Lupe Velez : The Life and Career of Hollywood's 'Mexican Spitfire'

Vogel, Michelle

McFarland & Co Inc（2012/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786461394
• DDC分類 791.43028092

Full Description

Here is the first extensive, full-length biography and career record on the life and work of Mexican whirlwind Lupe Velez (1908-1944). Over the years many crude myths have surfaced about Velez, the most notorious that she "died with her head in the toilet." This biography not only studies Lupe's personal life and career--including her tempestuous marriage to Johnny Weissmuller--but also examines her death in detail. It has been almost seven decades since her untimely end; at long last, the ugly rumors and myths are debunked--for good.

Included are never-before-told family stories and photographs from Lupe's second cousin, and an analysis of the actress's lasting influence on popular culture. The foreword by Oscar-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow focuses on the fact and fancy behind Lupe Velez's colorful public image.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Kevin Brownlow

Preface

Introduction

 1 • A Stormy Beginning

 2 • First Love

 3 • "I Must Be Good!"

 4 • Time to Grow Up

 5 • Hollywood's Hard Knocks

 6 • The Train to Tinseltown

 7 • The New Girl

 8 • "Loop" and "Coop"

 9 • Misunderstood

10 • The Voice of Vélez

11 • Me Tarzan, You Lupe

12 • Stage, Screen ... and Splitting Up!

13 • The Girl from Mexico (1939)

14 • Lupe and "The Lone Ranger"

15 • Little Girl, "Beeg Boy"

16 • The "Mexican Spitfire" Series

17 • Nana (1944)

18 • Broken Promises ... Fatal Consequences

19 • The Aftermath

20 • The Will

Filmography (1927-1944)

Appendices

deleteI: Lupe's Other Lost Productions (1929-1944)

deleteII: Appearing as Herself (1928-1941)

deleteIII: Noted Stage Work (1932-1944)

deleteIV: Noted Radio Work (1930-1940)

deleteV: Pop Culture (1949-2012)

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index