Beyond All Limits 1959  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: For de Mayo
Flowers of Mayo
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Jack Palance, Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Domingo Soler, Carlos Montalban, Paul Stewart, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Emma Roldan, Juan Muzquiz, Enrique Lucero
Set in a Mexican coastal fishing town, fisherman Pepe Gamboa (Pedro Armendariz), wife Magdalena (Maria Felix), and son live a good life–until American Jim Gatsby (Jack Palance) appears on the scene. Jim and Magdalena were once lovers, and Pepe's son may have been fathered by Jim, or so Pepe fears.
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Enamorada 1946  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Girl in Love
Director: Emilio Fernandez
Cast: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Fernando Fernandez, Jose Morcillo, Eduardo Arozamena, Miguel Inclan, Manuel Donde, Eugenio Rossi, Norma Hill, Juan Garcia, Jose Torvay, Pascual Garcia Pena
Set during the Mexican Revolution, this is the story of a revolutionary general (Pedro Armendariz) who is sworn to kill all aristocrats. He meets the beautiful daughter (Maria Felix) of an aristocrat. Not only does the general not harm her, he grows to love her, while she changes from hatred of him to love.
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 French Cancan 1955  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Only the French Can
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Jean Gabin, Maria Felix, Francoise Arnoul, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Giani Esposito, Anna Amendola, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Clay, Jean Paredes, Lydia Johnson, Max Dalban, Jacques Jouanneau
An 1890's theater producer turns Nini (Francoise Arnoul) into a star when he revives the French dance, the Cancan, at the opening of the Moulin Rouge. Overnight, the dance, dancers, and the Moulin Rouge become sensations.
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Rio Escondido 1948 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Hidden River
Director: Emilio Fernandez
Cast: Maria Felix, Domingo Soler, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Fernando Fernandez, Agustin Isunza, Carlos Muzquiz, Arturo Soto Rangel, Eduardo Arozamena, Juan Garcia, Manuel Donde
Teacher Rosaura Salazar (Maria Felix) travels to Rio Escondido to educate the poor, illiterate children. But the evil landlord who controls most of the town, and who does not intend to release his hold on the people, resists her efforts.
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| 1. Beyond All Limits (1959)
aka: For de Mayo
aka: Flowers of Mayo
2. Enamorada (1946)
aka: Girl in Love
3. French Cancan (1955)
aka: Only the French Can
4. The Hidden One (1955)
5. Rio Escondido (1948)
aka: Hidden River
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