Orphaned from an early age, Romualdo began working as a child entertainer for the Juan Bosch Compañía Infantil, touring Spain and Latin America.
In 1917, he joined actress Maria Caballé in El Amor Que Huye (1917), directed by Carlos Martínez de Arredondo.
[2] In 1919, Romualdo arrived in Los Angeles with his family and a troupe of actors with which he produced live entertainment for local Spanish language audiences.
He began renting local movie theaters to present his shows, including El Capitol Theatre and the Teatro Mexico, where he worked in collaboration with Mexican Musical Director E. González Jiménez.
The theater impresario produced repertoire that included opera and zarzuela on to the presentation of Spanish language vaudeville and plays written by renowned international authors, as well as local.