RARE POSTCARD OF DOLORES DEL RIO HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS

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DOLORES DEL RIO 3 AUGUST 1905-11 APRIL 1983

MEXICAN ACTRESS AND STAR OF HOLLYWOOD FILMS IN THE SILENT ERA AND IN

THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD.

SHE WAS KNOWN AS "THE PRINCESS OF MEXICO".

SHE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL STARS OF MEXICAN CINEMA IN THE 40S AND 50S.

HOLLYWOOD SAW HER AS A SEX SIREN. SHE STRUGGLED AGAINST THIS

MEXICALI ROSE IMAGE AND HER FIRST CASTING WAS IN "JOANNA" DIRECTED

BY CAREWE IN 1925. IN 1926 SHE APPEARED IN THE FILM "A SOUVENIR OF SEVILLE".

1927 SAW HER IN "THE LOVES OF CONNER". SHE FINALLY FOUND HER DESIRED

SUCCESS IN THE LATE 1920S ALONG WITH FELLOW NEWCOMERS SUCH AS

JOAN CRAWFORD, FAY WRAY, JANET GAYNOR AND MARY ASTOR.

SHE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST VIVACIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL

WOMEN ON THE SCREEN.