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28-449: Gerardo ( Jorge Negrete ) and his friend Demetrio (Julio Villarreal) are a pair of footloose cowboys in turn-of-the-century Mexico who are in prison on dubious charges. As Gerardo sings and strums on his guitar , Demetrio saws the bars of their cell, enabling them to escape. They come upon a small oil field operated by José Enrique (Francisco Jambrina), an entrepreneur from Argentina who is refusing to sell out to evil oil barons who threaten

56-613: A job as a math teacher in several institutions, such as the German College "Alexander Von Humboldt"; there his sons David and Jorge studied until middle school, and as a result, they became fluent in the German language. Jorge learned other languages at the Heroico Colegio Militar (military academy of Mexico): English, French, and Italian. From an early age, Negrete demonstrated great brilliance and rapidly became

84-949: A prestigious singing professor, who became fascinated the moment he heard Negrete sing. Pierson helped Negrete develop his talent for opera, and at the age of twenty Negrete began to sing for Radio XETR. Negrete went to the United States and in 1932 recorded several operas using the stage-name Alberto Moreno . He collaborated with Xavier Cugat , earned bookings at Latin clubs, met his first wife (dancer Elisa Christy ), and connected with cinematographer Ramón Peón , who cast Negrete in his first film, La Madrina del Diablo (1937) (English: "The Devil's Godmother"). He went on to make 37 other films. He had two marriages, both to famous actresses with whom he shared credits: Elisa Christy and María Félix . He also lived with his frequent co-star for more than ten years, Gloria Marín , who co-starred in 10 of his 44 films. He started his career singing on

112-528: A prominent student in the eyes of his teachers. At the age of thirteen, because of Negrete's misbehavior, his father decided to enroll him in the military. He graduated with the rank of sub-lieutenant from El Colegio Militar. This was the place where his fascination for music developed. Not only did he develop an interest in music but his military training forged him a gallant presence and character which would later benefit him in his acting career. Negrete met and studied under José Pierson  [ es ] ,

140-406: A taxi to safety while she was being pursued by an angry mob. The mob was led by Negrete, who was after Palma for having stolen documents regarding her contract violations. Palma filed assault charges on Negrete. Eight days later, ANDA held a special assembly to judge Palma. Cantinflas argued on her behalf, attempting to negotiate a settlement. Negrete would allow nothing less than her expulsion from

168-543: The Battle of Puebla . His siblings were named Consuelo, Emilia, Teresa, David and Rubén. Elisa Christy gave birth in 1942 to his daughter Diana (his only child). She died in 2021. Negrete has five grandchildren, Déborah, Diana, Rafael, Liliana, and Lorenzo. Rafael and Lorenzo are professional singers and use "Negrete" for their artistic name. His stepson was actor Enrique Álvarez Félix . Divisi%C3%B3n del Norte The División del Norte (English: Northern Division)

196-583: The First Battle of Rellano . They sent an explosives packed train hurtling toward the Federales, killing at least 60 and injuring González Salas. Mutinous troops killed one of his commanders and after seeing the officer's body, González Salas committed suicide. The leadership of the division was then assigned to General Victoriano Huerta , who reorganized González Salas's remaining forces that had been defeated by Oroquistas. After Madero's overthrow in

224-611: The Americas. Pancho Villa's notoriety no doubt played an important part to recruiting such large numbers of men. Despite having such numerical advantage, the División del Norte was defeated at the Battle of Celaya in April 1915 by forces of Álvaro Obregón . The outcome of the battle came to the favor of Obregón who used defensive tactics from current European battle reports of World War I . The División del Norte with its cavalry charges

252-534: The División del Norte, writing in his book about the Mexican Revolution Insurgent Mexico that "Up to [Villa's] day, Mexican armies had always carried with them hundreds of the women and children of soldiers; Villa was the first man to think of swift forced marches of bodies of cavalry, leaving their women behind." The División del Norte at its height numbered some 150,000 men. This was the largest revolutionary force ever amassed in

280-715: The Nazis in 1940, due to his membership in the Communist Party, and settled in Mexico, where in short order he had founded Ultramar Films and achieved considerable success as a small independent producer. Dancigers specialized in assisting U.S. film companies with on-location production in Mexico. As such, his company was a direct beneficiary of the American Good Neighbor Policy , under which Mexico received enormous exportations of raw film stock from

308-592: The U.S. government. Jorge Negrete Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe neˈɣɾete] ; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. Negrete was born in the city of Guanajuato and had two brothers and three sisters; his father was a Mexican Army Colonel who fought with the Revolutionary faction called Northern Division ( División del Norte ); however, around 1920, he quit his military career and moved with his family to Mexico City. There he found

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336-558: The anniversary of his death, fans still pay tribute to "El Charro Cantor" ("Singing Cowboy") at his tomb, and television and radio stations stage marathons of his films and songs. The centennial of his birth was commemorated in 2011. Several tribute concerts and presentations took place throughout Mexico and some European countries with Hispanic culture and heritage. Negrete's parents were Emilia Moreno Anaya and David Negrete Fernández . He descended from outstanding Mexican liberal military men, including Miguel Negrete , who participated in

364-537: The cast as a supporting player, Eva Duarte , who was being courted by then Colonel Juan Perón , who was on his way to becoming President of the country. Tensions on the set ran high, as Duarte flaunted her relationship with Argentina's strongman by turning up late every day, having him pick her up from the studio in his state limousine and generally behaving as if she were the star of the picture. When Duarte sat in Lamarque's chair one day, Lamarque slapped her across

392-563: The counter-revolutionary coup that culminated the la Decena trágica , Pancho Villa assumed the leadership of the revolutionary northern division. As a result, the Division became closely associated with his name. Villa himself often led his División del Norte into battle. The División del Norte was in effect a total army rather than a regular division. Villa's troops were assigned military ranks, outfitted with hospital trains and horse ambulances (called Servicio sanitario and said to be

420-756: The face, sparking a cause célèbre that delighted Duarte's many enemies. Lamarque added to the intrigue by suggesting that the two had been vying for the attentions of Perón. After October 17, 1945, Loyalty Day , when demonstrations organized with the cooperation of Duarte resulted in Perón's release from a brief stay in jail, Lamarque's films were banned in Argentina. The next year, after Duarte and Perón had married and Perón had been elected President of Argentina, Lamarque fled Buenos Aires for Mexico City, where her films had been extremely popular for years. A French national of Russian-Jewish origin, Oscar Dancigers had fled

448-615: The first employed in Mexico), used the railroads built during the Díaz administration to move quickly from one engagement to the other, and unlike some other revolutionary groups, were well equipped with machine guns and even an artillery unit (captured from the Mexican Federal Army and Rurales ). Villa attempted to supply a horse to each infantryman, rather than only his cavalry detachments ( Los dorados ) in order to increase

476-589: The oil fields. In time, she strikes up a romance with the good-hearted roughneck and learns the identity of her brother's real enemy—Don Fabio ( José Baviera ), the local front for Big Oil. From the release of the film Honeysuckle in 1938, Libertad Lamarque was the most popular artist in Argentine cinema. She had made her name on stage and radio as a tango singer and she was able to capitalize on that success by combining her singing and acting abilities in pictures that pulled their melodramatic plots straight from

504-745: The radio in 1931 in Mexico City singing operatic parts. In 1936 he signed with NBC Television for a TV program with Cuban and Mexican musicians. He returned to Mexico in 1937 to act in the film La Madrina Del Diablo ("The Devil's Godmother") and because of the success of the film, he was able to sign for several more the next three years. In 1938 he starred in La Valentina with Elisa Christy and then in Juntos Pero No Revueltos . After working in Havana and Hollywood , Negrete

532-419: The same girl José was last seen with before he vanished, and he too disappears. José's sister Mercedes ( Libertad Lamarque ) travels to Mexico to find out what has become of him, and when she learns that Gerardo has taken over as manager, she is convinced that Gerardo and his pals are to blame. Wanting to know more about Gerardo and his cronies, she takes a job as a singer at "Gran Casino," a rowdy nightclub near

560-492: The speed of movement of his army, thus creating an early version of mobile infantry , or a late version of dragoons . Numerous foreign mercenaries served in the Falange extranjero ( foreign legion ) of the División, including such notables as Ivor Thord-Gray and the grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi . Villa excluded women soldaderas from the División del Norte. U.S. American journalist John Reed spent time with Villa and

588-447: The tales told in popular tangos. She often played the part of a tango singer whose romance with a wealthy suitor is thwarted by his snobbish family, making her a compelling symbol of porteño popular culture with a strong anti-elitist identification. In 1945, Larmarque starred in La cabalgata del circo , a pot-boiler about a theatrical troupe in nineteenth-century Argentina, which included in

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616-402: The union, and Palma likewise refused to withdraw the charge of assault. Just before the vote, a number of actresses left the room in protest. The remaining members voted in favor of expulsion, thus ending Palma's film career. In 1953, during a business trip to Los Angeles, Negrete died of complications of hepatic cirrhosis, a disease that he suffered since 1937. According to his wishes, his body

644-426: The workers. Gerardo persuades José to give work to him and his friends, and after he and Demetrio recruit more workers, they are able to rejuvenate the struggling operation. Just as their fortunes are on the rise, however, the oilman disappears and is feared murdered. Demetrio takes over the operation next, but the night before the oil is to start pumping, he goes to the casino and falls for Camelia ( Mercedes Barba ),

672-630: Was an armed faction formed by Francisco I. Madero and initially led by General José González Salas following Madero's call to arms at the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. González Salas served in Francisco I. Madero 's cabinet as Minister of War, but at the outbreak of the 1912 rebellion by Pascual Orozco , González Salas organized 6,000 troops of the Federal Army at Torreón. Orozquista forces surprised González Salas at

700-513: Was called to act in ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! ("Hey Jalisco, Don't Back Down!") which made him an international Latin star and helped formulate the charro film genre . During filming he met Gloria Marín , starting their romance and the string of films they filmed together. He complemented his film career by singing rancheras with the trio Los Tres Calaveras and touring Latin America, singing at concerts and making personal appearances. He

728-479: Was flown back to Mexico and buried. He was 42 years old. He was the first to die of the "Tres Gallos Mexicanos", or "Three Mexican Roosters" (as he, Pedro Infante and Javier Solís , a younger star, were called; the three died within a span of 13 years). Thousands of fans attended his funeral and followed the hearse to the Panteón Jardín cemetery, where he was buried in the actors' corner. On December 5,

756-465: Was offered the main role in El Peñón de las Ánimas ( The Rock of Souls ) and wanted Marín to be his co-star. In spite of his protests, newcomer María Félix became his star and eventually his wife, although they at first despised each other while filming. Negrete visited Chile in 1946 where in part as result of the influence of Mexican cinema a local Mexican music scene was thriving. Negrete

784-498: Was one of the founders, and the most important leaders, of the Mexican National Association of Actors (ANDA), succeeding Cantinflas as its chairman. In 1952, actress Leticia Palma became involved in the struggle between Cantinflas and Negrete over leadership of the union, with Palma campaigning actively for Cantinflas. On January 2, 1953, Palma was "rescued" by Major Manuel González, who helped her get

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