Movita

Movita

Born: April 12, 1916
Died: February 12, 2015

Movies for Movita...

Title: Knots Landing
Released: December 27, 1979
Type: TV
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Panic in Echo Park
Title: Panic in Echo Park
Released: June 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
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Apache Ambush
Title: Apache Ambush
Character: Rosita
Released: August 24, 1955
Type: Movie
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.
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Dream Wife
Title: Dream Wife
Character: Rima
Released: June 19, 1953
Type: Movie
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
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Wild Horse Ambush
Title: Wild Horse Ambush
Character: Lita Espinosa
Released: April 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A man has kidnaped an engraver and has him forging Mexican bills. He captures wild horses supposedly to sell for hides but uses them to transport the bills across the border. Police captain Juan Reyes (Richard Avonde) is posing as a bandit to uncover the counterfeiters smuggling fake pesos into Mexico, and is assisted by feisty youngsters Red (Michael Chapin) and Judy (Eilene Janssen), who are trying to protect the wild horses being used by the gang. The kids suspect that rancher Big John Harkins (Roy Barcroft) is the leader of the gang and that he is forcing Mexican artist Espinosa (Julian Rivero) to help him.
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Saddle Legion
Title: Saddle Legion
Character: Mercedes
Released: April 7, 1951
Type: Movie
A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
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Soldiers Three
Title: Soldiers Three
Character: Cabaret woman (as Movita Castenada)
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
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The Petty Girl
Title: The Petty Girl
Character: Carmelita Moray (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1950
Type: Movie
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
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The Furies
Title: The Furies
Character: Chiquita
Released: August 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
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A Lady Without Passport
Title: A Lady Without Passport
Character: Lorena (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
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Federal Man
Title: Federal Man
Character: Lolita Martinez / Montez (as Movita Castaneda)
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.
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Wagon Master
Title: Wagon Master
Character: Young Navajo Indian
Released: April 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Navajo, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
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Red Light
Title: Red Light
Character: Trina
Released: September 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
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The Mysterious Desperado
Title: The Mysterious Desperado
Character: Luisa
Released: September 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.
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Fort Apache
Title: Fort Apache
Character: Guadalupe
Released: June 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
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Tower of Terror
Title: Tower of Terror
Character: Marie Durand
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
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Girl from Rio
Title: Girl from Rio
Character: Marquita Romero
Released: August 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
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Wolf Call
Title: Wolf Call
Character: Towana
Released: May 22, 1939
Type: Movie
A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.
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Rose of the Rio Grande
Title: Rose of the Rio Grande
Character: Rosita del Torre
Released: March 15, 1938
Type: Movie
The story, based on a novel by Johnston (Zorro) McCulley, concerns a group of aristocratic vigilantes, who go about trying to restore their prominence in Mexico by killing anyone who stands in their way.
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The Hurricane
Title: The Hurricane
Character: Arai
Released: November 9, 1937
Type: Movie
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
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Paradise Isle
Title: Paradise Isle
Character: Ida
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).
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Captain Calamity
Title: Captain Calamity
Character: Annana
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
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The Devil of the Sea
Title: The Devil of the Sea
Character: Maya
Released: December 12, 1935
Type: Movie
A ship disappears without trace. What happened to the crew? Years later there's news of possible survivors and soon a rescue team is setting sail. Eventually they discover a young man living on a remote island and they ask him to leave with them. He refuses, so they abduct him. But he gets his revenge and guides them into the lair of the devil of the deep. Alternate language version of THE SEA FIEND (1935)
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Title: Mutiny on the Bounty
Character: Tehani
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Flying Down to Rio
Title: Flying Down to Rio
Character: Singer (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.