This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.

• Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
• Azteca Films
• Ninón Sevilla
• Ana Luisa Peluffo
• Armando Silvestre
• Ricardo Montalban
• Rafael Inclán
• Mate Calderón
• Guillermo Calderón
• Rafael Calderón Jr.