Dolores del Rio : beauty in light and shade / Linda B. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Linda B. (Linda Biesele), 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983.

Del Rio, Dolores.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Mexico--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1920's and early 1930's. 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 1940's, 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Orthography

1. Beauty, Celebrity, and Power in Two Cultures

2. Mexican Princess

3. Hollywood Baby Beauty

4. Unwelcome Triangle

5. Pushing the Envelope

6. Fame and Its Perils

7. Second Chance

8. Affair

9. Return

10. Resurrection

11. Diva

12. Icon

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804786218

0804786216

OCLC:

818883155