Dolores del Río y "Los amores de Carmen"

• Autores: Aurelio de los Reyes
• Localización: Archivos de la filmoteca: revista de estudios históricos sobre la imagen, ISSN 0214-6606, Nº 51, 2005 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Carmen en Hollywood), págs. 32-47
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Dolores del Rio and The Loves of Carmen
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  • This article analyzes how Dolores del Rio’s great success in Hollywood was due in large part to her producer, Edwin Carewe, who transformed her into a female version of Rudolph Valentino. Her exotic appearance, dark complexion and eroticism fused perfectly with the myth of Carmen and were exploited to the full in Walsh’s 1927 film The Loves of Carmen.

    These very attributes would characterize the promotion of Latin movie stars such as Dolores del Rio or Rudolph Valentino.