Alonso, Ariadne Welter, Miroslava Stern, Rita Macedo, Rodolfo Landa

Synopsis: This Mexican-filmed black comedy (distributed in the U.S. seven years after its initial 1955 release date) is one of the minor but no less characteristic works of director Luis Buñuel. The film begins with Archibaldo (Ernesto Alonso) being triggered by a music box into a lengthy reminiscence of Read More

1955
La Entrega

Actors: Arturo de Cordova, Marga Lopez, Enrrique Rambla, Andrea Palma, Andres Solér

1954
Llevame en tus Brazos

Actors: Ninon Sevilla, Andres Solér, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Armando Silvestre, Andrea Palma, Julio Villarreal

1953
Eugenia Grandet

1953
La Ausente

Actors: Arturo de Cordova, Rosita Quintana, Andrea Palma, Ramon Gay

Synopsis: The English-language title of the Mexican La Ausente is The Absentee. The title is explained within the context of the story, though one has to be patient. Essentially, this is the story of one man's guilt: the wealthy man (Arturo Cordoba) has convinced himself that he has killed his wife, a fact Read More

1952
La Mentira

1952
Mujeres Sin Mañana

Actors: Leticia Palma, Carmen Montejo, Manolo Fábregas, Andrea Palma, Andres Solér

1951
Salon de Belleza

1951
Por la Puerta Falsa

Actors: Rita Macedo, Luis Beristain, Andrea Palma, Jose Del Rio, Ramon Gay

1950
Pobre Corazon

1950
Aventurera

Actors: Ninon Sevilla, Tito Junco, Sr.

Synopsis: From Mexican director Alberto Gout comes this classic 1949 cabaretera, a style of film native to Latin American that mixes elements of many genres. The picture stars Ninon Sevilla as a beautiful young woman who unwittingly falls into a lurid life of prostitution and nightclub dancing. Before long Read More

1949
Tarzan and the Mermaids

Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian, John Laurenz, George Zucco, Fernando Wagner

Synopsis: The "mermaids" are really tribal pearl divers in this diverting Tarzan adventure. Their livelihood is threatened by an evil white trader (Fernando Wagner), who sets himself up as a "god." With the help of lovely diver Linda Christian (later Mrs. Tyrone Power), Tarzan defeats the wicked despot, but Read More

1948
Bel Ami

Actors: Armando Calvo, Gloria Marin, Emilia Guiu, Andrea Palma

Synopsis: Previously filmed in Germany in 1939, Guy de Maupassant's "history of a scoundrel" Bel Ami was good for another go-round in this Mexican adaptation. Armando Calvo plays the eponymous "hero," a duplicitous journalist who advances himself in society by seducing and abandoning women of wealth, all Read More

1947
La Casa de la Zorra

Actors: Ricardo Montalban, Susana Guizar, Andrea Palma, Isabela Corona

Synopsis: Long before gaining fame and fortune in Hollywood, Ricardo Montalban starred in several Mexican features, among them La Case de la Zorra (House of the Fox). Actually, Montalban isn't technically the star: that honor goes to Virginia Fabregas, cast as the hard-bitten owner of a gambling casino. Read More

1947
Distinto Amanecer

Actors: Andrea Palma, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galan

Synopsis: This Mexican crime melodrama was released in English-speaking communities as Another Dawn. Latin film favorite Pedro Armendariz stars as smooth-talking Octavio, chief henchman to a slain labor leader. On behalf of his fallen boss, Octavio protects a cache of valuable documents from the assassins. Read More

1944
Amapola del Camino

Actors: Margarita Mora, Polo Ortin, Andrea Palma, Tito Guizar

Synopsis: From directors Juan Bustillo Oro and Antonio Guzmán Aguilera, this 1937 Mexican film is a romantic musical about a young woman forced to marry a man she doesn't love. Maria is in love with Juan, but Juan has left, leading Maria's parents to insist she marry the local druggist. Meanwhile, Maria's Read More

1937
La Mujer del Puerto

Actors: Andrea Palma, Domingo Soler

Synopsis: A prostitute working in a seaside port makes a devastating discovery about one of her clients in this classic Mexican melodrama from director Arcady Boytler. Following the death of her father and the shattering revelation that her boyfriend has been unfaithful, Rosario (Andrea Palma) resigns Read More

1934
El Caso De Una Adolescente