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The ex-wife (Jacqueline Bisset) of an alcoholic ex-British consul (Albert Finney) returns to 1938 Mexico on the Day of the Dead. [R]
Thu Apr 09 8:35 AM on The Movie Channel [591]
Mon Apr 06 1:00 PM on The Movie Channel [591]
 
A buffalo hunter (Marlon Brando) kidnaps the girlfriend (Anjanette Comer) of the Mexican bandit (John Saxon) who stole his horse. [NR]
Sat Apr 11 7:30 AM on AMC [67]
 

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Few new lasting stars emerged in the decade in 1965 for instance one sees the majority of leading roles being essayed by performers who gained fame in the 1930s and 1940s Cantinflas María Félix Marga López Arturo de Córdova Luis Aguilar Resortes Elsa Aguirre Emilio Fernández María Antonieta Pons Tin Tan and the 1950s Fernando Casanova Antonio Aguilar Viruta and Capulina Maricruz Olivier Joaquín Cordero Among the stars of the 1960s even though in some cases their careers began earlier active this year were Javier Solís Manuel López Ochoa Julio Alemán Rodolfo de Anda Enrique Guzmán and Alberto Vázquez it could be noted that only de Anda and Alemán maintained significant film careers well into the 1970s and beyond although the others except Solís who died before the decade was out did stay active in TV and other venues But leading actresses Julissa Sonia Infante Lucha Villa and Rosa María Vázquez were the four new actresses who earned the most credits in 1965 Julissa although she would soon prove to be a capable actress was still considered a youth figure as was Rosa María Vázquez Lucha Villa and Sonia Infante were generally typed in folkloric films rancheras rural dramas and to some extent Westerns The time was ripe for a new star Fanny Cano Damián for a brief time seemed to be the chosen one She was born in 1944 some sources list 1945 and even 1948 in the town of Huetamo Michoacán also the birthplace of Lilia Prado one of six children 5 girls and a boy born to Francisco Cano and Aurelia Damián de Cano Fanny came to Mexico City and enrolled in the national university UNAM studying psychology While she was still a student a journalist got Fanny a small role as a friend of Angélica María in the film Although Fanny Cano had not appeared in a film for five years her sudden death in December 1983 made headlines in Mexico a testimony to the impact the beautiful blonde actress had in her relatively brief film and TV career The 1960s were a period of transition in Mexican cinema the last gasp of the studio system such as it was giving way to the mixture of independent cinema and cheaply produced mass entertainment films that would characterize the 1970s and 1980s before the industry itself collapsed in the 1990s El cielo y la tierra shot in July 1962 As the story goes when Fanny saw herself on the screen later that year she was so upset by her appearance in the film she is a brunette and her performance that she swore never to make another film However she soon changed her mind In February 1963 a photo of Fanny Cano appeared on the entertainment page of Excelsior where she was identified as the secretary of Acción Femenil de la Federación Estudiantil Universitaria visiting the offices of the newspaper to promote the activities of the group This type of exposure was a typical publicity ploy of aspiring starlets and Fanny soon saw her career get underway in earnest beginning with a substantial role in the Cantinflas vehicle Entrega inmediata shot that May In all she made five films in 1963 and three the following year Buenas noches año nuevo was a romance with music pairing Silvia Pinal with Ricardo Montalbán back in Mexican cinema for a brief sojourn after years of work in Hollywood Fanny was given a substantial supporting role but as with most of her early parts was required to do little but look decorative Few new lasting stars emerged in the decade in 1965 for instance one sees the majority of leading roles being essayed by performers who gained fame in the 1930s and 1940s Cantinflas María Félix Marga López Arturo de Córdova Luis Aguilar Resortes Elsa Aguirre Emilio Fernández María Antonieta Pons Tin Tan and the 1950s Fernando Casanova Antonio Aguilar Viruta and Capulina Maricruz Olivier Joaquín Cordero Among the stars of the 1960s even though in some cases their careers began earlier active this year were Javier Solís Manuel López Ochoa Julio Alemán Rodolfo de Anda Enrique Guzmán and Alberto Vázquez it could be noted that only de Anda and Alemán maintained significant film careers well into the 1970s and beyond although the others except Solís who died before the decade was out did stay active in TV and other venues But leading actresses Julissa Sonia Infante Lucha Villa and Rosa María Vázquez were the four new actresses who earned the most credits in 1965 Julissa although she would soon prove to be a capable actress was still considered a youth figure as was Rosa María Vázquez Lucha Villa and Sonia Infante were generally typed in folkloric films rancheras rural dramas and to some extent Westerns The time was ripe for a new star Fanny Cano Damián for a brief time seemed to be the chosen one She was born in 1944 some sources list 1945 and even 1948 in the town of Huetamo Michoacán also the birthplace of Lilia Prado one of six children 5 girls and a boy born to Francisco Cano and Aurelia Damián de Cano Fanny came to Mexico City and enrolled in the national university UNAM studying psychology While she was still a student a journalist got Fanny a small role as a friend of Angélica María in the film Although Fanny Cano had not appeared in a film for five years her sudden death in December 1983 made headlines in Mexico a testimony to the impact the beautiful blonde actress had in her relatively brief film and TV career The 1960s were a period of transition in Mexican cinema the last gasp of the studio system such as it was giving way to the mixture of independent cinema and cheaply produced mass entertainment films that would characterize the 1970s and 1980s before the industry itself collapsed in the 1990s El cielo y la tierra shot in July 1962 As the story goes when Fanny saw herself on the screen later that year she was so upset by her appearance in the film she is a brunette and her performance that she swore never to make another film However she soon changed her mind In February 1963 a photo of Fanny Cano appeared on the entertainment page of Excelsior where she was identified as the secretary of Acción Femenil de la Federación Estudiantil Universitaria visiting the offices of the newspaper to promote the activities of the group This type of exposure was a typical publicity ploy of aspiring starlets and Fanny soon saw her career get underway in earnest beginning with a substantial role in the Cantinflas vehicle Entrega inmediata shot that May In all she made five films in 1963 and three the following year Buenas noches año nuevo was a romance with music pairing Silvia Pinal with Ricardo Montalbán back in Mexican cinema for a brief sojourn after years of work in Hollywood Fanny was given a substantial supporting role but as with most of her early parts was required to do little but look decorative

but she remained in the public eye In 1972 for example she purchased a collection of jewelry that had belonged to Esperanza Iris a famous stage performer of the early 20th century including a necklace worth a million pesos She traveled around Europe and was seen in the company of the jet set as well as with Hollywood and European film stars After this Fanny was off screen for four years At this point despite the fact that she was at the peak of her popularity Fanny Cano began to gradually cut back on her film work She made only one picture in 1970 Zona roja marked Fanny s return to the screen under the direction of Emilio Fernández She was top billed playing one of a group of prostitutes living in a tropical port city and was one of the few female performers in the film who did Los jóvenes amantes aka not have a nude scene at the time of her death newspapers reported that Fanny Cano had never appeared nude on screen but she apparently was partially nude in Adoro shot in Spain by Benito Alazraki and one in 1971 but she remained in the public eye In 1972 for example she purchased a collection of jewelry that had belonged to Esperanza Iris a famous stage performer of the early 20th century including a necklace worth a million pesos She traveled around Europe and was seen in the company of the jet set as well as with Hollywood and European film stars After this Fanny was off screen for four years At this point despite the fact that she was at the peak of her popularity Fanny Cano began to gradually cut back on her film work She made only one picture in 1970 Zona roja marked Fanny s return to the screen under the direction of Emilio Fernández She was top billed playing one of a group of prostitutes living in a tropical port city and was one of the few female performers in the film who did Los jóvenes amantes aka not have a nude scene at the time of her death newspapers reported that Fanny Cano had never appeared nude on screen but she apparently was partially nude in Adoro shot in Spain by Benito Alazraki and one in 1971




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