#cabaretera

[vintage-tigre]

Ninón Sevilla in Victims of Sin (1951).

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[cine-mexicano]

In Mexico, film noir evolved in foreign models while still drawing on and transforming local aesthetic traditions. While taking up some of the same modern problems and dynamics as Hollwood noir, the films refashion the emotional appeal of melodrama to engage with Mexican modernity and midcentury national culture.

Salón México (1949) and Aventurera (1949) are supreme examples of the cabaretera genre, which is considered by some as the Mexican equivalent of film noir; so many of the cabaretera films have noir-like overtones both in content and style.

La mujer del puerto (1933) is seen as proto-noir, but if we counted it, it would mean Mexican noir anticipated Hollywood by a decade.

Distinto Amamencer may well be the first film noir; its release in 1943 places it a full year ahead of the traditional noir kickoff year of 1944.

Other films considered noir:

Misterios del hampa (1944), Juan Orol

La otra (1946), Roberto Gavaldón

A la sombra del puente (1948), Roberto Gavaldón

El reino de los gángsters (1948), Juan Orol

Gángsters contra charros (1948), Juan Orol

Ángeles del arrabal (1949), Raúl de Anda

Eterna Agonía (1949), Julián Soler

Ventarrón (1949), Chano Urueta

Cuatro contra el mundo (1950), Alejandro Galindo

Los Olvidados (1950), Luis Buñuel

Crimen y castigo (1951), Fernando de Fuentes

 El suavecito (1951), Fernando Méndez

En la palma de tu mano (1951), Roberto Gavaldón

Manos de seda (1951), Chano Urueta

Sensualidad (1951), Alberto Gout

Susana (1951), Luis Buñuel

Víctimas del pecado (1951), Emilio Fernández

La noche avanza (1952), Roberto Gavaldón

Él (1953), Luis Buñuel

Ensayo de un crimen (1955), Luis Buñuel

[swtch-blog]

Pedro Vargas - Aventurera

From the very entertaining cabaretera (Mexican film noir/musical) Aventurera (1950)