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2 unusual facts about Lupe Velez


Orquesta Hermanos Palau

In 1931, the Palau Brothers orchestra appeared in the early sound film The Cuban Love Song, which was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred by Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Vélez, Ernest Torrence and Jimmy Durante.

Rosa-Linda Fregoso

(2009) "Lupe Vélez: Queen of the Bs," From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture, edited by Myra Mendible, Austin: University of Texas Press.


Comedy In The Golden Age Of Mexican Cinema

Many actors flourished and started their careers during this era including: Rodolfo Acosta, Antonio Aguilar, Pedro Infante, Lupe Velez, Maria Felix, Gloria Marin.

Return to Babylon

Photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music of the roaring twenties, this silent film strings together the lives of the most famous and infamous stars of the 1920s, including Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Lupe Vélez, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor.


see also

Jon Schofield

Schofield has also been involved in production for the Red Eye label producing the debut EP for The Mexican Spitfires, Lupe Velez.