Dolores Del Rio

Author : Linda Hall
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804799461
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dolores del Río written by Linda Hall and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolores del Río's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. She and her husband left Mexico in 1925, as both their well-to-do families suffered from the economic downturn that followed the Mexican Revolution. Far from being stigmatized as a woman of color, she was acknowledged as the epitome of beauty in the Hollywood of the 1920s and early 1930s. While she insisted upon her ethnicity, she was nevertheless coded white by the film industry and its fans, and she appeared for more than a decade as a romantic lead opposite white actors. Returning to Mexico in the early 1940s, she brought enthusiasm and prestige to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, becoming one of the great divas of Mexican film. With struggle and perseverance, she overcame the influence of men in both countries who hoped to dominate her, ultimately controlling her own life professionally and personally.

Author : Joanne Hershfield
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816634095
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Dolores Del Rio written by Joanne Hershfield and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolores del Rio challenged Hollywood's - and the public's - prevailing views on race and gender from the 1920s through the 1960s. Her roles, costumes, and makeup, along with the advertising, publicity, and reviews of her films, reveal the influence of her ethnicity and her construction as an exotic commodity: her sexual image ran counter to the dominant social standards for femininity and against miscegenation, but her exoticism - and the promotion of it - contributed to her renown as one of Hollywood's most enduring stars.

Author : Bárbara Mujica
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369719719
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miss del Río written by Bárbara Mujica and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dolores del Río bursts to life in this vivid, well-researched portrayal. Her iconic feline elegance and brash spirit dominates every page, but it’s her defiance to live life on her own terms that sets her apart—and what an extraordinary life she led.”—C.W. Gortner, bestselling author of Marlene 1910, Mexico. As the country’s revolution spreads, Dolores, the daughter of a wealthy banker, must flee her comfortable life in Durango or risk death. Her family settles in Mexico City, where, at sixteen, she marries the worldly Jaime del Río. But in a twist of fate, at a party she meets an influential American director who recognizes in her a natural performer. He invites her to Hollywood, and practically overnight, the famous Miss del Río is born. Dolores’s star quickly rises, and her days become a whirlwind of moviemaking and glamorous events. Swept up in L.A.'s glitzy inner circle, she takes her place among film royalty such as Marlene Dietrich and Orson Welles. But as her career soars, her personal life becomes increasingly complicated, with family tragedy, divorce, and real heartache. And when she’s labeled box office poison amid growing prejudice before WWII, Dolores must decide what price she’s willing to pay to achieve her dreams and if her heart and future instead lie where it all began…in Mexico. Spanning half a century and narrated by Dolores’s fictional hairdresser and longtime friend, Miss del Río traces the life of a trailblazing woman whose legacy in Hollywood and in Mexico still shines bright today. “Bárbara Mujica dazzles us.... She takes us on a journey through an era of wars and movies, and unforgettable characters that made Hollywood what it is today.” —María Amparo Escandón, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Weather

Author : Linda B. Hall
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804786216
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dolores del Río written by Linda B. Hall and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolores del Río's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. She and her husband left Mexico in 1925, as both their well-to-do families suffered from the economic downturn that followed the Mexican Revolution. Far from being stigmatized as a woman of color, she was acknowledged as the epitome of beauty in the Hollywood of the 1920s and early 1930s. While she insisted upon her ethnicity, she was nevertheless coded white by the film industry and its fans, and she appeared for more than a decade as a romantic lead opposite white actors. Returning to Mexico in the early 1940s, she brought enthusiasm and prestige to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, becoming one of the great divas of Mexican film. With struggle and perseverance, she overcame the influence of men in both countries who hoped to dominate her, ultimately controlling her own life professionally and personally.

Author : Joanne Hershfield
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452904243
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Dolores Del Río written by Joanne Hershfield and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813548802
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance and the Hollywood Latina written by Priscilla Peña Ovalle and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance and the Hollywood Latina asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history began as a dancer or danced onscreen. Introducing the concepts of ""inbetween-ness"" and ""racial mobility"" to further illuminate how racialized sexuality and the dancing female body operate in film, this book focuses on the careers of Dolores Del Rio, Rita Hayworth, Carmen Miranda, Rita Moreno, and Jennifer Lopez and helps readers better understand how the United States grapples with race, gender, and sexuality through dancing bodies on screen

Author : Joanne Hershfield
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816634095
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Dolores Del Rio written by Joanne Hershfield and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolores del Rio challenged Hollywood's - and the public's - prevailing views on race and gender from the 1920s through the 1960s. Her roles, costumes, and makeup, along with the advertising, publicity, and reviews of her films, reveal the influence of her ethnicity and her construction as an exotic commodity: her sexual image ran counter to the dominant social standards for femininity and against miscegenation, but her exoticism - and the promotion of it - contributed to her renown as one of Hollywood's most enduring stars.

Author : Larry Carr
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Fabulous Faces written by Larry Carr and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Beltrán
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252076516
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes written by Mary Beltrán and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penetrating analysis of the construction of Latina/o stardom in U.S. film, television, and celebrity culture since the 1920s

Author : Susan Ware
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674014886
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notable American Women written by Susan Ware and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume brings the project up to date, with entries on almost 500 women whose death dates fall between 1976 and 1999. You will find here stars of the golden ages of radio, film, dance, and television; scientists and scholars; civil rights activists and religious leaders; Native American craftspeople and world-renowned artists. For each subject, the volume offers a biographical essay by a distinguished authority that integrates the woman's personal life with her professional achievements set in the context of larger historical developments.