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Queen Bee's & El Comal Present: La Epoca De Oro de Latino America
Join us on Saturday Night, October 15th, for a night to remember! Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center and the El Comal Restraunt are teaming up to bring an amazing night of delicious authentic Mexican Cuisine, two great musical performances, celebrity costume contest, art, cocktails, and more!
Come dressed as your favorite celebrity from the Golden Age!
6:00 p.m. Doors Open - Happy Hour - Half Priced Drinks
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7:00 p.m. Dinner is Served(Provided by El Comal Restraunt) -
Performance during dinner by Ray Galindo y su Combo
8:00 p.m. Celebrity Costume Contest & Special Celebrity Impersonation Perfromances
8:30 p.m. Perfromance by - Spanish Orchestra & Dancing
Midnight - Goodnight and Thank You!
Ticket price includes - Dinner and One Drink + Entrance to Event
Tickets $25.00
Come and celebrate the Golden Age of Latin America! The Golden Age of Mexican cinema (in Spanish: Época de oro del cine mexicano) is the name given to a period between 1936 and 1969[1] where the quality and economic success of the cinema of Mexico reached its peak.
The golden era is thought to have started with the film ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1935), which is to this date considered the best of the cinema of Mexico. One of the first box-office successes was the film Allá en el rancho grande of Fernando de Fuentes which became the first classic of the cinema of Mexico. Among the cornerstones in Mexican cinema during the 1930s are Santa (1932) the first sound film and Novillero (1937), the first color film. El indio (1939) is also an example of the 1930s pioneering era. The film explores an uprising of a tribe of indigenous workers toward its cruel oppressing hacendado. The cast includes Michoacan-born Consuelo Frank, Pedro Armendariz, Dolores Camarillo (as comic relief), and Eduardo Vivas portraying the villain!
Decades of labor disputes between studios and talent played a role in bringing about the end of the golden age, but the primary cause was concentration of studio ownership. During the land reforms of President Lázaro Cárdenas, American sugar plantation owner and bootlegger William O. Jenkins sold his land holdings and made a comparatively safer investment in Mexican movie theaters. By the mid-1940s, Jenkins owned two theater chains and controlled all film showings in 12 states. His chains began limiting the exhibition of Mexican films to allow more Hollywood films to be shown. He also used his influence in the industry to dictate regulations that limited film production to a few genres. These low-budget, low quality films became known as "churros".
"Rancheras" also became a famous genre of Mexican film that emerged during 1950's period. The leading actors of those films were also singers of the same genre, many like Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Rosa de Castilla, Irma Dorantes, and Luis Aguilar became famous for singing as well as acting in ranchera-influenced films.
For many the end of the Golden Age of the cinema of Mexico came on April 15, 1957 when a private plane crashed in the area of Mérida, Yucatán. Pedro Infante was aboard the plane, and died instantly. "Oh, what a horrendous task", people would say, when the rescue crews had to recover the charred remains of he who was El Ídolo, whom they recognized him via a gold bracelet that he wore. His funeral could be compared with a state funeral for a hero, since he has always been considered the iconic figure of an era.
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LocationQueen Bee's Art & Cultural Center
3925 Ohio Street
San Diego, CA 92014
United States
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