Juan José Martínez Casado
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Juan José Martínez Casado (1903–1987) was a Cuban
film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. Jarvinen p.99 He appeared in many Mexican films including during the
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spanning the 1930s to 1950s, was a prolific era during which Mexico emerged as the leading film producer in Latin America. Filmmakers during this period tackled themes ...
. He also directed two films in the early 1950s including '' A Gypsy in Havana''.


Selected filmography

* ''
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'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1935) * '' Malditas sean las mujeres'' (1936) * '' Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''
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'' (1938) * '' The Girl's Aunt'' (1938) * ''
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'' (1943) * '' Cruel Destiny'' (1944) * '' Country Corner'' (1950) * '' The Maragatan Sphinx'' (1950) * '' A Gypsy in Havana'' (1950) * '' Mission to the North of Seoul'' (1953) * '' The White Rose'' (1954) * ''
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'' (1960) * '' The Incredible Professor Zovek'' (1972) * '' The Holy Office'' (1974) * '' Tívoli'' (1974)


References


Bibliography

* Hershfield, Joanne & Maciel, David R. ''Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. . * Jarvinen, Lisa. ''The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939''. Rutger's University Press, 2012. . * Poppe, Nicolas. ''Alton's Paradox: Foreign Film Workers and the Emergence of Industrial Cinema in Latin America. State University of New York Press, 2021. .


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* 1903 births 1987 deaths Cuban male film actors Cuban emigrants to Mexico People from Gibara {{Cuba-bio-stub