Its Mexican Mondays again.
Pedro Infante, still Mexico's most beloved singer and actor 57 yeears after his death, sings Cucurrucucu Paloma, loosely translated as "cooing of the dove". Infante was born in Mazatlan, Mexico in 1917 and became the most beloved actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He starred in 60 movies and recorded over 350 songs of the Ranchera & Mariachi style before his untimely death at age 39. His mother had convinced him to move to Mexico City to find better opportunities for his talent and she was a great talent scout. He made his first recording in '43~ "The Soldier"~ for Peerless Records and began his movie career in that same year. Because he portrayed the urban hero of the working class in many of his movies, he won the admiration of movie goers, not only in Mexico, but also in Cuba and all of Latin America. He died in a plane crash while piloting his personal B-24 bomber.
It is interesting to also see the Mexican actress Miroslava in this clip. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1925, Miroslava Sternova (she simply used Miroslava as her professional name) was brought to Mexico by her adoptive parents during World War II. In '39, the family had been removed by the Nazis to a concentration camp but managed to leave Europe through Scandinavia. Miroslava got her break by winning a beauty contest as the most beautiful girl in Mexico City, then studied acting in California. She committed suicide 5 days after the completion of this movie after a long string of broken loves and a husband who turned out to betray her when she found out he was homosexual.
Infante sings Cucurrucucu Paloma from the 1954 movie Escuela de Vagabundos (School for Tramps) produced by Diana Studios in Mexico City.