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René Cardona
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.
As director
Las computadoras
Visita al Pasado
Carlos El Terrorista
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Brood of Vipers
Una noche embarazosa
Prisión de mujeres
Survive!
El pequeño Robin Hood
Noche de muerte
The Yellow Mafia
Jalisco nunca pierde
El Hijo Del Pueblo
Island of Lost Souls
The Invasion of the Dead
Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo
El derecho de los pobres
The Incredible Professor Zovek
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
La mula de Cullen Baker
Capulina vs. the Vampires
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Siete muertes para el texano
El pueblo del terror
El asesino enmascarado
Santo vs. the Riders of Terror
La Captura De Gabino Barrera
Night of the Bloody Apes
As actor
Viva la risa II
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Yo el ejecutor
Las Limpias
¡Maten al fugitivo!
Siempre en domingo
La Banda De La Sotana Negra
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Savage Summer
Crónica roja
Tempestad
El Llanto de los Pobres
Cyclone
Brood of Vipers
The Children of Sanchez
Prisión de mujeres
La casta divina
La Folle de Chaillot
El pequeño Robin Hood
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
El valle de los miserables
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
Guns and Guts
La disputa
Masajista de señoras
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
Peluquero de señoras
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
Jesús, el niño Dios
La mula de Cullen Baker