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- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsFernando SolerRita MacedoNicolás RodríguezIn this love triangle set amid a revolution, a peasant woman ,abandoned by her roughhewn man, finds comfort with a local store owner, until her former lover returns as the head of an army of bandits.
- DirectorFernando de FuentesStarsAntonio R. FraustoDomingo SolerManuel TamésThe Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. After several battles and valiant heroics, the original group is eventually reduced to the leader Tiburcio Maya (Frausto) and young Becerrillo (Vallarino). When Becerrillo is infected by smallpox, Villa orders Tiburcio to kill him and burn the corpse. After reluctantly doing his duty, Tiburcio is ordered to leave the army, and returns home.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsJorge NegreteDomingo SolerGloria MarínManuel Venegas regresa a su pueblo para conquistar al amor de su vida, Soledad. Pero para su sorpresa la encuentra casada con otro hombre. Sin importarles nada, ni las diferencias socials, ambos están dispuestos a luchar por su amor.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsJorge NegreteRosario GranadosCarlos López MoctezumaMarcos Vargas returns home to Ciudad Bolívar after finishing his studies in Caracas. There he decides to start a business transporting merchandise to the interior of the jungle. A local chieftain will not make things easy for him.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaLeticia PalmaRamón GayA fortune teller blackmails a beautiful widow whose husband has recently died.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsTito JuncoRoberto CañedoTito NovaroThe movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times. Ignacio Jimenez is chosen as the candidate of the Partido Radical Progresista, but he isn't so sure about it, because he knows his boss,El Caudillo has chosen another candidate. Several political moves are done between the parties, leading to a thunderous climax.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsJoaquín PardavéArturo de CórdovaMapy CortésA not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsFernando SolerSofía ÁlvarezJoaquín PardavéChucho Flores, a bohemian composer writes a waltz "Carmelita" dedicated to the wife of president Diaz, after listening the waltz the president instructs to Susanito Peñafiel y Somellera seek the composer and to give him a piano as a gratitude token. Susanito finds Chucho, who lives drunk and surrounded by poets, musicians and artists.
- DirectorCarmen ToscanoSalvador ToscanoStarsManuel BernalPorfirio DíazFrancisco I. MaderoDocumentary compiling all the material registered by Mexican pioneer director and cinematographer Salvador Toscano, and others under his direction, chronicling the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and many other events.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsVíctor UrruchúaCarlos VillatoroMagda HallerWhen the Monk Javier acts violently in a gothic monastery, the Prior asks the Monk Juan to calm him down since he believes that Javier is possessed by demons. When Juan comes to Javier's cell, they recognize each other and Javier runs after him. Javier reaches Juan and hits his head with a heavy crucifix, and returns to his cell. Later, Javier confesses to the Prior that Juan was his best friend when he was a tubercular musician and how their friendship ended when his beloved fiancé Ana died. Then, Juan confesses to the Prior that Javier's confession is correct, but he would like to tell the same story through his eyes.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsMaría FélixPedro InfanteAndrés SolerA white woman enters into a romance with a Mexican Indian. The racial barriers between the lovers prove to be insurmountable, resulting in tragedy.