Emilio Gómez Muriel

Emilio Gómez Muriel was a prolific Mexican film director, active between the 1930s and the 1970s.

He is known for melodramas,^[1] but one of his first films was Redes (release: 1936), an attempt at social cinema with a mostly non-professional cast.^[2]

He won an award at the 1960 San Sebastian Film Festival for Simitrio.

Selected filmography

While Mexico Sleeps (1938)
Café Concordia (1939)
The 9.15 Express (1941)
The Unknown Policeman (1941)
Oh, What Times, Don Simon! (1941)
When the Stars Travel (1942)
Alejandra (1942)
Another Dawn (1943)
The War of the Pastries (1944)
The Lieutenant Nun (1944)
The Stronger Sex (1946)
Nocturne of Love (1948)
The Woman of the Port (1949)
When the Night Ends (1950)
Engagement Ring (1951)
A Galician Dances the Mambo (1951)
Carne de presidio (1952)
Between Your Love and Heaven (1950)
The Woman You Want (1952)
A Divorce (1953)
The Three Elenas (1954)
The Empty Star (1958)
La cigüeña distraída (1966)
Rocambole contra las mujeres arpías (1967)
Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión (1967)
La Cama (1968)
La Buscona (1970)

More of his films are the subject of articles on Spanish Wikipedia.

References

^ Michel, Manuel; Oxenhandler, Neal (Summer 1965). "Mexican Cinema: A Panoramic View". Film Quarterly. 18 (4): 46–55. doi:10.2307/1210255. JSTOR 1210255., accessed via JSTOR (subscription required)
^ "Clip from Redes". Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

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[FQ-1] Michel, Manuel; Oxenhandler, Neal (Summer 1965). "Mexican Cinema: A Panoramic View". Film Quarterly. 18 (4): 46–55. doi:10.2307/1210255. JSTOR 1210255., accessed via JSTOR (subscription required)

[Clip_from_Redes-2] "Clip from Redes". Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

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