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Filmmaker · Cuba

Ernesto Caparrós

Died in 1992

Ernesto Caparrós is counted among the pioneers of Cuban cinema. Set designer of La Virgen de la Caridad in 1930, he made sound shorts for the Royal News newsreels, including El frutero in 1933 and Tam Tam o El origen de la rumba in 1938, filmed at the Edén Concert cabaret, and also handled sound. He then directed low-budget feature films, such as Prófugos and Yo soy el héroe in 1940, the latter with the backing of the producer Federico Piñero.

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