ACTOR JAILED IN ABDUCTION Frederico de la Vega Held on Girl’s Charges Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1933 Accused of kidnapping a pretty Mexican actress when she refused his escort, Frederico de la Vaga, Argentine actor, last night was in the West Los Angeles jail. His accuser is Nancy Torres, 22-years of age, recent arrival […]
“You never see a high-class Mexican on the screen. It is always the poor, uneducated peasant or bandit. Consequently, the American people have come to look upon the Mexicans as a nation of cutthroats. The jails of America are full of criminals and there are just as many more of them at large. But this […]
The Mexican film legend was the mother of ‘Imitation of Life’ star Susan Kohner and grandmother of screenwriters Chris and Paul Weitz. Hollywood Reporter, Nov. 13, 2016 by Mike Barnes Lupita Tovar, the Mexican actress who starred in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Dracula that was shot concurrently with the famed Bela Lugosi version, has died. She was […]
“Death comes soon enough so why kill yourself crying about it?” — Gilbert Roland With Billie Dove. “One story that spread like wildfire was that Joe [Schenk] had engaged thugs who had not only beaten up Gilbert Roland but castrated him as well. When the story reached Gilbert, he went down […]
“I used to look at the stars’ pictures and see how beautiful they were. Never did I dream that some day it would be my picture I would be looking at. Like you say, I was a real fan.” – Raquel Torres (1908-1987) Torres was born in Hermisillo, Mexico, to a Mexican mother and a German […]
“I love the sun, the moon, and trees, and heavy scented flowers. And beautiful friends about me. I hate intolerance and blundering stupidity. And those who are ridden in fear. I have had much laughter and much success. And many tears and dark sorrow. Now, gently, a philosophy has tempered all these things for me.” […]
“I remember how I went to the movies frequently and how I liked to see John Gilbert and Ronald Colman make love to their fair damsels. After viewing such scenes I would go home and put on my mother’s or grandmother’s dresses and shoes, act as though I were a leading lady, walk toward the […]