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Jorge Negrete(1911-1953)

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Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, on November 1911, and had five brothers. His father was a General, and when he retired the family moved to Mexico city, where he worked as a teacher amongst others at the Humboldt German school, thus allowing Jorge and brother David to study there, learning German, English, French and Italian (Jorge also studied native Mexican Language by himself). From there Jorge entered the military academy. At 18 he graduated with high degrees as Lieutenant of Cavalry and Administration and worked in a weapon factory, starting medical studies and becoming administrator at Puebla military Hospital. It was during his youth that he was diagnosed with an hepatic dysfunction (hepatitis C) that did not prevent him from smoking all of his life. In 1930 he started taking singing lessons from opera director José Pierson and in 1931 he started singing on the Mexican radio, adopted the name Alberto Moreno and finally retired from the Army. In 1935 he debuted onstage with musical plays in Roberto Soto's company as a stage extra (figurante), working amongst others in "Calles y más calles" at the Teatro Lírico. Then in 1936 he traveled to New York with a friend performing as The Mexican Caballeros for NBC. He also made a test for the Metropolitan Opera but declined when he was only offered a substitution post, and got under contract instead with Eliseo Grener Cuban orchestra (he is reported to be working as a waiter when the singer became ill and Negrete won the house). The next year he made his first film appearance in the Warner Brothers short "Cuban Nights", then came his first long-length feature in Mexico, the leading role in La madrina del diablo (1937). Fox put him under contract to make Spanish films, but the Actors Union reacted and the idea was abandoned. Later on he would at last make a Hollywood movie, United Artists' Fiesta (1941) a.k.a. "Gaiety" (1941).

During the shooting of his next film, La Valentina (1938) he met actress Elisa Christy. They married in 1940, and moved for some time to New York where Jorge wrote Spanish versions to English songs for Southern Music. Back to Mexico in 1941 he met Gloria Marín on the set of ¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes! (1941) and separated from Christy, who was pregnant with Negrete's daughter Diana, born the following year. Negrete and Gloria Marín lived together for 10 years and adopted a girl, Goyita. In 1943 he starred in The Rock of Souls (1943) where he met María Félix, equally arrogant as himself so they had frequent quarrels on the set. He had another resounding success with Me he de comer esa tuna (1945). He toured South American countries to overcrowded theaters and also starred in some Spanish films as Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949) or Teatro Apolo (1950). In 1952 he and María Félix met again shortly after he had left Gloria Marín, pride turned to love and they married that same year.

In Mexico his star quickly rose thanks to his strong screen presence and his manly, arrogant yet good-humored singing and romantic image, dressed in charro typical attire, hence his nickname "El Charro Cantor". Most of his films are known as "ranch comedies" (comedias rancheras) where this folkloric world came alive, often including ancient songs that connected with the audience. He had an onscreen rivalry with Pedro Infante who was a friend in real life. He became one of the main stars of his time, rousing mostly feminine multitudes wherever he went. He also founded the Mexican Movie Workers'Guild and leaded the National Actor's Guild (Asociación Nacional de Actores), which would bring him many troubles as frequently confronted to the official establishment. When Cuba was taken by a hurricane Negrete acted to raise funds for the damaged. In December 1953, when attending a boxing match in Los Angeles he suffered an acute gastroesophagical hemorrhage, from which he never regained consciousness.

As a singer Negrete had a fine, wide-ranged and well trained baritone voice that often resembled a tenor's one. His classical singing education made him equally apt to sing popular songs, zarzuela and operatic arias.
BornNovember 30, 1911
DiedDecember 5, 1953(42)
BornNovember 30, 1911
DiedDecember 5, 1953(42)
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María de los Ángeles Morales and Jorge Negrete in Teatro Apolo (1950)
María Félix and Jorge Negrete in The Rock of Souls (1943)
Libertad Lamarque and Jorge Negrete in Gran Casino (1947)
Julio Ahuet and Jorge Negrete in The Rock of Souls (1943)
Julio Ahuet, Carlos López Moctezuma, and Jorge Negrete in The Rock of Souls (1943)
Jorge Negrete and Diana Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Eduardo Arozamena, José Arratia, Paco Astol, Josefina Burgos, Dolores Camarillo, Alfonso Carti, Florencio Castelló, Lupe del Castillo, Roberto Cañedo, Antonio R. Frausto, Conchita Gentil Arcos, Isabel Herrera, Lupe Inclán, Amanda del Llano, Carlos López Moctezuma, María Elena Marqués, Leonor de Martorel, Jorge Negrete, Salvador Quiroz, José Ignacio Rocha, Manuel Roche, Humberto Rodríguez, David Valle González, Hernán Vera, Paz Villegas, and Carmen Cabrera in Love in Jalisco (1942)
Jorge Negrete in Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)
Jorge Negrete in Gran Casino (1947)
Libertad Lamarque and Jorge Negrete in Gran Casino (1947)

Known for

Cuando viajan las estrellas (1942)
The Rebel
6.1
  • Juan Manuel de Mendoza
  • 1943
La madrina del diablo (1937)
La madrina del diablo
6.1
  • Carlos Durango
  • 1937
Gloria Marín, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Ángel T. Sala, and Arturo Soto Rangel in ¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes! (1941)
¡Ay Jalisco... no te rajes!
7.2
  • Salvador Pérez Gómez 'El Ametralladora'
  • 1941
El jorobado (1943)
El jorobado
7.0
  • Enrique de Lagardère
  • 1943

Credits

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Actor

  • The Rock of Souls (1943)
    El rapto
  • Reportaje (1953)
    Reportaje
  • Dos tipos de cuidado (1953)
    Dos tipos de cuidado
  • Tal para cual (1953)
    Tal para cual
  • Un gallo en corral ajeno (1952)
    Un gallo en corral ajeno
  • Los tres alegres compadres (1952)
    Los tres alegres compadres
  • Hay un niño en su futuro (1952)
    Hay un niño en su futuro
  • Siempre tuya (1952)
    Siempre tuya
  • Teatro Apolo (1950)
    Teatro Apolo
  • Lluvia roja (1950)
    Lluvia roja
  • La posesión (1950)
    La posesión
  • Una gallega en México (1949)
    Una gallega en México
  • Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)
    Jalisco canta en Sevilla
  • Allá en el Rancho Grande (1949)
    Allá en el Rancho Grande
  • Si Adelita se fuera con otro (1948)
    Si Adelita se fuera con otro

Music Department

  • Los tres calaveras (1965)
    Los tres calaveras
  • Camino de Sacramento (1946)
    Camino de Sacramento

Soundtrack

  • Kevin Balmore in The Dishwasher (2019)
    The Dishwasher
  • Patrick Wilson in The Hollow Point (2016)
    The Hollow Point
  • Good Day, Ramon (2013)
    Good Day, Ramon
  • Enrique Villanueva and Andrés Negrete in Jet Lag (2011)
    Jet Lag
  • Los amores de Juan Charrasqueado (1968)
    Los amores de Juan Charrasqueado
  • Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959)
    The Wonderful Country
    • (uncredited)
  • Carmen Miranda, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, and Lizabeth Scott in Scared Stiff (1953)
    Scared Stiff
    • (uncredited)
  • Libertad Lamarque and Jorge Negrete in Gran Casino (1947)
    Gran Casino
  • Hasta que perdió Jalisco (1945)
    Hasta que perdió Jalisco
  • Jane Darwell, Judy Clark, Gloria Jean, Franklin Pangborn, and Marshall Thompson in Reckless Age (1944)
    Reckless Age
    • (uncredited)
  • Armida, George Givot, Nick Moro, and Frank Yaconelli in Fiesta (1941)
    Fiesta
  • El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! (1940)
    El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón!

Personal details

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    • November 30, 1911
    • Guanajuato, Mexico
    • December 5, 1953
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cirrhosis of the liver)
    • María FélixOctober 18, 1952 - December 5, 1953 (his death)

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    Jorge Negrete came to Spain on several occasions from 1947 on. During his first visit he was received by frantic multitudes, mostly feminine. The siege was such that he finally retorted ""¿Pero es que no hay hombres en España? (Aren't there men in Spain?)".

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