Cabaret Shanghai
{{Short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Cabaret Shangai
| image = File:Cabaret Shanghai.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Juan Orol
| producer = Juan Orol
| writer = Jose G. Cruz
Juan Orol
| starring = Rosa Carmina
Manuel Arvide
Amparo Arozamena
| music = Antonio Rosado
| cinematography = Domingo Carrillo
| editing = Juan José Marino
| studio = España Sono Films
| released = {{Film date|1950|08|31|df=y}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.Wilt p.119 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
- Rosa Carmina as Mary Ruth
- Roberto Romaña as Alfredo
- Manuel Arvide as Inspector Arriaga
- Amparo Arozamena as Eva Romagnoli
- Salvador Quiroz as Comisario
- Juanita Riverón as Rita
- Tana Lynn as La gringa
- Amelia Wilhelmy as Borracha comisaria
- José Pardavé as Borracho comisaria
- Rafael Icardo as Doctor
- Tony Flandes as Esbirro de Tony
- Armando Arriola as El Polilla
- Roberto Corell as Peluquero comisaria
- Carlos Rincón Gallardo as Hombre afeminado comisaria
- Marco de Carlo as Marco
- Genaro de Alba as Esbirro de Tony
- Pedro Ibarra as Esbirro de Tony
- Juan Orol as Tony
- Víctor Alcocer as Mesero
- Kika Meyer as Cabaretera
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.{{Cite web |url=http://cinemexicanodelgalletas.blogspot.mx/2014/05/cabaret-shanghai-1949-juan-orol.html |title=Cine Mexicano de Galletas: Cabaret Shanghai |access-date=2015-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723193230/http://cinemexicanodelgalletas.blogspot.mx/2014/05/cabaret-shanghai-1949-juan-orol.html |archive-date=2016-07-23 |url-status=dead }}
References
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Bibliography
- Riera, Emilio García. Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1949. Ediciones Era, 1969.
- Wilt, David E. The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland, 2024.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0254200|Cabaret Shangai}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160723193230/http://cinemexicanodelgalletas.blogspot.mx/2014/05/cabaret-shanghai-1949-juan-orol.html Cine Mexicano de Galletas: Cabaret Shanghai]
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Category:Mexican gangster films
Category:Mexican black-and-white films
Category:1950s Spanish-language films
Category:Mexican crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Juan Orol
Category:Mexican musical films
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