Viruta y Capulina (English: Viruta and Capulina), performed by Marco Antonio Campos and Gaspar Henaine, were a Mexican double act featured in film, television, theatre, radio, and comic books from 1956 to 1966. [1] [2]
Viruta y Capulina (English: Viruta and Capulina), performed by Marco Antonio Campos and Gaspar Henaine, were a Mexican double act featured in film, television, theatre, radio, and comic books from 1956 to 1966. [1] [2]
Viruta and Capulina's first feature film, Se los chupó la bruja , was shot in 1957 and released the following year by Películas Nacionales. Upon viewing the film for the first time during a private screening, Capulina said that he felt "desolate" and told his wife that he would "never again work in film." [1] However, the film was successful at the box office; screening in theaters for eight weeks. [1]
The films of Viruta and Capulina were often associated with "bad quality" films and television programs. [1] In response, Capulina admitted that he and Viruta never had "the slightest freedom to choose the screenplays." [1]
| Year | Title | Production company |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | La sombra del otro | Producciones Dyana |
| 1958 | Se los chupó la bruja | Filmadora Chapultepec |
| Viaje a la luna | Brooks y Enríquez | |
| Los legionarios | Producciones Zacarías | |
| La odalisca No. 13 | Producciones Zacarías | |
| Muertos de miedo | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| A sablazo limpio | Brooks y Enríquez | |
| 1959 | Angelitos del trapecio | Producciones Zacarías |
| 1960 | Los tigres del desierto | Producciones Zacarías |
| Dos locos en escena | Producciones Zacarías | |
| Dos criados malcriados | Producciones Zacarías | |
| El dolor de pagar la renta | Producciones Zacarías | |
| Cómicos y canciones | Alameda Films | |
| Los desenfrenados | Producciones Zacarías | |
| 1961 | Limosneros con garrote | Filmadora Chapultepec |
| Un par... a todo dar | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| Pegando con tubo | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| Dos tontos y un loco | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| 1962 | Qué perra vida | Filmadora Chapultepec |
| Cascabelito | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| En peligro de muerte | Producciones Zacarías | |
| 1963 | Los invisibles | Filmadora Chapultepec |
| Barridos y regados | Filmadora Chapultepec | |
| 1964 | Buenos días, Acapulco | Producciones Zacarías |
| Los astronautas | Producciones Zacarías | |
| La edad de piedra | Producciones Zacarías | |
| 1965 | Los reyes del volante | Producciones Zacarías |
| 1966 | Cada quién su lucha | Producciones Zacarías |
| Dos meseros majaderos | Producciones Zacarías | |
| La batalla de los pasteles | Producciones Zacarías | |
| La cigüeña distraída | Producciones Zacarías | |
| 1967 | Detectives o ladrones..? | Atenea Films |
| Dos pintores pintorescos | Producciones Zacarías | |
| Un par de robachicos | Producciones Zacarías | |
| El camino de los espantos | Producciones Zacarías |
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