Jerónimo Mihura

The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer.

The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)

A luxury cast of singers, musicians and dancers enriched this faithful transposition of the comic sketches written by Quintero and Pascual Guillén revolving about unrequited love Mariquilla and Gabriel. This, after injuring Pepe Luis, brother of the young lover, takes refuge in a gypsy camp to escape justice.

A good-for-nothing young man and his friend are involved in a woman's death. To escape Police and wanting a change he goes to the small country village he used to visit with his family. Yet his past will find him there.

On the day that they receive their university diplomas, three young men make a bet: they will marry a rich woman and meet again one year later.

The wealthy father of a young girl who has a relationship with a boy who has just won a waltzing contest employs him in a factory in order to make him a profitable man.

A marginal group celebrates Christmas Eve singing and dancing in the street while a millionaire celebrates the feast offering a great dinner to his friends. The millionaire receives a telegram from his sister in America who announces her visit after more than twenty years without seeing each other…

The strange disappearance of the dogs of his neighbors leads Juan to investigate the case on his own. It ends up finding out that the author of the robberies is a young woman called Eloísa, the cocky daughter of a scientist who uses dogs to create an antidote against sleep. Juan and Eloísa fall in love, but he will ask her to leave her luxurious mansion to live only with his salary.

Octavio falls in love with a married woman, the Countess of Trevia, who is on the brink of ruin...

During a visit to a large department store, a famous female singer has her handbag stolen.