Emma RoldanFilmography

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Matinée

Synopsis: A pair of young Mexican boys ditch school in favor of catching an afternoon matinee, only to find themselves on an adventure wild enough to spawn a movie of its own in this richly textured children's adventure from director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Though they wanted to see a movie, these two Read More

1977
El Miedo no Anda en Burro

Actors: María Elena Velasco

Synopsis: A greedy family schemes to find a means of wrestling a hearty inheritance from the ailing family matriarch, only to discover that the mischievous grandmother has left everything to her ever-faithful feline friend in this dark comedy starring Emma Roldan, Fernando Lujan, and Maria Elena Velasco. Read More

1976
La Pasion Segun Berenice

Synopsis: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's The Passion of Berenice tells the tale of a widow who is still dealing with the physical and emotional scars left after the fire that killed her husband. She takes on the responsibility of caring for her godmother. Her repressed feelings are stirred when she begins to Read More

1975
El Metiche

1972
Los Dos Rivales

1966
Entrega Inmediata

Actors: Cantinflas, Gina Romand, Claudio Brook, Fanny Cano

Synopsis: Cantinflas, known the world around for his Jerry Lewis-style antics, seems more like Peter Sellers in this hilarious Mexican comedy. Short on plot but long on laughs, the innocent comedian falls victim to excellently contrived cliches as a special delivery man caught in the middle of intrigue and Read More

1963
Attack of the Mayan Mummy

Synopsis: American "B"-movie mogul Jerry Warren can always be counted on to turn a cheap but fun horror import into a boring, unwatchable mess -- as proven by this tedious effort, originally produced in Mexico as The Aztec Mummy and later padded out with deadly-dull exposition. The original film is silly Read More

1963
La Estrella Vacia

Actors: Maria Felix, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Enrique Rambal, Ignacio Tarso, Ramon Gay

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1960
El Hijo del Charro Negro

1960
La Cucaracha

Actors: Maria Felix, Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Emilio Fernández, Flor Silvestre

Synopsis: Four of the best-known, most popular actors in Mexican cinematic history star in this drama about the Mexican Revolution by equally well-known director Ismael Rodriguez. Maria Felix is Refugio and Dolores Del Rio is Chabela, two women who love the same man and who are both equally dedicated to Read More

1959
El Carinoso

Actors: Miguel Aceves Mejia, Martha Mijares, Monica Serna, Pancho Córdova, Diana Ochoa

1958
La Llorona

Synopsis: The Mexican horror film La Llorona begins with a very happy young woman named Margarita (Luz Mara Aguilar) who is planning her wedding to the love of her life. Her uncle (Carlos Lopez Moctezuma) refuses to give his blessing to the union. She goes through with the marriage and soon gives birth to a Read More

1958
La Momia Azteca

1957
La Maldicion de la Momia Azteca

Synopsis: In this Mexican horror outing, the sequel to 1963's Aztec Mummy, wicked Dr. Krupp busts out of prison and conspires to purloin a sacred Aztec treasure from an old temple. He manages to stay free and reach the pyramid, but unfortunately, he doesn't realize that the treasure is being guarded by the Read More

1957
The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy

Synopsis: With a sub-barrel bottomed budget, this Mexican horror outing features wicked old Dr. Krupp, the crazed experimenter who caused trouble in this film's two predecessors The Aztec Mummy and Curse of the Aztec Mummy (both 1957), up to his old tricks. As in the former features, he is again trying to Read More

1957
Flor de Mayo

Actors: Jack Palance, Maria Felix, Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis: This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman (Pedro Armendariz) lives with his wife (Maria Felix) and young son (Juanito Musquiz). Their lives are turned upside down when an American of dubious morality (Jack Palance) comes into town. The American Read More

1957
Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Arturo de Cordova, Lorraine Chanel, Maria Felix, Jack Kelly

Synopsis: True to its title, Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos (Basket of Mexican Tales) is based on a series of short stories, all written by reclusive The Treasure of the Sierra Madre author B. Traven. The first story concerns the marital travails of Pierre (Arturo de Cordova) and Lorraine (Lorraine Chanel). Read More

1956
La Tercera Palabra

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Marga Lopez, Rodolfo Landa, Miguel Angel Ferriz, Emma Roldan

Synopsis: The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is Read More

1956
Cuidado Con el Amor

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Elsa Aguirre

Synopsis: This Mexican musicomedy was released in English-speaking markets as Watch Out For Love. Pop star Pedro Infante plays a happy-go-lucky young man whose romantic misadventures are the heart and soul of the film. Our Hero leaves home at the beginning of the story in search of true love, finding it in Read More

1955
El Seductor

Actors: Ramon Gay, Amanda del Llano, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Jose Luis Jimenez, Emma Roldan

Synopsis: El Seductor is a charming but totally amoral artist, played by Ramon Gay. Specializing in nude studies, Gay is able to make the acquaintance of several willing young damsels. One of these is Amanda del Liano, daughter of a couple whose deaths were indirectly caused by the artist. Though her Read More

1955
El Mil Amores

1954
Hijos De Maria Morales

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Antonio Badú, Emma Roldan, Carmelita Gonzalez

Synopsis: Hijos De Maria Morales stars Pero Infante and Antonio Badu as two brothers who do what they want, when they want. Not until they fall for a member of the fairer sex do they begin to calm their boisterous ways. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1952
One Way Street

Actors: Märta Torén, Dan Duryea, William Conrad, King Donovan

Synopsis: One Way Street stars James Mason in a variation of his Odd Man Out role. Mason plays Doc Matson, a gangland physician who has stolen $200,000 from powerful mob boss Wheeler (Dan Duryea). Forced to go on the lam, Matson takes Wheeler's girl Laura (Marta Toren) along. Knowing he is doomed from the Read More

1950
El Vengador

Actors: Andres Solér, Domingo Soler, Mercedes Soler, Víctor Parra, Perla Aguilar

1949
Albur De Amor

1947
Flor de Durazno

Actors: Fernando Soler, Esther Fernandez, David Silva

Synopsis: Flor de Duranzo (Peach Blossom) was based on a novel by Hugo Wast. Though the original story was set in Argentina, it has been effectively transplanted to Mexico in this screen treatment. Fernando Soler stars as a grieving rancher who cannot get over the death of his beloved wife. Soler shuts Read More

1945
Vertigo

Actors: Maria Felix, Emilio Tuero, Lilia Michel

Synopsis: No relation to the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic of the same name, Vertigo is a worthwhile vehicle for Mexican film favorite Maria Felix. The story concerns young swain Arturo (Emilio Tuero), who is about to marry pretty young Gabriela (Lilia Michel). His plans are radically altered when he falls Read More

1945
Una Carta de Amor

Actors: Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marin, Andres Solér, Mimi Derba

Synopsis: Una Carta de Amor (Love Letters) is an overlong, but never dull, Mexican romantic yarn. Set in the 19th century, the film is told in flashback from the point-of-view of condemned prisoner Jorge Negrete. Facing execution for "crimes" against the repressive government, Negrete recalls happier times Read More

1944
Guadalajara

Actors: Pedro Armendáriz, Joaquin Pardave

Synopsis: All-purpose Mexican leading man Pedro Armendariz heads the cast of Guadalajara. Actually, Armendariz' role is secondary to that of singing sensation Lorenzo Barcelata, whose tunes are the main "raison d'etre" for this easygoing musical romance. The story concerns a ranch hand (Armendariz), who Read More

1943
Los Miserables

Actors: Domingo Soler, Andres Solér, Emma Roldan, Antonio Bravo

Synopsis: As can be gathered by its title, the Mexican Los Miserables is still another adaptation of Victor Hugo's mammoth novel Les Miserables. At 103 minutes, it is also one of the shortest versions of the Hugo classic, telling its complex, multicharactered story with admirable precision and economy. Read More

1943
La Mujer Sin Alma

Actors: Fernando Soler, Maria Felix, Andres Solér, Antonio Badú

Synopsis: Director Fernando de Fuentes and star Maria Felix, the creative team responsible for the 1943 box-office hit Dona Barbera, once more combined their talents for La Mujer sin Alma (Woman without a Soul) Felix is cast as Tersa, a lowborn sewing machine girl with high-society aspirations. Hoping to Read More

1943
Jesusita En Chihuahua

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Susana Guizar, René Cardona, Sr., Emma Roldan, Manuel Noriega

Synopsis: A Mexican man elected to the office of mayor is forced to choose between love and justice after he is injured by one of his sworn enemies and becomes aware of a clandestine romance that could set his town ablaze in this classic comedy starring the legendary Pedro Infante. Valentin has been elected Read More

1942
Mi Viuda Alegre

Actors: Ángel Garasa, Beatriz Ramos, Margarita Mora, Jorge Reyes, Emma Roldan

Synopsis: Mi Viuda Allegre (My Merry Widow) was perceived by some reviewers as a reworking of the French box-office success La Soir Revolution. Spanish comedian Angel Garasa makes his screen debut as a middle-class family man who disappears during a trip out of town. Presumed dead, Garasa is actually hale Read More

1942
Gallina Clueca

Actors: Sara Garcia, Domingo Soler, Emma Roldan, David Silva, Gloria Marin

Synopsis: Filmed in 1941, the Mexican La Gallina Clueca (Cackling Hen) received its first US showing three years later. Sara Garcia stars as Teresa, who when first seen on screen is travelling cross-country in a rickety jalopy with her children. The car breaks down, whereupon good-samaritan truck driver Read More

1941
Rancho Grande

Actors: Tito Guizar, René Cardona, Sr., Esther Fernandez, Lorenzo Barcelata, Carlos Lopez

Synopsis: Popular South-of-the-Border recording artist Tito Guizar stars in the romantic semi-western Rancho Grande. Guizar plays a carefree charro who falls in love with beautiful senorita Esther Fernandez. His best friend Rene Cardona, unaware of Guizar's feelings towards Fernandez, seduces her himself. Read More

1938
Alla En El Rancho Grande

Actors: Tito Guizar, Esther Fernandez, René Cardona, Sr., Lorenzo Barcelata, Emma Roldan

Synopsis: Having begun his directorial career in 1932, Fernando De Fuentes had four years' experience -- and ten pictures -- under his belt when he helmed the Tito Guizar musical vehicle Alla en el Rancho Grande. The film has been hailed by historians as the vanguard of the Mexican "Charro"-movie genre Read More

1936
Corazon Bandolero

1934
La Calandria

1933
Malditos Sean Los Hombres
El Ahijado de La Muerte

Actors: Jorge Negrete, Rita Conde, Polo Ortin, Emma Roldan
Los Millones Del Chaflan

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