Juan Orol was a Spanish

Spain

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 (Galician) and Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 actor, screenwriter and director of the Cinema of Mexico.

Early life

He was born in La Coruña, Galicia. Since he was a child he lived with his family alternatively in Cuba

Cuba

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 and in México

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, After a trip to Hollywood,he finally settled in México City

Mexico City

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 in 1933

Career

Since he was a kid, was a fan of Hollywood's gangsters films and of stars like Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian-born American actor. A popular star during Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar and as Rocco in Key Largo...

, James Cagney

James Cagney

James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth...

 and Humprey Bogart.He started his career as an actor in 1927. In 1933, founded in Mexico the film production company ASPA Films. His first film was Madre Querída in 1935. He was the main promoter and protagonist of the named "Cine Negro Mexicano", popularly known as "Cine de Gangsters".

Since 1942, he was one of the promoters of the Rumberas film

Rumberas film

The Rumberas film was a sub-genre film of the Golden age of Mexican Cinema , whose plots were set primarily in cabarets...

of the Golden era of the cinema of Mexico, inspired in the Cuban female superstars. His most notable muses are the Cuban actresses María Antonieta Pons

María Antonieta Pons

Maria Antonieta Pons was a Cuban born Mexican film actress and Rumba dancer.-Career:Born in Cuba in 1922, from Catalan origin, she was one of the most notorious rumba dancers of her times. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish film director Juan Orol. Emigrated to Mexico City to film Siboney...

 (Orol's second wife to 1938 from 1945) and Rosa Carmina

Rosa Carmina

Rosa Carmina is a Mexican-Cuban film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She is considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film".-Career:...

 (Orol's third wife to 1949-1955).

Him most notable film is Gángsters contra Charros (1947), considered a classic of the Cine Negro Mexicano.

Juan Orol dies of liver disease on May 26 in 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Legacy

Juan Orol's films were often made with limited budgets and featured poor filming skills and numerous continuity errors. Much like Ed Wood, he is regarded as a cult director of poorly made films.

Notable film collaborations

• Consuelo Moreno
• María Antonieta Pons
  María Antonieta Pons
  Maria Antonieta Pons was a Cuban born Mexican film actress and Rumba dancer.-Career:Born in Cuba in 1922, from Catalan origin, she was one of the most notorious rumba dancers of her times. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish film director Juan Orol. Emigrated to Mexico City to film Siboney...
  
  
• Yadira Jimenez
• Rosa Carmina
  Rosa Carmina
  Rosa Carmina is a Mexican-Cuban film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She is considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film".-Career:...
  
  
• Mary Esquivel
• Dinorah Judith

As Director

• Madre Querida (1935)
• ¿Mujeres sin Alma:Venganza Suprema? (1935)
• Honraras a tus padres (1936)
• Siboney (1938)
• Los misterios del hampa (1945)
• Pasiones Tormentosas (1945)
• Embrujo Antillano (1945)
• Una Mujer de oriente (1946)
• Tania, la Bella Salvaje (1947)
• El Reino de lod Gángsters (1947)
• Gángsters contra Charros (1947)
• La mesera coja del café del puerto (!947)
• Cabaret Shanghai (1949)
• Percal (Trilogy) (1951-2)
• !Que idiotas son los hombres¡ (1952)
• La Diosa de Tahití (1952)
• Sandra, la Mujer de Fuego (1953)
• El Sindicato del Crímen (1954)
• Bajo la influencia del miedo (1955)
• Zonga, el Ángel Diabólico (1957)
• Tahimi, la hija del pescador (1961)
• El Fantástico mundo de los Hippies (1968)
• Historia de un Gángster (1968)

As Actor

• Una Mujer de oriente (1946)
• Tania, la Bella Salvaje (1947)
• El Reino de lod Gángsters (1947)
• Gángsters contra Charros (1947)
• Sandra, la Mujer de Fuego (1953)
• El Sindicato del Crímen (1954)
• Historia de un Gángster (1968)
• México de Noche (1968)
• Ni modo, Así somos (1981)

External links

• (es) Biography at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM.