René Cardona
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.
Acting (91 movies)
When Love Laughs
1930
Common Clay
1930
Masajista de señoras
1973
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
1974
Carne de Cabaret
1931
Viva la risa II
1989
La Bandida
1963
Tempestad
1978
Jesús, el niño Dios
1971
Guns and Guts
1974
El pequeño Robin Hood
1975
La mula de Cullen Baker
1971
El Llanto de los Pobres
1978
Soledad
1947
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
1973
The Rock of Souls
1943
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
1975
The Fury of the Karate Experts
1982
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966
El conde de Montecristo
1942
Jesusita en Chihuahua
1942
A los cuatro vientos
1955
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
1936
El secreto del sacerdote
1941
Santo vs. the King of Crime
1962
Si me han de matar mañana
1947
La barca de oro
1947
Cartas Marcadas
1948
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
1959
Dos caballeros de espada
1964
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985
Divorciadas
1943
El abanico de Lady Windermere
1944
The Brainiac
1962
Crónica roja
1979
The Macabre Trunk
1936
Girl Merchants
1957
Un novio para dos hermanas
1967
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
1956
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1947
As negro
1954
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
El revólver sangriento
1964
Con su amable permiso
1940
La hermana Trinquete
1970
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
1970
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946
Mala yerba
1940
Los buitres sobre el tejado
1946
La desconocida
1954
Mulata
1954
Prisión de mujeres
1977
Cyclone
1978
The Diabolical Duchess
1964
El matrimonio es como el demonio
1967
El día de la boda
1968
Operación carambola
1968
Un par de robachicos
1967
El puma
1959
La casta divina
1977
The Three Perfect Married
1953
Stranger in the House
1968
La casa del rencor
1941
Yo el ejecutor
1987
¡Que seas feliz!
1956
Ave sin nido
1943
La banda de la sotana negra
1983
Hand to Hand
1932
La disputa
1974
Peluquero de señoras
1973
La folle de Chaillot
1976
Don Juan Tenorio
1937
El misterioso señor Marquina
1942
Malditas sean las mujeres
1936
Juana Gallo
1961
La cuna vacía
1938
Raza de viboras
1978
Night Dance Hall
1959
The Children of Sanchez
1978
Las Limpias
1987
Savage Summer
1980
La faraona
1956
El calvario de una esposa
1936
Honrarás a tus padres
1937
El valle de los miserables
1975
¡Maten al fugitivo!
1986
La vorágine: abismos de amor
1949
Nuevo amanecer
1954
Directing (144 movies)
Port of Temptation
1951
Night of the Bloody Apes
1969
Lazos de fuego
1948
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
1965
The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
1964
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
1969
¡En peligro de muerte!
1962
La edad de piedra
1964
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
1960
The Bat Woman
1968
Tom Thumb
1957
Visita al Pasado
1981
El pequeño Robin Hood
1975
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
1966
Una canción en la noche
1945
Adios mi chaparrita
1941
Love of my loves
1940
La mula de Cullen Baker
1971
The Invasion of the Dead
1973
The Living Idol
1957
The Crying Woman
1960
Survive!
1976
Una noche embarazosa
1977
La faraona
1956
Valentín de la Sierra
1968
Santo vs. Capulina
1969
The Treasure of Moctezuma
1968
Operation 67
1967
Love From Afar
1955
Canasta Uruguaya
1951
Jesusita en Chihuahua
1942
A Clean Shot
1960
El museo del crimen
1945
Una señora movida
1959
Aquella Rosita Alvírez
1965
Entre monjas anda el Diablo
1973
Cartas Marcadas
1948
De ranchero a empresario
1954
El mexicano
1966
El alazán y el rosillo
1966
Doctor of Doom
1963
El enmascarado de plata
1954
They also sing of pain
1950
The Incredible Professor Zovek
1972
Noche de muerte
1975
El tigre de Jalisco
1947
El globero
1961
El pueblo sin Dios
1955
Una canción a la vírgen
1949
Cain y Abel
1954
Juan Polainas
1960
Pancho López
1957
La marca del cuervo
1958
Las tres pelonas
1958
El Charro del Cristo
1949
Los margaritos
1956
Red Rain
1950
El joven del carrito
1959
La ley del más rápido
1959
El sordo
1959
Santa Claus
1959
El pueblo del terror
1970
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
1963
María Pistolas
1963
Gema
1950
El derecho de los pobres
1973
Jalisco nunca pierde
1974
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946
Son of the Town
1974
Island of Lost Souls
1974
Duelo en El Dorado
1969
El asesino enmascarado
1970
Capulina vs. the Vampires
1971
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
1972
Mis hijos!
1944
Mujeres de teatro
1951
Yo quiero ser hombre
1950
Las computadoras
1982
La maestra inolvidable
1969
Un mundo nuevo
1957
Pompeyo el conquistador
1953
Una gallega en La Habana
1955
Prisión de mujeres
1977
Lucio Vázquez
1968
Lauro Puñales
1969
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
1971
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
1969
Carnaval en mi barrio
1961
El marido de mi novia
1951
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
1971
La mafia amarilla
1975
Póker de ases
1952
Vuelva el sábado
1951
The Panther Women
1967
Tierra brava
1938
Santo vs. the Strangler
1965
Santo vs. The Riders of Terror
1970
The Headless Woman
1944
El espectro de la novia
1943
El puma
1959
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Don Juan Tenorio | 1937 | Screenplay |
| Mis hijos! | 1944 | Writer |
| The Headless Woman | 1944 | Writer |
| Hotel de verano | 1944 | Writer |
| El museo del crimen | 1945 | Writer |
| El museo del crimen | 1945 | Producer |
| Cartas Marcadas | 1948 | Screenplay |
| Por qué peca la mujer | 1952 | Writer |
| De ranchero a empresario | 1954 | Writer |
| Tom Thumb | 1957 | Screenplay |
| Maratón de baile | 1958 | Screenplay |
| El puma | 1959 | Writer |
| Santa Claus | 1959 | Writer |
| Gabino Barrera | 1965 | Writer |
| Santo vs. the Strangler | 1965 | Writer |
| Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler | 1966 | Writer |
| Night of the Bloody Apes | 1969 | Writer |
| Santo vs. The Riders of Terror | 1970 | Screenplay |
| La mula de Cullen Baker | 1971 | Writer |
| Capulina vs. the Vampires | 1971 | Screenplay |
| The Incredible Professor Zovek | 1972 | Writer |
| Son of the Town | 1974 | Screenplay |
| Island of Lost Souls | 1974 | Screenplay |
| Raza de viboras | 1978 | Writer |