Pedro Infante Collection - Special DVD Collection

Filed in archive Latin Culture , Latin Movies on April 22, 2007

A prolific artist who performed in over 60 films and recorded over 365 songs, Pedro Infante is one of the most captivating personalities of all time; the number of Infante's fans around the world surpasses millions. A timeless icon, Pedro Infante continues to inspire countless modern stars, from Mexican crooner Luis Miguel, to Latin crossover sensation Juanes, to the 2007 World Music nominee Lila Downs.

Infante's death, in a plane crash on April 15th - 1957, triggered a national day of mourning in Mexico for the Idolo de Guamuchil. The actor was 40 years old. Numerous tributes are now taking place throughout the United States, Mexico and Latin America to honor the 50th anniversary of Infante's death.

Warner Home Video has announced the release of 23 of the most renowned and acclaimed films starring Pedro Infante - one of Latin America's most revered cultural icons. From whimsical comedies to dramatic romances to inspiring musical performances, the titles featured within the Pedro Infante Collection represent some of the very best work (directed by the acclaimed Ismael Rodriguez) to come out of Mexico's Golden Age of Cinema.

Each re-mastered film on DVD is loaded with extra features, such as musical sing-a-longs, subtitles in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese as well as featurettes with interviews. The collection is now available, for the first time ever in the US, in major retailers, bookstores, online stores and also places that cater to the growing US Latino consumer.

Eleven of the twenty-three titles were released by Warner Home Video on April 10th, 2007:

- Trilogy of Bittersweet Poverty:
1 - Nosotros Los Pobres
2 - Ustedes Los Ricos
3 - Pepe, El Toro

- El Seminarista
- Cuando Lloran los Valientes
- Las Islas Marias
- Dicen que Soy Mujeriego
- El Seminarista
- La Mujer que Yo Perdi
- Sobre Las Olas
- Angelitos Negros
- Asi era Pedro Infante - a documentary, which features scenes from "Tizoc", Golden Globe Award winner. Tizoc also garnered Infante a Berlin Festival Silver Bear Award as Best Actor (posthumously).

Along with the release of these classic films on DVD, Warner Home Video has launched a special website: Colección Pedro Infante, in both English and Spanish, with a synopsis and movie clips of each film of the Pedro Infante Collecction.