José R. Ramírez Movie Trailers

Millonario a go-go Trailer (1965)

09 December 1965

Jíbaro Machuchal inherits a piece of land in Condado Beach. When he arrives, he finds a hotel has been built on his land.

Counterplot Trailer (1959)

01 October 1959

Man hides out in Puerto Rico from the police and his double-crossing attorney.

¿Qué opina la mujer? Trailer (1957)

02 January 1957

The role that women should play in the modern-day Puerto Rican family is discussed. The discussion is dramatized by a rural husband and wife involved in a domestic dispute.

La casa de un amigo Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

The story of a couple who wish to marry, but have no money to build a house. A neighbor recommends that they go by the community asking for cooperation, getting everyone to contribute.

El curandero del pueblo Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Machuchal is a rural healer that uses ancient methods and herbs as cures, obtaining the confidence of the community for many years.

Set against the backdrop of the prescription drug and opioid crisis in the USA, Jamie Sisley depicts the individual consequences of a societal tragedy, while taking an unflinching yet gentle look at a complicated web of relationships.

Fiend of Dope Island Trailer (1960)

12 February 1960

Charlie is a dope smuggler who lives on his own private desert island and rules over the natives with an iron fist.

Ignacio Trailer (1956)

01 January 1956

Recreates the town meetings which were a staple of the DivEdCo project. True-life residents debate community priorities, in this case the advisability of building parks and roads before dealing with the severe health issues caused by the town’s water supply.

Los peloteros Trailer (1951)

29 May 1951

A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.

Una gota de agua Trailer (1949)

13 April 1949

A drop of water is taken to a laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico to determine its purity. The film communicates scientific health information, such as the need to boil drinking water.

Danzas puertorriqueñas Trailer (1956)

01 January 1956

José Raúl Ramírez explains the way an electrical organ works and – more than forty years before he recorded his work – plays a selection of "danzas" on the organ, including "Felices días" by Morel Campos and "Tus caricias" by José Enrique Pedreira.

El secreto Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

Illustrates the dilemma of a sugarcane worker who has a child out of wedlock without his wife’s knowledge.

Caña Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

This short film celebrates the social legislation of wage reform for cane laborers.

El alcalde de Machuchal Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Triburcio Pérez, a jíbaro, runs for mayor of Machuchal.

La voz del pueblo Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

Documentary that encourages the public to participate in the general elections and the importance of the people's rights to exercise their vote.

Machuchal: Agente 0 Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Machuchal as a federal agent. He presents his humorous adventures and exploits in the city of New York as Agent 0.

Brainless John Trailer (1959)

31 December 1959

A man believes all the advertising he hears.

I, Juan Ponce de León Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

Las manos del hombre Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Educational documentary which extols the different forms of labor, and its importance to Puerto Rico’s progress.

Luna de miel en Puerto Rico Trailer (1966)