Rita Montaner
Biography: Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including "The Peanut Vendor" and "Siboney".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 20, 1900
Deathday: April 17, 1958
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Known For
Angelitos Negros
1948-11-19
Angelitos Negros
Overview: Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-11-19
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Victims of Sin
1951-02-02
Victims of Sin
Overview: A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-02-02
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Black Is My Color
1951-04-06
Black Is My Color
Overview: Negro Es Mi Color (literally translates to "Black Is My Color"), the 1951 Tito Davison Mexican racial musical melodrama (about a light-skinned Mexican woman with dark-skinned parents who passes as "white"; a Mexican version of "Imitation of Life")
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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Píntame angelitos blancos
1954-08-11
Píntame angelitos blancos
Overview: Orphaned by a father and children by a black mother, the little one is rejected by his grandmother, while the girl must deny her own mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-08-11
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To the Sound of the Mambo
1950-10-07
To the Sound of the Mambo
Overview: A fun musical comedy style of the 50s where the infectious rhythm of the son and the mambo, led by the hand by the incomparable Damaso Perez Prado, will a waste of good music and grace. With a formidable cast, and above all a fabulous collector's item.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-10-07
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Anacleto Gets Divorced
1950-09-07
Anacleto Gets Divorced
Overview: Anacleto and Baldomira are a couple who have problems because of gossip from their compadre who wants Baldomira. The marriage is separated for a short time because they realize that they love each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-09-07
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It Happened in Havana
1938-12-05
It Happened in Havana
Overview: Wicked man seduces an innocent country girl into a life of degradation and nightclubs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1938-12-05
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Pobre corazón
1950-05-17
Pobre corazón
Overview: Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her; dumping her on moving on would be better for him than watching her decline and feeling sad.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-05-17
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Caribbean Rhythms
1950-12-06
Caribbean Rhythms
Overview: A Cuban rumbera dancer undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a married Mexican doctor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-12-06
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