When the Mexican comedian Cantinflas shunned the film companies of his homeland and signed with Columbia Pictures in 1946, he changed the course of Latin American cinema and lifted himself to ...

The "Cantinflas" movie had its star-studded Hollywood premiere this week at the iconic Chinese Theatre. A fitting location, as it is there where Mario Moreno “Cantinflas,” the beloved Mexican actor, ...

"Man's first obligation is to be happy," Cantinflas once said, "and his second is to make others happy." The late Mexican comic was true to his word, and the indomitable optimism that drenches his ...

Charlie Chaplin reportedly called him the "greatest comedian alive." Mexican actor Mario Moreno, or "Cantinflas" as he was known, starred in scores of films from the 1930s up to the 1980s. In Latin ...

As endorsements go, being declared the greatest living comedian by Charlie Chaplin would be a biggie. It happened for Mario Moreno, better known as Cantinflas, a superstar of Mexican cinema who often ...

W earing ill-fitting baggy pants held up at mid-hips by a rope and a small peaked hat, Mexican actor Mario Moreno created an indelible comic figure named Cantinflas who said nonsensical things but ...

MEXICO CITY – It is hard to think of a Mexican Everyman without turning to Cantinflas, the tattered, droopy-pants character created by comic Mario Moreno in the "tent theaters" of Mexico's slums in ...

When the renowned Mexican comedian Cantinflas performed in Tucson on March 3, 1984, it was not his first trip to the area. Cantinflas, whose real name was Mario Moreno, had been here several times, in ...

During Golden Era of Mexican Cinema that stretched from the 1930s to the 1960s, movie stars like María Félix, Pedro Infante, and Luis Aguilar commanded a presence on stage and swooned moviegoers with ...

Spanish actor Óscar Jaenada has taken on the role of 'Cantinflas' in a movie of the same name, about the late comedic Mexican actor. Mario Moreno, was at one time, one of the most popular movie stars ...

In reality, the film was a great step in my career because it was like a charge or assignment. I was promoting my first movie, “The Fantastic World of Juan Orol,” and the producers offered me the ...

Last Friday would have been the 100th birthday of the Mexican comic legend Cantinflas. By the time of his death in 1993, Cantinflas had acted in 50 films, won a Golden Globe, and even inspired a new ...