Editing Cantinflas (section)

== Hollywood and beyond ==
[[File:Cantinflas walk of fame.PNG|upright|thumb|Cantinflas' star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in [[Los Angeles]]]]
In 1956, ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'', Cantinflas' American debut, earned him a [[Golden Globe]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a musical or comedy]].<ref name="nyt">[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=84036&mod=awards Film awards for Cantinflas] Retrieved 29 January 2006.</ref> ''Variety'' magazine said in 1956 that his Chaplinesque quality made a big contribution to the success of the film.<ref name="var2">[https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=Variety100&reviewid=VE1117488072&content=jump&jump=review&category=1935&cs=1 ''Variety magazine'' review of film] Retrieved 29 January 2006</ref> The film ultimately made an unadjusted $42 million at the box office<ref name="boxoffice">[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=80days56.htm Box office figures from Box Office Mojo] Retrieved 31 January 2006</ref> (over $678 million in 2018 dollars). While [[David Niven]] was billed as the lead in English-speaking nations, Cantinflas was billed as the lead elsewhere. As a result of the film, Cantinflas became the world's highest-paid actor.<ref name="dallasobs">{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-10-19/arts.html|title=The Power and No Story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415172111/http://dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-10-19/arts.html |archive-date=15 April 2006 |access-date=27 January 2006|newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]]|last=Biederman|first=Christine|date=19 October 2000}}</ref>
[[File: Movieland Wax Museum Postcard (52384164816).jpg|thumb| A postcard of Cantinflas as ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]'']]
Moreno's second Hollywood feature, ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]'', attempted to replicate the success of his first. The film had cameo appearances by [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Shirley Jones]], [[Ricardo Montalbán]], [[James Coburn]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[César Romero]], and other stars. His humor, deeply rooted in the Spanish language, did not translate well for the American audience and the movie's reception was a failure. He still earned a Golden Globe nomination for his part. Later in a 1992 American interview, Moreno cited the language barrier as the biggest impediment to his making it big in the United States.<ref name="interview">[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.12.05/cantinflas-0541.html Article on theatre re-enactment of Cantinflas' humor] Retrieved 30 January 2006</ref>

After returning to Mexico, Cantinflas starred in the comic drama ''[[El bolero de Raquel]]'' (1957), the first Cantinflas film to be distributed to the United States by Columbia Pictures. The film was followed by more Cantinflas-Reachi-Columbia productions: ''[[El analfabeto]]'' (1961), ''[[El padrecito]]'' (1963), and ''[[Su excelencia]]'' (1967). After ''Su excelencia'', Cantinflas began to appear in a series of very low-budget comedies directed by [[Miguel M. Delgado]], which were produced by his own company "Cantinflas Films". These films lasted until ''El Barrendero'', in 1982.
[[File:Lic. Francisco E. García Estrada.jpg|thumb|Francisco E. García  mexican Ambassador of the Republic Dominican and Cantinflas]] 
Like [[Charlie Chaplin]], Cantinflas was a social satirist. He played ''el pelado'', an impoverished Everyman, with hopes to succeed. With mutual admiration, Cantinflas was influenced by Chaplin's earlier films and ideology. ''El Circo'' (the circus) was a "shadow" of Chaplin's silent film, ''[[The Circus (silent film)|The Circus]]'' and ''Si yo fuera diputado'' ("If I Were a Congressman") had many similarities with the 1940 film, ''[[The Great Dictator]]''. Cantinflas' films, to this day, still generate revenue for Columbia Pictures. In 2000, Columbia reported in an estimated US$4 million in foreign distribution from the films.<ref name="lyt" />