René Cardona
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-10-09
Place of birth
Havana, Cuba
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Cast
When Love Laughs
1930
0.00
Common Clay
1930
0.00
Masajista de señoras
1973
5.00
Carne de Cabaret
1931
2.00
Viva la risa II
1989
5.00
La Bandida
1963
4.60
Tempestad
1978
5.00
Jesús, el niño Dios
1971
5.50
Guns and Guts
1974
5.11
El pequeño Robin Hood
1975
5.00
La mula de Cullen Baker
1971
5.00
El Llanto de los Pobres
1978
5.00
Soledad
1947
5.50
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
1973
4.80
The Rock of Souls
1943
5.80
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
1975
5.60
The Fury of the Karate Experts
1982
5.00
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
5.20
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
4.70
El conde de Montecristo
1942
5.20
Jesusita en Chihuahua
1942
5.00
A los cuatro vientos
1955
5.50
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
5.00
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
5.50
Santo vs. the King of Crime
1962
4.50
Si me han de matar mañana
1947
6.00
La barca de oro
1947
6.00
Cartas Marcadas
1948
6.00
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
1959
5.00
Dos caballeros de espada
1964
5.00
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985
5.50
Divorciadas
1943
5.00
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944
5.00
The Brainiac
1962
5.52
Crónica roja
1979
5.86
The Macabre Trunk
1936
5.40
Girl Merchants
1957
1.00
Un novio para dos hermanas
1967
7.39
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
1956
5.00
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
5.50
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1947
5.60
As negro
1954
6.25
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
5.73
El revólver sangriento
1964
5.20
Con su amable permiso
1940
5.00
Los encapuchados del infierno
1962
5.00
Aventuras de las hermanas X
1963
5.70
La ley del más rápido
1959
5.00
El deseo llega de noche
1969
3.50
La leyenda del bandido
1967
5.00
La hermana Trinquete
1970
6.40
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
5.00
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946
5.00
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
1948
5.00
Mala yerba
1940
4.50
Los buitres sobre el tejado
1946
5.00
La desconocida
1954
5.00
Mulata
1954
4.40
Prisión de mujeres
1977
4.80
Cyclone
1978
5.10
The Diabolical Duchess
1964
5.00
El día de la boda
1968
5.00
Operación carambola
1968
6.60
El matrimonio es como el demonio
1967
6.00
Un par de robachicos
1967
6.80
El puma
1959
5.30
La casta divina
1977
6.60
The Three Perfect Married
1953
4.00
Stranger in the House
1968
6.10
La casa del rencor
1941
5.00
Yo el ejecutor
1987
4.70
¡Que seas feliz!
1956
6.00
Ave sin nido
1943
5.00
La banda de la sotana negra
1983
5.70
Hand to Hand
1932
5.00
La disputa
1974
5.00
Peluquero de señoras
1973
5.00
La folle de Chaillot
1976
0.00
Don Juan Tenorio
1937
4.40
El misterioso señor Marquina
1942
5.00
Malditas sean las mujeres
1936
5.00
Juana Gallo
1961
6.32
La cuna vacía
1938
3.67
Brood of Vipers
1978
3.50
Siempre en domingo
1984
4.20
Night Dance Hall
1959
0.00
The Children of Sanchez
1978
6.10
Las Limpias
1987
5.20
Savage Summer
1980
4.33
La faraona
1956
3.50
Honrarás a tus padres
1937
5.00
El calvario de una esposa
1936
5.00
El valle de los miserables
1975
3.80
¡Maten al fugitivo!
1986
4.00
La vorágine: abismos de amor
1949
5.30
Nuevo amanecer
1954
5.00
El príncipe del desierto
1947
5.00
El socio
1946
5.50