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.
Cast
When Love Laughs
Unknown
Common Clay
Unknown
Masajista de señoras
Unknown
The Vengeance of the Crying Woman
Severo Segovia
Carne de Cabaret
Eddie Miller
Viva la risa II
Unknown
La Bandida
General Robles
Tempestad
Unknown
Jesús, el niño Dios
Baltazar (as René Cardona Sr.)
Guns and Guts
Monk
El pequeño Robin Hood
Unknown
La mula de Cullen Baker
Capitán
El Llanto de los Pobres
Unknown
Soledad
Roberto Covarrubias
Zindy, the Swamp Boy
Abuelo
The Rock of Souls
Manuel
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
Unknown
The Fury of the Karate Experts
Professor Williams
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
Unknown
La vida de Pedro Infante
Director
El conde de Montecristo
Fernando Mondego / Conde de Morcef
Jesusita en Chihuahua
Unknown
A los cuatro vientos
Unknown
Marihuana El Monstruo Verde
Unknown
El secreto del sacerdote
Unknown
Santo vs. the King of Crime
Sr. Roberto de la Llata
Si me han de matar mañana
Unknown
La barca de oro
Unknown
Cartas Marcadas
Unknown
Milagros de San Martín de Porres
Unknown
Dos caballeros de espada
Unknown
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
American
Divorciadas
Unknown
El abanico de Lady Windermere
Unknown
The Brainiac
Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
Crónica roja
Unknown
The Macabre Trunk
Dr. Armando del Valle
Girl Merchants
Unknown
Un novio para dos hermanas
Sr. Mateos
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Don Felipe
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Unknown
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
Felipe
As negro
Unknown
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Felipe
El revólver sangriento
Comisario
Con su amable permiso
Unknown
Los encapuchados del infierno
Unknown
Aventuras de las hermanas X
Unknown
La ley del más rápido
Unknown
El deseo llega de noche
Pitanguelli
La leyenda del bandido
Unknown
La hermana Trinquete
Inspector
Chanoc en las garras de las fieras
Gang Member (as René Cardona Sr.)
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
Unknown
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
Mauricio Gómez
Pito Pérez se va de bracero
Unknown
Mala yerba
Don Julián Andrade
Los buitres sobre el tejado
Unknown
La desconocida
Unknown
Mulata
Guevara
Prisión de mujeres
Mr. Williams
Cyclone
Unknown
The Diabolical Duchess
Unknown
El matrimonio es como el demonio
Ramón
El día de la boda
Ramón
Operación carambola
Scorpio Leader
Un par de robachicos
Unknown
El puma
Unknown
La casta divina
Consul Cubano
The Three Perfect Married
Jorge
Stranger in the House
Tomas
La casa del rencor
Hugo
Yo el ejecutor
Unknown
¡Que seas feliz!
Duarte
Ave sin nido
Unknown
La banda de la sotana negra
Unknown
Hand to Hand
Manuel Chávez
La disputa
Unknown
Peluquero de señoras
Unknown
La folle de Chaillot
Le rentier
Don Juan Tenorio
Don Juan Tenorio
El misterioso señor Marquina
Unknown
Malditas sean las mujeres
Conde Osvaldo de Valdemar
Juana Gallo
Capitán Esquivel
La cuna vacía
Unknown
Brood of Vipers
Unknown
Siempre en domingo
Unknown
Night Dance Hall
Unknown
The Children of Sanchez
Unknown
Las Limpias
Don Ignacio
Savage Summer
Papá
La faraona
(uncredited)
El calvario de una esposa
Sebastián Urquizo
Honrarás a tus padres
Conde de los Pinares
El valle de los miserables
Don Luis Aguirre
¡Maten al fugitivo!
Unknown
La vorágine: abismos de amor
Unknown
Nuevo amanecer
Unknown
El príncipe del desierto
Omar
Crew
The Headless Woman
Writer, Director
El enmascarado de plata
Story, Director
Port of Temptation
Director
Night of the Bloody Apes
Director, Writer
Lazos de fuego
Director, Adaptation
Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers
Director
The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy
Director
Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
Director
¡En peligro de muerte!
Director
La edad de piedra
Director
Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb
Director
The Bat Woman
Director
The Incredible Professor Zovek
Writer, Director
Tom Thumb
Director, Screenplay
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Second Unit Director
Visita al Pasado
Director
El pequeño Robin Hood
Director
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler
Director, Writer
Una canción en la noche
Director
Adios mi chaparrita
Director
Love of my loves
Director
La mula de Cullen Baker
Writer, Director
The Invasion of the Dead
Director
The Living Idol
Director
The Crying Woman
Director
Survive!
Director
Una noche embarazosa
Director
La faraona
Director
Valentín de la Sierra
Director
Santo vs. Capulina
Director
The Treasure of Moctezuma
Director
Operation 67
Director
Love From Afar
Director
Canasta Uruguaya
Director
Jesusita en Chihuahua
Director
A Clean Shot
Director
El museo del crimen
Director, Writer, Producer
Una señora movida
Director
Aquella Rosita Alvírez
Director
Entre monjas anda el Diablo
Director
Cartas Marcadas
Director, Screenplay
De ranchero a empresario
Director, Writer
El mexicano
Director
El alazán y el rosillo
Director
Doctor of Doom
Director
They also sing of pain
Director
Noche de muerte
Director
El tigre de Jalisco
Director
El globero
Director
El pueblo sin Dios
Director
Una canción a la vírgen
Director
Santo vs. the Strangler
Writer, Director
Cain y Abel
Director
Juan Polainas
Director
Pancho López
Director
La marca del cuervo
Director
Las tres pelonas
Director
El Charro del Cristo
Director
Los margaritos
Director
Red Rain
Director
El joven del carrito
Director
La ley del más rápido
Director
El sordo
Director
Santa Claus
Director, Writer
El pueblo del terror
Director
Fuerte, audaz y valiente
Director
María Pistolas
Director
Gema
Director
El derecho de los pobres
Director
Jalisco nunca pierde
Director
Island of Lost Souls
Screenplay, Director
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
Director
Son of the Town
Director, Screenplay
Duelo en El Dorado
Director
El asesino enmascarado
Director
Capulina vs. the Vampires
Director, Screenplay
Manuel Saldivar, el texano
Director
Mis hijos!
Director, Writer
Hotel de verano
Writer, Director
Mujeres de teatro
Director
Yo quiero ser hombre
Director
Las computadoras
Director
La maestra inolvidable
Director
Un mundo nuevo
Director
Pompeyo el conquistador
Director
Una gallega en La Habana
Director
Prisión de mujeres
Director
Lucio Vázquez
Director
Lauro Puñales
Director
Santo vs. the Head Hunters
Director
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot
Director
Carnaval en mi barrio
Director
El marido de mi novia
Director
The Revenge of Gabino Barrera
Director
La mafia amarilla
Director
Póker de ases
Director
Vuelva el sábado
Director
The Panther Women
Director
Tierra brava
Director
Santo vs. The Riders of Terror
Director, Screenplay
El espectro de la novia
Director
El puma
Director, Writer
Carlos el terrorista
Director
El corrido de María Pistolas
Director
Caballo prieto azabache
Director
La vuelta del Mexicano
Director
Angel from Hell
Director
The Vampire and Sex
Director
La reina del río
Director
Alarma
Director
Unidos por el eje
Director
Estrellita
Director
Allá en el rancho chico
Director
The Capture of Gabino Barrera
Director
Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Director
Don Juan Tenorio
Director, Screenplay
Los tres amores de Lola
Director
Gemma
Director
Dos cadetes
Director
El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
Director
La cama de piedra
Director
She-Wolves of the Ring
Director
Pistoleros del oeste
Director
Por qué peca la mujer
Director, Writer
Brood of Vipers
Director, Writer
La última noche
Director
Viva México y sus corridos
Director
The Son of Gabino Barrera
Director
Tú y la mentira
Director
Ahí viene Vidal Tenorio
Director
Vive como sea
Director
La Guerra de los Pasteles
Director
Maratón de baile
Director, Screenplay
El cobarde
Director
Las zapatillas verdes
Director
Sindicato de telemirones
Director
Yo Quiero Ser Mala
Director
El precio de una vida
Director
The Black Ace
Director
Siete muertes para el texano
Director
La hermana Trinquete
Story
Mi madre adorada
Director, Writer
El Caballo Bayo
Director
Gabino Barrera
Director, Writer
Lepers and Sex
Director, Script
Felipe fue desgraciado
Director
Se Sufre pero se Goza
Writer
Una viuda sin sostén
Director
Los sheriffs de la frontera
Director