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René Cardona
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…
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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.
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1989
Viva la risa II
Movie
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1987
Las Limpias
Movie Don Ignacio
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1987
Yo el ejecutor
Movie
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1986
Se Sufre pero se Goza
Movie Writer
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1986
¡Maten al fugitivo!
Movie
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1985
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Movie American
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1984
Siempre en domingo
Movie
- 1983
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1982
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Movie Professor Williams
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1982
Las computadoras
Movie Director
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1981
Visita al Pasado
Movie Director
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1980
Savage Summer
Movie Papá
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1980
Carlos El Terrorista
Movie Director
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1979
Crónica roja
Movie
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1979
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Movie Director
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1978
El Llanto de los Pobres
Movie
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1978
Cyclone
Movie
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1978
The Children of Sanchez
Movie
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1978
Brood of Vipers
Movie
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1978
Tempestad
Movie
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1977
Una noche embarazosa
Movie Director
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1977
La casta divina
Movie Consul Cubano
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1977
Prisión de mujeres
Movie Mr. Williams
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1976
La Folle de Chaillot
Movie Le rentier
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1976
Survive!
Movie Director
- 1975
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1975
El pequeño Robin Hood
Movie
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1975
Noche de muerte
Movie Director
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1975
The Yellow Mafia
Movie Director
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1975
El valle de los miserables
Movie Don Luis Aguirre
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1974
Jalisco nunca pierde
Movie Director
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1974
La disputa
Movie
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1974
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
Movie Severo Segovia
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1974
Island of Lost Souls
Movie Screenplay
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1974
Guns and Guts
Movie Monk
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1974
El Hijo Del Pueblo
Movie Director
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1973
The Invasion of the Dead
Movie Director
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1973
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
Movie Abuelo
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1973
Masajista de señoras
Movie
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1973
Peluquero de señoras
Movie
