Dolores del Río Movies

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of...

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check...

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to...

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the...

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.

The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary...

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her...

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between...

To prevent discovery of the cruel methods he is using in building a Bolivian railway, Gillespie a ruthless construction crew foreman, attempts to...

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female...

Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Jeanne Bécu, aka Madame du Barry, charms her way into the...

A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded...

Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.