Pedro Infante - Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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N 23° 11.667 W 106° 25.646
13Q E 353914 N 2565762
This sculpture of the Mexican actor, José Pedro Infante Cruz, is located on Paseo de Olas Altas.
Waymark Code: WMFQQ0
Location: Sinaloa, Mexico
Date Posted: 11/19/2012
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Better known merely as Pedro Infante, this bronze life-sized sculpture depicts the Mexican actor astride a motorcycle and dressed as a police officer. It is located along the malecon overlooking the beach from a high bluff. From a distance, the work appears to be an actual officer waiting for an errant driver. The work is inspired by Infante's role in the movie A Toda Máquina.
The piece is signed "Rafael Romanelli '04"
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us that Infante:
"...(18 November 1917[1][2] – 15 April 1957),... is one of the most famous actors and singers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight that he was piloting himself en route to Mexico City.
His film career began in 1939 with him appearing in more than 60 films, and starting in 1943, he recorded about 350 songs. For his performance in the movie Tizoc, he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival."
There is a small plinth at the site that seems to have once had a plaque set in it...but the plaque is now missing.