René Cardona
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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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María Pistolas (1963)
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El corrido de María Pistolas (1964)
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Prisión de mujeres (1977)
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The Bat Woman (1968)
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Santa Claus (1959)
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Lauro Puñales (1969)
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Aquella Rosita Alvírez (1965)
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El pequeño Robin Hood (1975)
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Dos cadetes (1938)
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Tom Thumb (1958)
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Survive! (1976)
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Gema (1950)
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Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
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El Charro del Cristo (1949)
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Vuelva el sábado (1951)
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El pueblo sin Dios (1955)
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Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969)
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Noche de muerte (1975)
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The Vampire and Sex (1969)
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The Yellow Mafia (1975)
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Unidos por el eje (1942)
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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy (1971)
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Caballo prieto azabache (1968)
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Hotel de verano (1944)
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Port of Temptation (1951)
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A Clean Shot (1960)
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Una noche embarazosa (1977)
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Mujeres de teatro (1951)
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El pueblo del terror (1970)
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Yo quiero ser mala (1950)
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The Panther Women (1967)
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Santo vs. the Riders of Terror (1970)
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Doctor of Doom (1963)
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Póker de ases (1952)
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Carlos El Terrorista (1980)
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Un mundo nuevo (1957)
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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler (1966)
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Una viuda sin sostén (1951)
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Entre Monjas Anda El Diablo (1973)
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Una señora movida (1959)
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Adios mi chaparrita (1941)
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Operation 67 (1967)
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El puma (1959)
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El enmascarado de plata (1954)
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La faraona (1956)
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El tigre de Jalisco (1947)
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La maestra inolvidable (1969)
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Manuel Saldivar, el texano (1972)
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Sindicato de telemirones (1954)
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El Hijo Del Pueblo (1974)
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Lazos de fuego (1948)
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Island of Lost Souls (1974)
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The Incredible Professor Zovek (1972)
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Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)
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Love of my loves (1940)
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Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb (1960)
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Red Rain (1950)
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The Crying Woman (1960)
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Capulina vs. the Vampires (1971)
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Mi madre adorada (1948)
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Santo vs. Capulina (1969)
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El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte (1966)
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The Headless Woman (1944)
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The Treasure of Moctezuma (1968)
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Maratón de baile (1958)
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Los Sheriffs De La Frontera (1965)
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The Invasion of the Dead (1973)
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Juan Polainas (1960)
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Gabino Barrera (1965)
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El museo del crimen (1945)
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Los margaritos (1956)
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El espectro de la novia (1943)
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El alazán y el rosillo (1966)
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Valentín de la Sierra (1968)
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Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers (1965)
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La vuelta del Mexicano (1967)
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La mula de Cullen Baker (1971)
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Lucio Vazquez (1968)
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Por qué peca la mujer (1952)
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El Hijo De Gabino Barrera (1965)
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Duelo en El Dorado (1969)
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Los tres amores de Lola (1956)
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Fuerte, audaz y valiente (1963)
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¡En peligro de muerte! (1962)
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Cain y Abel (1954)
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Santo vs. the Strangler (1965)
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They also sing of pain (1950)
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Una gallega en La Habana (1955)
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El sordo (1959)
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Angel from Hell (1959)
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Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot (1969)
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El mexicano (1966)
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La Captura De Gabino Barrera (1970)
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The Black Ace (1944)
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Canasta Uruguaya (1951)
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Mis hijos! (1944)
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She-Wolves of the Ring (1965)
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El marido de mi novia (1951)
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Estrellita (1938)
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La edad de piedra (1964)
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The Revenge of Gabino Barrera (1971)
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The Living Idol (1957)
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Pompeyo el conquistador (1953)
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El cobarde (1939)
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El Caballo Bayo (1969)
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Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio (1949)
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Pancho López (1957)
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La Guerra de los Pasteles (1979)
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Jesusita en Chihuahua (1942)
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Tú y la mentira (1958)
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Las tres pelonas (1958)
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Alarma (1938)
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Visita al Pasado (1981)
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Cartas Marcadas (1948)
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Las computadoras (1982)
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Santo vs. the Head Hunters (1971)
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Tierra brava (1938)
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Pistoleros del oeste (1965)
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De ranchero a empresario (1954)
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Gemma (1950)
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Una canción en la noche (1945)
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El globero (1961)
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Allá en el rancho chico (1938)
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Love From Afar (1955)
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Yo quiero ser hombre (1950)
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La última noche (1948)
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Siete muertes para el texano (1971)
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La ley del más rápido (1959)
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La marca del cuervo (1958)
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Brood of Vipers (1978)
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Las zapatillas verdes (1956)
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El joven del carrito (1959)
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El asesino enmascarado (1970)
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Don Juan Tenorio (1937)
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La reina del río (1939)
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¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla! (1946)
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Vive como sea (1952)
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La cama de piedra (1958)
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El derecho de los pobres (1973)
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Jalisco nunca pierde (1974)
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El precio de una vida (1945)
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Carnaval en mi barrio (1961)
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Una canción a la vírgen (1949)
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Felipe fue desgraciado (1947)
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