Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Blind Item #11 - Old Hollywood

This foreign born actress is considered to be the first actress who crossed over from Spanish speaking films to Hollywood. She also ended up divorced from her first husband because of her affair with this foreign born female painter.

28 comments:

Tricia13 said...

Freida Kahlo and

MyDogSmiles said...

Frida for the artist

Tricia13 said...

Dolores Del Rio?

sandybrook said...

Chiquita Banana actress? Forget who that was modeled after Carmen Miranda maybe?

Tricia13 said...

Dolores del Río was a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with an outstanding career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s. Wikipedi

MyDogSmiles said...

del Rio was married to Orson Welles.

Tricia13 said...

Her first hubby was an art dealer named Cedric Gibbons(worked for studios too)

Angela said...

Cedric Gibbons wasn't an "art dealer". He's the guy who won the most Oscars in history (and he even designed the trophy). As the head of art direction at MGM, he was automatically credited for any of their films. If you see any old movie by MGM, his name is there.

TerriB said...

Lupe' Velez was a very early Mexican crossover. Lived a wild life and committed suicide - Dated Gary Cooper, Johnny Weismuller, etc.

gauloise said...

Its Dolores Del Rio on Frieda's Who's Dated Who page

Vita said...

So many tangled webs in Old Hollywood!
Angela- Cool extra bit about Cedric Gibbons designing Oscar!

Sd Auntie said...

Dolores Del Rio was the main lady and very beautiful. Lupe was too crazy for Hwood. Carmen Miranda was a dance and song lady from Brazil.

Sd Auntie said...

My grandfather had a portrait book of all the major stars from Mary Pickford to Liz as a young lady. And Oscar winners too. Really beautiful pictures from what I remember.

mermaidmaenad said...

Lupe Velez was my first guess

Fifi LaRue said...

Rita Hayworth

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Tricia13 said...

Rita was born in Brooklyn, NY.
had Mexican heritage,
English was the only language she filmed in.Otherwise...

Sd Auntie said...

Diego Rivera for the artist

Sd Auntie said...

Oops that's Fridas hubby.

Anonymous said...

Dolores Del Rio. One of the great early Hollywood beauties.

Anonymous said...

It would have been Dolores' first husband, Mexican socialite Jaime Del Rio. She got a great name out of the marriage.

Zeroh Tollrants said...

Yeah, not Lupe Velez, thought that's a great guess. Gotta be DDR.

Parade said...

Rita Moreno is the actress.

CarolMR said...

I don't think Dolores was married to Orson Welles.

Sd Auntie said...

Ramon Navarro

Sd Auntie said...

4 year relationship.

Uber Driver said...

Man that Orson Welles bagged some nice ladys. His life story should be called "Aliens and Booty"

Unknown said...

Mork calling Orson
Come in Orson.

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