1940s Spanish Movies

The loves of a Sevilian girl living in a patio house at Macarena's quarter and his sweetheart Manolo are troubled by her older and generous housekeeper who is also in love with her.

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On the hacienda of El Soto lives Doña Raimunda and her daughter Acacia as well. After being widowed, Raimunda married Esteban, who is secretly in love with Acacia and her, in turn, feels a deep rejection of him. Meanwhile, some young are courting Acacia. But the worst comes when Esteban tries to get rid of all the men around Acacia.

Alegres vacaciones (English: Happy Holidays) is a 1948 Spanish animated film by J. M. Blay and Arturo Moreno.

A young lieutenant is appointed flag bearer for his regiment, on the verge of the Spanish war against Napoleonic invasion. He doesn't share his friends'conspiring plans because he is engaged to a French lady. Then the revolution breaks out.

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Dolores, a beautiful young woman, works at the inn Daroca and is courted by the local barber Melchor, and Mr. Patricio, the richest farmer in the region. One day the young Lazarus appears at the inn, a Latin student who falls for the girl and is repaid in the same way. Frustrated, Melchor invents the famous song of Dolores, known by all, staining the honor of the girl.

The goalkeeper of a football team gets in troubles after unknowingly signing a compromising document and gets fired. His companions will help him back before an important match. Famous real football players in the cast.

Juan returns to Spain after unsuccessfully seeking his fortune in America. His older brother, Miguel, a brave fire lieutenant, welcomes him warmly. For Miguel, there is no better brother than Juan, whom he proudly boasts about.

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Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.

A son of the Marquise of Seven Almenas is robbed by a crook and deposited in Melchor's house, who sells dolls in the street. The administrator of the Marquise discover the whereabouts of the child and goes to pick him up, but Melchior gives him one of his children, thinking that will ensure the future. Over the years, Melchior, widower, enters as a steward in the house of the marquise where the alleged 'marquis' live splendidly.

Fortunato is a loser, a family man, who has lost his job and tries his luck in all the trades he finds. However, it seems that his name —that means “fortunate” in English— is not in line with his situation, since, no matter how hard he tries, fortune does not want to smile at him.

Clara Bell, a famous French actress, rejects the protection of a producer and falls in love with a handsome Spaniard. But the story is complicated and his love will not come to fruition.

Alejandro is a young composer from Madrid who, overwhelmed by a sentimental and artistic failure, decides to enlist as a volunteer soldier and go to war-torn Cuba, where he befriends Antonio, who becomes his best friend.

Ángela, a young orphan studying at a school abroad, decides to spend the Christmas holidays in Madrid, at the home of her guardian and closest relative, an unmarried lawyer with a somewhat dissipated life.

A village bands together to kill its tyrannical Comendador, and when officials try to discover who is responsible, the villagers respond that the village committed the crime.

Saverio returns to Spain after treating a serious illness in Africa, only to discover that Paolo, his best friend, has stolen both his business and his fiancée. Bent on killing him, Saverio is dissuaded by a woman Paolo has also abandoned, who insists on taking revenge herself.

A very modest employee exchanges her newborn child with the baby of a wealthy family. However, years later, when the young man is about to graduate as a doctor, he begins to investigate his hidden past.

The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.

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Carmen, a young Sevillian woman who wants to succeed on the radio, arrives at a decrepit station that goes through bad times. Thanks to her, the radio station will get a much quoted prize.

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Marín, Galicia, Spain. Carlos, José Luis and Enrique, three good friends and final year students in the Naval Academy, argue due to love issues.

After the ending of the War Of Independence, a Mexican officer goes roguish to get personal revenge on an enemy combatant who killed his father and oppressed his townfolk.

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Filigrana is in the prime of his career. His dressing room is full of flowers and always the same fan: William Harrison who asks her to marry him. Watermark says he heard those same words in the mouth of another man, the Earl of Montepalma, player and womanizer who loved and yet humiliated by a gypsy.

Cirilo, a used clothes dealer, falls in love with Maria, who works as a cook in a house. One day they find by chance in the basement something that will change their lives.

Love is impossible between Manolo, a flamenco singer, and Lola, a flamenco dancer. She leaves for America to forget him and he gives himself to alcohol. Still, the love between them is so strong that it unites them across the ocean.

Spain, 1850. In the midst of the electoral campaign, three young men use all their strategies to place themselves in Madrid as members of the national congress.

To avoid the romantic approaches of a mature man with whom her elder sister is in love, a young girl invents a boyfriend: Captain Perez.

Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.

Eugenio asks his best friend, Federico, a wealthy lawyer, to take care of his son Titín while he deals with a family problem related to Elvira, his wife; but Federico, a single man, knows nothing about babysitting, so he begs Clarita, his secretary, to help him… (Film partially lost. Only 65 minutes of footage remain of the original 91; but this circumstance does not prevent the understanding of the plot.)

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Girl goes to boarding school while her widowed father pursues a romance. His thing turns out badly, but she meets her future husband.

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