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The Rumberas film (in Spanish, Cine de rumberas) was a film genre that flourished in Mexico's Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its major stars were the so-called rumberas, dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical rhythms. The genre is a film curiosity, one of the most fascinating hybrids of the international cinema.
Yambao was a co-production between Mexico and Cuba and was shot entirely in Cuba. Yambao is played by the Cuban dancer Ninon Sevilla, who had a long career in the Cinema of Mexico of the 1940s and 50s, particularly in the subgenre known as the Rumberas film.
Pages in category "Rumberas films" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ambiciosa; Amor de la calle;
Aventurera has the perfect industrial film ingredients that bind to the Rumberas film genre of the 1940s and 1950s: five intermediate sung (with the voices of Ana Maria Gonzalez and Pedro Vargas), three impossible musical numbers (created by Ninón Sevilla), an emblematic story of innocence and perversion.
The popularity of rumberas films declined by the late 1950s as Mexican cinema diversified, but they remain a significant part of the country's cinematic history. Aventurera a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout and starring Ninón Sevilla and Andrea Palma. It's considered a masterpiece of the Rumberas film.
Maria Antonieta Pons (November 6, 1922 – August 20, 2004) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the Rumberas films in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. The Rumberas film genre offered a societal perspective on Mexico during the 40s-50s.
To the Sound of the Mambo (Spanish: Al son del mambo) is a 1950 Mexican musical film directed by Chano Urueta and starring Amalia Aguilar, Adalberto Martínez and Rita Montaner. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and on location in Havana.
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.