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Filmmaker · Cuba

Ramón Peón

Died in 1971

Ramón Peón was born in Havana on 5 June 1897. An actor, screenwriter, editor and director, he made silent films in Cuba such as Dios existe in 1920 and El veneno de un beso in 1929, then founded the company B.P.P. Pictures with Antonio Perdices and Arturo del Barrio. His silent work culminates with this film; he then left for Hollywood, then for Mexico, and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, aged seventy-three, on 2 February 1971.

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