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René Cardona
René Cardona (October 8, 1905 in Havana, Cuba – April 25, 1988, in Mexico City) was a director, actor, producer, screenwriter, and film editor in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''''. . The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and raised in nearby Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957 in Mérida, Yucatán, while en route to Mexico City when his plane crashed due to engine failure. From 1939 until his death, Infante acted in over 60 films (30 of them with his brother Ángel) and recorded over 350 songs. For his performance in the movie ''Tizoc'', he was posthumously awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Childhood and early career Pedro Infante was born 18 November 1917, the son of Delfino Infante García (24 December 1880 – 17 March 1955), who played the double bass in a band, and Maria del Refugio Cruz Aranda. He was the third of fifteen children, of whom nine survived. Although the Infante Cruz family stayed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Abanico De Lady Windermere
"Lady Windermere's Fan" (Spanish: ''El abanico de Lady Windermere'') is a 1944 Mexican film, directed by Juan José Ortega. Plot Lady Windermere discovers that her husband may have a mistress. When confronted, her husband dismisses the accusations and invites his supposed lover, Mrs. Erlyne, to Windermer's birthday dance. Lady Windermere, upset by her husband's suspected infidelity, runs away with Lord Darlington after he confesses his love for her. Cast *Anita Blanch *Diana Bordes *René Cardona *Ángel Di Stefani *Mercedes Ferriz *Miguel Ángel Ferriz *Emma Fink *Emilia Guiú *Susana Guízar *Raúl Lechuga *Héctor López Portillo *Augusto Novaro *Alfonso Ruiz Gómez *Fanny Schiller *Arturo Soto Rangel Arturo Soto Rangel (March 12, 1882 – May 25, 1965) was a Mexican film, television, and stage actor. Soto was best known for appearing in over 250 Mexican films. He appeared in one American movie, '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', which won ... *Dolores Tinoco *Aurora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Félix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, her taste for the finesse and strong personality garnered her the title of diva early in her career. She was known as ''La Doña'', a name derived from her character in '' Doña Bárbara'' (1943), and ''María Bonita'', thanks to the anthem composed exclusively for her as a wedding gift by Félix's second husband, Agustín Lara. Her acting career consists of 47 films made in Mexico, Spain, France, Italy and Argentina. Early life María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña was born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico, on 8 April 1914. Her birth was registered on May 4, which was later misreported as her date of birth. She was the daughter of Bernardo Félix Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rock Of Souls
''The Rock of Souls'' (Spanish: ''El Peñón de las Ánimas'') is a Mexican movie produced in 1943, directed by Miguel Zacarías and starring Jorge Negrete and María Félix.Baugh, p. 80 It is the first movie to star María Félix, one of the legendary female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Plot In a little town in Mexico, the rivalry between the families of Fernando Iturriaga (Jorge Negrete) and María Ángela Valdivia (María Félix) for the domain of a property known as ''El Peñón de las Ánimas'' prevents the love between the two young lovers. Curiosities It was the first movie of the legendary María Félix. For the movie, Jorge Negrete had requested that his girlfriend, the actress Gloria Marín be his costar; however, Félix was selected by the director, which led to a series of altercations between the couple. Ten years later they got married. Cast * Jorge Negrete as Fernando Iturriaga * María Félix as María Ángela Valdivia * René Cardona as Manuel * Mig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Priest's Secret
''The Priest's Secret'' (Spanish: ''El secreto del sacerdote'') is a 1941 Mexican drama film directed by Joselito Rodríguez and starring Arturo de Córdova, Alicia de Phillips and Pedro Armendáriz.Biltereyst & Gennari, p.76 A Catholic priest is conflicted about informing the police of something he heard in confession. Cast * Arturo de Córdova * Alicia de Phillips * Pedro Armendáriz * René Cardona * Miguel Montemayor * Víctor Urruchúa * Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator, politician and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritaria ... * Evita Muñoz ("Chachita") as Martita * Armando Soto La Marina * Amelia Wilhelmy * Joaquín Coss * José Torvay * Lupe Inclán * Manuel Buendía * Humberto Rodríguez References Bibliography * Daniel Biltereyst & Daniela Treveri Gennari. ''Moralizing Cinema: Film, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Award
The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Mexican film industry. The purpose of the Ariel recognition is to stimulate and increase the excellence of Mexican cinema, favor the growth of the industry, and promote the meeting and strengthening of the national film community. It is regarded as the most prestigious award in the Mexican film industry and considered Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars of the United States. History The statuette is in the image of a man and it was designed by the sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo. The original statuette is currently found inside Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The name "Ariel" was inspired by a series of short writings called '' El Ariel'' by Uruguayan writer José Enrique Rodó that inspired generations of young Latin America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Actors
The National Association of Actors ( es, Asociación Nacional de Actores, ANDA) is the Mexican actors guild. It is a member of the Bloque Latinoamericano de Actores (BLADA, the Latin American Actors' Block) that includes all of the actors' unions in Latin America. The ANDA is headquartered in the ''colonia'' (borough) San Rafael of Mexico City and currently presided by Yolanda Cianí as general secretary. ANDA began in 1934 as an independent union of actors guilds from throughout Mexico. When Angel T. Sala became its secretary general in 1936, the union was subsumed into the Union of Cinema Studio Workers (''Unión de los Trabajadores de Estudio Cinematográficos'', UTEC), which was under the control of the CTM, a labor confederation with allegiance to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. The actors, however, continued their struggle for independence and for union democracy. In 2005, the ANDA had a conflict with Grabaciones y Doblajes Internacionales, which is in cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survive! (film)
''Survive!'' (Spanish: ''Supervivientes de los Andes'' - ''Andes Survivors'') is a 1976 Mexican thriller film directed by René Cardona. The film was released on January 15, 1976 in Mexico and is based on the 1973 book ''Survive!'' by Clay Blair, which is based on the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Premise A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism. Cast * Hugo Stiglitz as Francisco * Norma Lazareno as Silvia * Luz María Aguilar as Mrs. Madero * Fernando Larrañaga as Madero * Pablo Ferrel as Raúl * Leonardo Daniel as Carmelo * Sara Guasch as Mamá de Silvia * Gloria Chávez as Mujer que va a boda (as Gloria Chaves) * José Elías Moreno as Rodrigo Fernández Reception ''The New York Times'' gave a negative review for ''Survive!'', calling it "an irksomely dubbed film of rudim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José León Sánchez
José León Sánchez Alvarado (19 April 1929 – 15 November 2022) was a Costa Rican novelist best known for his works ''Isla de los hombres solos'' ("Island of Lonely Men") and ''Tenochtitlan''. A movie adaptation
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dia ... of his novel, ''Isla de los hombres solos'' was ma ...
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Night Of The Bloody Apes (film)
''Night of the Bloody Apes'' is the title of the 1972 English language version of the 1969 Mexican horror film ''La Horripilante bestia humana'' ("The Horrible Man-Beast"), also known as ''Horror y sexo'' ("Horror and Sex") and as ''Gomar—The Human Gorilla''. The film was directed by René Cardona and is a remake of his 1962 film ''Las Luchadoras contra el medico asesino'' ("The Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Doctor"; U.S. title ''Doctor of Doom''), the first in a series of films blending elements of the lucha libre and horror genres. Plot Mad scientist Dr. Krellman attempts to cure his son's leukemia by doing a heart transplant, replacing his son's heart with a gorilla's. The result of the operation transforms Krellman's son into a deformed and mutated man-ape hybrid taking on the characteristics of the organ's donor, who immediately goes on a bloody rampage. Differences with ''Doctor of Doom'' Both films' plots concern a mad scientist who transplants a gorilla's heart into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus (1959 Film)
''Santa Claus'' (sometimes also known as ''Santa Claus vs. the Devil'') is a 1959 Mexican fantasy film directed by Rene Cardona and co-written with Adolfo Torres Portillo. In the film, Santa Claus works in outer space and battles with a demon named Pitch, sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by killing Santa and "making all the children of the Earth do evil". A dubbed and slightly edited English-language cut was produced for United States markets in 1960 under the direction of Ken Smith. Its lampooning on a 1993 episode of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' brought the film to a wider recognition and cult status. Plot On December 24, Santa prepares for his yearly journey at his Toyland castle in space. He plays the organ while his children helpers from all over the world sing. Meanwhile, in Hell, Lucifer instructs his chief demon Pitch to travel to Earth and turn the children of the world against Santa (or else he will, as punishment, eat chocolate ice cream). In a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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