Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whereas performers such as Maria Felix and Luis Aguilar added glamour to the golden age of Mexican cinema, Cantinflas was known ...

During Golden Era of Mexican Cinema that stretched from the 1930s to the 1960s, movie stars like María Félix, Pedro Infante, and Luis Aguilar commanded a presence on stage and swooned moviegoers with ...

In the Hollywood hierarchy of stardom, Cantinflas, the beloved Mexican comic actor, was like a streaking comet — white-hot and short-lived. Though well established in his homeland, he was a relative ...

As endorsements go, being declared the greatest living comedian by Charlie Chaplin would be a biggie. It happened for Mario Moreno, better known as Cantinflas, a superstar of Mexican cinema who often ...

"Man's first obligation is to be happy," Cantinflas once said, "and his second is to make others happy." The late Mexican comic was true to his word, and the indomitable optimism that drenches his ...

A Lincoln Center retrospective puts the spotlight on midcentury movies aimed at the masses that continue to influence filmmakers. By Carlos Aguilar Charitable charlatans, clumsy womanizers, enigmatic ...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Sony Corp.’s Columbia Pictures owns the lucrative rights to 34 films starring the late Mexican film legend Cantinflas instead of the comedian’s son. U.S.

It is hard to think of a Mexican everyman without turning to Cantinflas, the tattered, droopy-pants character created by comic Mario Moreno in the "tent theaters" of Mexico's slums in the 1930s. With ...

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It’s not too much to expect a biopic to have something of the character of its subject. So it is disappointing that the charm, spontaneity and wit, which were the hallmarks of the immensely popular ...

Whereas performers such as Maria Felix and Luis Aguilar added glamour to the golden age of Mexican cinema, Cantinflas was known for infusing the genre with his own brand of comedy. He was considered ...