Roberto Rodríguez Ruelas (

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, 1909-1995) was a Mexican film director. Brothers Roberto and Joselito Rodríguez were working in Hollywood as sound engineers in 1931 when Mexican President

Pascual Ortiz Rubio Pascual Ortiz Rubio (; 10 March 1877 – 4 November 1963) was a Mexican military officer, topographical engineer, diplomat and politician who served as the 49th President of Mexico from 1930 to 1932. He was one of three presidents to serve ou ...

, on an official visit to the city of Los Angeles, came to hear of their work and personally invited them to return to Mexico to film a sound-movie using the brothers' sound system - the result was the film Santa, 1932.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1932) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * ''

The Woman I Lost ''The Woman I Lost'' (Spanish: ''La mujer que yo perdí'') is a 1949 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Rodríguez and starring Pedro Infante, Blanca Estela Pavón and Silvia Pinal.Riera p.56 It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. ...

'' (1949) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1950) * Diario de una madre 1956 * '' The Seven Girls'' (1955) * ''

Spring in the Heart ''Spring in the Heart'' (Spanish: ''Primavera en el corazón'') is a 1956 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Roberto Rodríguez and starring Andy Russell, Irasema Dilián and Enrique Rambal. Riera p.83 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the C ...

'' (1956) * El gato con botas 1961 *

La Bandida ''La Bandida'' ("The Bandida") is a 1963 Mexican film directed by Roberto Rodríguez. It stars María Félix. Cast * María Félix as María Mendoza 'La Bandida' * Pedro Armendáriz as Roberto Herrera * Ignacio Lopez Tarso as Anselmo * E ...

1963Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano - Page 147 Jesús Ibarra - 2006 "también de Gavaldón, La Cucaracha (1958), de Ismael Rodríguez y La bandida (1963), de Roberto Rodríguez."

References

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