During the era of Frank Sinatra's and Esther Williams' being Hispanic in the film
industry was a struggle. Most were forced to change their names, accept roles as
members of other ethnic groups, and pretend to be of European descent. Dolores Del Rio
took a huge role in Hollywood. From 1925 through 1929 she starred in fifteen silent
films and still had yet to learn English. Her roles included her portrayal of French,
Russian, Polynesian, Indian and Italian women. During the cold-war era Del Rio was
barred from the United States for having aided anti-Franco refugees from the Spanish
civil war. She left Hollywood and throughout the forties and fifties worked in the
Mexican film industry and took part in introducing the fledging Mexican cinema to
international audiences.
Ricardo Montalban worked his way from Broadway, to Mexican Cinema, and
finally to Hollywood. His appearances in Hollywood films were never as a hero. In
Latin......
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