René Cardona
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 9, 1905
- Died
- April 25, 1988 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
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.
Known For
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Las computadoras
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Visita al Pasado
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Carlos El Terrorista
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Burlesque
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
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Brood of Vipers
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Una noche embarazosa
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Prisión de mujeres
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Survive!
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El pequeño Robin Hood
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Noche de muerte
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The Yellow Mafia
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Jalisco nunca pierde
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El Hijo Del Pueblo
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Island of Lost Souls
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The Invasion of the Dead
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Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo
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El derecho de los pobres
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Zindy, the Swamp Boy
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The Incredible Professor Zovek
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Manuel Saldivar, el texano
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La mula de Cullen Baker
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Capulina vs. the Vampires
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Santo vs. the Head Hunters
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The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
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Siete muertes para el texano
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
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El pueblo del terror
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El asesino enmascarado
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Santo vs. the Riders of Terror
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La Captura De Gabino Barrera
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Night of the Bloody Apes
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Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
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Santo vs. Capulina
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Duelo en El Dorado
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La maestra inolvidable
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Lauro Puñales
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Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
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The Vampire and Sex
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El Caballo Bayo
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The Bat Woman
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Valentín de la Sierra
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The Treasure of Moctezuma
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Lucio Vazquez
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Caballo prieto azabache
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Operation 67
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The Panther Women
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La vuelta del Mexicano
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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
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El mexicano
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El alazán y el rosillo
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El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
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Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
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Aquella Rosita Alvírez
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Santo vs. the Strangler
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She-Wolves of the Ring
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Pistoleros del oeste
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El Hijo De Gabino Barrera
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Gabino Barrera
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Los Sheriffs De La Frontera
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Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
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La edad de piedra
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El corrido de María Pistolas
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Doctor of Doom
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Fuerte, audaz y valiente
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María Pistolas
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¡En peligro de muerte!
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El globero
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Carnaval en mi barrio
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Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
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The Crying Woman
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A Clean Shot
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Juan Polainas
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Una señora movida
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La ley del más rápido
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El joven del carrito
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El sordo
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Santa Claus
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El puma
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Angel from Hell
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Tom Thumb
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La marca del cuervo
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Las tres pelonas
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La cama de piedra
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Tú y la mentira
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Maratón de baile
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The Living Idol
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Pancho López
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Un mundo nuevo
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La faraona
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Los margaritos
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Los tres amores de Lola
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Las zapatillas verdes
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Love From Afar
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El pueblo sin Dios
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Una gallega en La Habana
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De ranchero a empresario
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El enmascarado de plata
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Cain y Abel
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Sindicato de telemirones
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Pompeyo el conquistador
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Póker de ases
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Por qué peca la mujer
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Vive como sea
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Port of Temptation
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Canasta Uruguaya
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Mujeres de teatro
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El marido de mi novia
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Vuelva el sábado
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Una viuda sin sostén
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They also sing of pain
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Red Rain
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Gema
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Yo quiero ser hombre
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Gemma
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Yo quiero ser mala
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Una canción a la vírgen
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El Charro del Cristo
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Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
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Lazos de fuego
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Cartas Marcadas
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La última noche
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Mi madre adorada
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El tigre de Jalisco
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Felipe fue desgraciado
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¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
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Una canción en la noche
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El museo del crimen
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El precio de una vida
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Mis hijos!
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The Headless Woman
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Hotel de verano
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The Black Ace
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El espectro de la novia
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Jesusita en Chihuahua
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Unidos por el eje
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Adios mi chaparrita
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Love of my loves
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La reina del río
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El cobarde
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Tierra brava
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Alarma
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Estrellita
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Allá en el rancho chico
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Dos cadetes
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Don Juan Tenorio
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Sombras habaneras
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