Cinematic Golden Age Still Shines

Bit Hollywood may echo the glory and grace of early film ascendancy abounding ears, Mexican film academic Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr. has managed to salvation visual proof of some of the smoldering images of Mexico's cinematic gold age blot out his archive of Mexican film posters.

Today, an exhibit of "Charros and Folklore credit Mexican Cinema Posters" will unbarred at the Brownsville Heritage Complex at 2 p.m.

Agrasanchez authored "Cine Mexicano," a collection of 150 of the posters he spent his awkward age archiving.

"During World War II, American cinema focused and on advice films," oral Jessica Villescaz, the curator of the museum. "Mexico had a event of prosperity. Many of the films were a lot exceptional, a lot prettier than American films."

Mexico's golden age of cinema was from 1935 to 1960. Ascendancy the 1940's the mart took assassinate, dominating Latin American theaters.

Hollywood attempted to produce Spanish speech films for Latin American audiences, but the strange accents were unfamiliar and the films failed to bombshell the hearts of Mexican moviegoers.

Bombshells agnate Maria Felix, who frequently played independent, fiery protagonists, charmed the nation. The actress never accepted chore in Hollywood, where directors offered her only stereotypical Latina roles, according to the New York Times.

While experimental directors like Luis Bu? uel found their own voice in the medium, some Mexican actors were inevitably compared to Hollywood stars.

"Catinflas," a character played by Mexican film star Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, continues to be known as the Mexican Charlie Chaplin.

Jose Pedro Infante Cruz, more commonly known as Pedro Infante, was a talented actor and singer; he was frequently referred to as the Mexican Frank Sinatra.

The posters in this month's exhibit recall the melodrama and breathtaking aesthetic skill of the country's early cinematographers.

February 24, 2008