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.

Two Mules for Sister Sara

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Santa Claus

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Night of the Bloody Apes

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The Bat Woman

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Santo in the Treasure of Dracula

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Entre monjas anda el Diablo

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Survive!

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Tom Thumb

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Santo vs. Capulina

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Capulina vs. the Vampires

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El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte

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They also sing of pain

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Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb

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¡En peligro de muerte!

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Doctor of Doom

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Santo vs. The Riders of Terror

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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

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The Crying Woman

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The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy

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The Panther Women

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Santo vs. the Strangler

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The Living Idol

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The Incredible Professor Zovek

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Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot

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Yo quiero ser mala

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Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers

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Operation 67

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The Treasure of Moctezuma

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Night of Death

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El derecho de los pobres

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Island of Lost Souls

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Prisión de mujeres

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Santo vs. the Head Hunters

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Carlos el terrorista

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Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler

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El enmascarado de plata

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Red Rain

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Son of the Town

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La vuelta del Mexicano

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She-Wolves of the Ring

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Por qué peca la mujer

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Hotel de verano

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La edad de piedra

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La mula de Cullen Baker

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Una noche embarazosa

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La faraona

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Valentín de la Sierra

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El alazán y el rosillo

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La mujer sin cabeza

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Los tres amores de Lola

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The Invasion of the Dead

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Cartas Marcadas

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Burlesque

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La marca del cuervo

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Las tres pelonas

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El sordo

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Fuerte, audaz y valiente

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Las computadoras

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Una gallega en La Habana

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The Revenge of Gabino Barrera

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La mafia amarilla

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Póker de ases

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The Capture of Gabino Barrera

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Don Juan Tenorio

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Gabino Barrera

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Port of Temptation

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A tiro limpio

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El museo del crimen

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El tigre de Jalisco

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Una canción a la vírgen

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Cain y Abel

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Juan Polainas

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Pancho López

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El joven del carrito

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El pueblo del terror

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¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!

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Duelo en El Dorado

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Manuel Saldivar, el texano

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Mis hijos!

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Mujeres de teatro

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Yo quiero ser hombre

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Lucio Vázquez

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Lauro Puñales

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El marido de mi novia

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Tierra brava

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El corrido de María Pistolas

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Angel from Hell

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Dos cadetes

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La cama de piedra

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Viva México y sus corridos

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Tú y la mentira

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Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio

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Vive como sea

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Las zapatillas verdes

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El pequeño Robin Hood

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Love of my loves

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De ranchero a empresario

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El mexicano

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El globero

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La ley del más rápido

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La maestra inolvidable

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Pompeyo el conquistador

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Carnaval en mi barrio

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Vuelva el sábado

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El espectro de la novia

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El puma

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Caballo prieto azabache

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Pistoleros del oeste

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Raza de viboras

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The Son of Gabino Barrera

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La Guerra de los Pasteles

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The Black Ace

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Lazos de fuego

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Visita al Pasado

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Adios mi chaparrita

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Una canción en la noche

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Love From Afar

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Canasta Uruguaya

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Jesusita en Chihuahua

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Una señora movida

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Aquella Rosita Alvírez

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El pueblo sin Dios

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El Charro del Cristo

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Los margaritos

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María Pistolas

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Jalisco nunca pierde

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El asesino enmascarado

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Un mundo nuevo

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La reina del río

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Alarma

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Unidos por el eje

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Estrellita

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Allá en el rancho chico

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Gemma

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La última noche

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Maratón de baile

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El cobarde

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Sindicato de telemirones

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El precio de una vida

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Siete muertes para el texano

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Mi madre adorada

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El Caballo Bayo

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Gema

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The Vampire and Sex

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