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2 unusual facts about Ricardo Cortez


Ricardo Cortez

Hollywood executives changed his name from Krantz to Cortez in order to capitalize on the popularity of the era's "Latin lovers" (namely Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro and Antonio Moreno).

When he retired from the film business, Cortez returned to New York, working as a stockbroker for Salomon Brothers on Wall Street.


Marjorie Weaver

She began receiving credited roles in larger productions, and starred opposite Ricardo Cortez in the 1937 film The Californian, and that same year she starred opposite Tyrone Power in Second Honeymoon.


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