René Cardona
1905-10-09 ( 119 years old ) in Havana, Cuba

René Cardona (October 8, 1905 – April 25, 1988) was a Mexican director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor, who was prominent during part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. René Cardona was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 8, 1905, and began medical school in Cuba, but due to the political problems of the island, he and his family moved to New York City in 1926, where he continued his studies. Economic circumstances experienced by his family caused him to leave his studies. He befriended famous actor Rodolfo Valentino and obtained work as an extra in several films, until 1929 when he produced, wrote, directed and starred in the first Spanish-language film made in Hollywood, Sombras habaneras (Havana Shadows). He also had the opportunity to work in various positions in the film industry such as second assistant, technical advisor and first assistant director, and learned film and lighting technique. In 1932, he moved to Mexico, where he debuted as an actor and met Julieta Zacarías, sister of the director Miguel Zacarías, and soon after married her. His wife's support would be central to his career in Mexican cinema, in films Mano a mano (1932) directed by Ramón Peón and Sobre las olas (1932) directed by Zacarías. At this early stage as an actor, Cardona participated in three key Mexican films Marihuana (1936), El baúl macabro (1936) and Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), which officially inaugurate the golden age of Mexican cinema and made stars of its protagonists: Esther Fernández, Tito Guízar, and Cardona.

Movies

Viva la risa II 1989-01-01
Las Limpias 1987-03-12
Yo el ejecutor 1987-02-19
¡Maten al fugitivo! 1986-01-01
La Casa Que Arde de Noche 1985-06-28
Siempre en domingo 1984-09-20
La banda de la sotana negra 1983-07-02
The Fury of the Karate Experts 1982-12-17
Savage Summer 1980-08-07
Crónica roja 1979-12-13
El Llanto de los Pobres 1978-09-07
Cyclone 1978-07-21
The Children of Sanchez 1978-06-16
Raza de viboras 1978-04-27
Tempestad 1978-01-01
La casta divina 1977-11-17
Prisión de mujeres 1977-09-15
La folle de Chaillot 1976-06-30
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon 1975-12-04
El pequeño Robin Hood 1975-08-07
El valle de los miserables 1975-04-16
La disputa 1974-09-18
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman 1974-08-29
Guns and Guts 1974-05-23
Masajista de señoras 1973-05-03
Zindy, the Swamp Boy 1973-05-03
Peluquero de señoras 1973-03-28
Manuel Saldivar, el texano 1972-08-31
Jesús, el niño Dios 1971-12-16
Santo vs. the Head Hunters 1971-12-02
La mula de Cullen Baker 1971-10-09
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras 1970-11-05
La hermana Trinquete 1970-09-03
El deseo llega de noche 1969-07-03
El día de la boda 1968-10-31
Stranger in the House 1968-10-10
Operación carambola 1968-08-29
Un par de robachicos 1967-11-09
Un novio para dos hermanas 1967-07-06
La leyenda del bandido 1967-04-20
El matrimonio es como el demonio 1967-03-22
La vida de Pedro Infante 1966-04-20
The Diabolical Duchess 1964-12-11
Dos caballeros de espada 1964-08-13
El revólver sangriento 1964-04-02
Aventuras de las hermanas X 1963-04-26
La Bandida 1963-01-01
Santo vs. the King of Crime 1962-11-30
The Brainiac 1962-11-09
Los encapuchados del infierno 1962-06-01
Juana Gallo 1961-05-21
La ley del más rápido 1959-12-03
El puma 1959-09-09
Night Dance Hall 1959-07-24
Milagros de San Martín de Porres 1959-01-01
Girl Merchants 1957-09-13
La faraona 1956-12-10
Los hijos de Rancho Grande 1956-06-25
¡Que seas feliz! 1956-05-27
A los cuatro vientos 1955-06-04
As negro 1954-11-11
Mulata 1954-07-16
La desconocida 1954-01-01
Nuevo amanecer 1954-01-01
The Three Perfect Married 1953-06-08
El genial Detective Peter Pérez 1952-09-03
La vorágine: abismos de amor 1949-04-20
Cartas Marcadas 1948-03-14
Pito Pérez se va de bracero 1948-01-16
Soledad 1947-11-28
Soy charro de Rancho Grande 1947-11-06
La barca de oro 1947-08-13
Si me han de matar mañana 1947-05-26
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! 1946-01-31
Los buitres sobre el tejado 1946-01-01
El abanico de Lady Windermere 1944-08-25
Divorciadas 1943-12-09
Ave sin nido 1943-08-12
The Spirit's Canyon 1943-02-25
Jesusita en Chihuahua 1942-10-08
El conde de Montecristo 1942-04-29
El misterioso señor Marquina 1942-03-18
La casa del rencor 1941-11-06
El secreto del sacerdote 1941-01-22
Con su amable permiso 1940-11-13
Mala yerba 1940-09-11
La cuna vacía 1938-02-02
Don Juan Tenorio 1937-03-12
Honrarás a tus padres 1937-02-05
Allá en el Rancho Grande 1936-10-07
El calvario de una esposa 1936-09-05
The Macabre Trunk 1936-09-04
Malditas sean las mujeres 1936-07-08
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde 1936-06-04
Hand to Hand 1932-12-10
Carne de Cabaret 1931-05-08
When Love Laughs 1930-12-26
Common Clay 1930-09-19

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