Cast: Lupe Velez
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Lupe Velez. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 38
The Half Naked Truth
1932 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Lupe Velez · Lee Tracy · Eugene Pallette · Frank Morgan
Synopsis A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
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6.8
57 votes
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States
Direction Robert Youngson
Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant
Synopsis A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the Opera," "Dinner at Eight" and "Bonnie Scotland."
6.5
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6.5
24 votes
Kongo
1932 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction William Cowen
Cast Walter Huston · Lupe Velez · Conrad Nagel · Virginia Bruce
Synopsis This remake of Los pantanos de Zanzíbar made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. He rules the local...
6.4
27 votes
6.4
27 votes
Where East Is East
1929 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Tod Browning
Cast Lon Chaney · Lupe Velez · Estelle Taylor · Lloyd Hughes
Synopsis "Tiger" Haynes (Chaney) is a animal trapper in China who lives with his beautiful daughter, Toyo (Velez). Toyo soon becomes romantically involved with Bobby (Hughes), who turns out to be the son of one of Tiger's old friends. Tiger puts...
6.2
97 votes
6.2
97 votes
Resurrection
1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Edwin Carewe
Cast John Boles · Lupe Velez · Nance O'Neil · William Keighley
Synopsis Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in...
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The Storm
1930 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Lupe Velez · Paul Cavanagh · William Boyd · Alphonse Ethier
Synopsis Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
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The Broken Wing
1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Corrigan
Cast Lupe Velez · Leo Carrillo · Melvyn Douglas · George Barbier
Synopsis In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing...
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The Girl from Mexico
1939 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Donald Woods · Leon Errol · Linda Hayes
Synopsis In the first entry of an unintended-series that turned into a long-running series for RKO, Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless...
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Direction Viviana García Besné
Cast Ricardo Montalban · Rafael Inclán · Ana Luisa Peluffo · Sasha Montenegro
Synopsis After being told that her family had made some of the worst films in the history of Mexican cinema, Viviana spent many years ashamed of that legacy and distanced herself from everything that the Calderón family had ever done. But...
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Strictly Dynamite
1934 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Jimmy Durante · Lupe Velez · Norman Foster · William Gargan
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Honolulu Lu
1941 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Lupe Velez · Leo Carrillo · Bruce Bennett · Marjorie Gateson
Synopsis Consuelo Cordoba is a headstrong girl trying to reform her con man uncle Don Estaban Cordoba, who is posing as a wealthy tourist in Hawaii. A local woman takes Consuelo under her wing and helps her get a job at...
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Mexican Spitfire
1940 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Leon Errol · Donald Woods · Linda Hayes
Synopsis Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
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Tiger Rose
1929 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction George Fitzmaurice
Cast Monte Blue · Lupe Velez · H.B. Warner · Tully Marshall
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Sailors, Beware! (S)
1927 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction Fred Guiol · Hal Roach
Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Anita Garvin · Ed Brandenburg
Synopsis A con artist (Garvin) and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward (Laurel.)
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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Leon Errol · Walter Reed · Elisabeth Risdon
Synopsis A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him....
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Leon Errol · Donald Woods · Elisabeth Risdon
Synopsis Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second...
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Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Leon Errol · Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · ZaSu Pitts
Synopsis The Lindsay's are on a ship to Hawaii for their delayed second honeymoon. Unknown to Carmelita, Dennis is using the trip to secure a contract with Mr. Baldwin. The Baldwins are social climbers that will do business with Lindsay if...
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Ladies' Day
1943 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Lupe Velez · Eddie Albert · Patsy Kelly · Max Baer
Synopsis A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
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East Is West
1930 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Monta Bell
Cast Lupe Velez · Lew Ayres · Edward G. Robinson · E. Alyn Warren
Synopsis Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps...
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Stand and Deliver
1928 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Donald Crisp
Cast Rod La Rocque · Lupe Velez · Warner Oland · Louis Natheaux
Synopsis Bored with peacetime lack of action, a Great War veteran dashes off to the Greek army to hunt down a marauding bandit. His hatred for women is tested by a saucy young lady he rescues there.
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