Cabaret Shanghai

Cabaret Shangai
Directed byJuan Orol
Written byJose G. Cruz
Juan Orol
Produced byJuan Orol
StarringRosa Carmina
Manuel Arvide
Amparo Arozamena
CinematographyDomingo Carrillo
Edited byJuan José Marino
Music byAntonio Rosado
Production
company
España Sono Films
Release date
  • 31 August 1950 (1950-08-31)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cabaret Shanghai (Spanish: Cabaret Shangai) is a 1950 Mexican musical crime drama film directed by Juan Orol. and starring Rosa Carmina, Manuel Arvide and Amparo Arozamena.[1] It was part of the trend of Rumberas films, popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. It was shot at the Azteca Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada.

Plot

Alberto (Robert Romaña), the confidant of Tony (Juan Orol), a gangster owner of the Cabaret Shanghai, departs from the business when his boss's lover, Mary Ruth (Rosa Carmina) shown affectionate with him. The destination will soon torment these cursed lovers, who will be chased by the police as well as by the betrayed gangster.

Cast

Reviews

The musical numbers of Rosa Carmina in the cabaret adorn this melodrama directed by the incomparable Juan Orol, who transcends the rules of the genre to mix both the gangster films as the romantic drama.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wilt p.119
  2. ^ "Cine Mexicano de Galletas: Cabaret Shanghai". Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2015-12-31.

Bibliography

  • Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1949. Ediciones Era, 1969.
  • Wilt, David E. The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland, 2024.
Stub icon

This article related to a Mexican film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.