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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. 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.
References
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
Cabaret Shangai at IMDb
Cine Mexicano de Galletas: Cabaret Shanghai
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- Shanghai (film 2010)
- Charles Byer
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- Cabaret Shanghai
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- The Shanghai Drama
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- List of Mexican films of 1950
- Ramón Rodríguez Granada
- Víctor Alcocer
- Manuel Arvide
- Amparo Arozamena
- Roberto Corell