Three superb actresses Lupe Velez, 
Delores Del Rio
and Katie Jurado all had one thing in common. They were Mexican.
That was really about all they had in common even though they would be labelled with the same ‘Latino’ brand and generally given roles which were appropriate to their dark smouldering looks. The three were actually from very different backgrounds, their acting styles varied greatly and each had their own unique destiny to full fill.
Lupe Velez’s family moved to California when she was still a girl and, after some thetrical training, Lupe began a career in Vaudeville.
Her first big film was in ‘Wolf Song’ 1929 with Garry Cooper. She and Cooper began a torrid affair and her career went from strength to strength with films like ‘Strictly Dynamite’ and ‘Hollywood Party’. Velez was unpredictable and apparently had quite a temper.
She attacked Cooper with a knife at a party and when he tried to leave her she tried to shoot him as he boarded the train. She was wonderful at doing impersonations of other film stars at parties and used to love lifting her skirt under which she wore no underwear. More famous for her personal life than for her films she married Johnny Weissmuller of Tarzan fame and after their divorce had an affair with a Hollywood film maker to whom she fell pregnant. When he refused to marry her Velez committed suicide in 1944.
Delores Del Rio was , by all accounts, a lady. She was charming, well bred and elegant. She had married into the Mexican aristocracy and was the first lady of Mexican society.
Her first big Hollywood film was ‘What Price Glory’ which made her an instant star. Her first marriage failed soon after Hollywood success and she was pursued by producer Edwin Carawe.
Because she would not encourage his advances a film she was to make titled ‘ Resurrection’ was given to Lupe Velez. In the 1930s she married Cedric Gibbons with who she used to give fabulous house parties. During this period she made ‘Flying Down To Rio’ with Fred Astaire and ‘Madame Du Barry Was A Lady’. She was probably most famous for ‘Bird Of Paradise’ with Joel McCrea in 1932 and ‘Journey Into Fear’ with Joseph Cotton. Del Rio returned to Mexico in the mid 40s ,after an affair with Orson Welles, where she starred in many Mexican films and in the 1950s was to star in a film called ‘Broken Lance’ but was branded a communist. The role was given to Katy Jurado.
In 1949 she had begun dating millionaire Lewis Riley and they married in 1959. She would make a few more Hollywood films and appear in various T.V. series before retiring.
Katy Jurado was considered beautiful in Mexico.
She was a strong and sensual presence in film and often portrayed a wisdom far beyond her years. Marlon Brando was amongst those smitten with her. 
She had an economically stable childhood but had not dreamed of becoming an actress. She had, actually , studied to become a lawyer. Jurado made many films in Mexico before, apparently, being spotted by John Wayne at a bull fight.
In 1951 she starred in ‘High Noon’ with Garry Cooper and Grace Kelly and in 1954 was nominated for an academy award for the film ‘Broken Lance’ in which she had replaced Delores Del Rio. She was a serious actress mostly well known for westerns.
Married to Ernest Borgnine for many years life was stable until he became overly possesive and jealous. She died at the age of seventy eight from heart disease
These three well revered actresses did Mexico proud and in today’s world would be considered intelligent, resourceful,hard working women who have every right to call America home. So there Mr Donald Trump.
Lana Turner had a voice that was like that of a child pouting when a new toy is taken away . It had a breathless quality and made her appear at once vulnerable and just a little needy. First discovered at drinking a coke at Schwabs milkbar her rise to fame was , nothing short , of miraculous.
She was a beautiful child/woman who brought out the protective side in men. In her first film ‘They Won’t Forget’ Turner wore a sweater. She actually looked so great in the sweater which emphasised her curves that she became known throughout America as ‘The Sweater Girl. 
She went on to make some truly great films. Notably Ziegfeld Girls, Johnny Eager and ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’
Until ‘Postman’ Turner had mostly played pretty girl roles and relished the chance to play the conniving temptress who would stop short at nothing to become rich.
‘The Three Musketeers’ she was positively evil.
Lana’s men included Arty Shaw, Lex Barker ( Of Tarzan fame ) and mafia front man Johnny Stompanato. She was, by her own admission, an alcholic who suffered bouts of depression and maybe it was the danger that kept her enthralled long enough to forget her miseries. Her father had been murdered in an alley many years before she became famous after winning some money at cards. In ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ she and Garfield plan the murder of her character’s husband who likewise has won some money. In ‘Johnny Eager’ with Robert Taylor she is attracted to a mob frontman who is murdered. Turner’s gangster boyfriend, Stompanato , was murdered by her own daughter.In the film ‘Peyton Place’ she has a daughter faced with a similar dilemma. Only it’s more about the crimes of racism than plain old domestic abuse.
Like many stars of the 1940s she was cast with Clark Gable for a few movies. These included ‘Honkey Tonk’ and ‘Green Dolphin Street’ 
They really steamed up the screen just as her predecessor Jean Harlow had done with the same leading man. Harlow had died only six months before Turner was discovered. Unlike Harlow, though ,Turner lived a relatively long life and died at the age of 74 from throat cancer.
Carmen Miranda, she of the crazy fruity hats , colourful costumes and ridiculously high platform shoes, was a multi talented singer, dancer and actress who created a sensation when she was first discovered in Hollywood.
Not a conventional beauty she had devised a character with zest. verve and comedic timing who could fit well into any staged scenario. She and the character she devised soon became inseparable and the warm, funny, talented Brazilian Bombshell was born. She had actually started working at only fourteen in a hat shop and it was there that she learned to make those crazy hats for which she would later become so famous.
Always cast in roles where she could shine as a problem solving show stopper there to lend her zany style of wisdom to main characters who got themselves into romantic difficulties. In her very first major film made in 1940,she starred with Betty Grable, Don Ameche and Cesar Romero, three of the most famous stars of the day, and held her own as a loveable ,wise cracking performer who becomes friend and confidante to Betty Grable. This would become the formula for all her future films.
But while extremely popular in the U.S. she was frowned upon in Brazil for her stock portrayal of Latin American women. For this reason she did not return to Brazil for many years and was extremely hurt by the animosity she felt from her own country. In films such as ‘That Night In Rio’ and ‘ The Lady In The Tuitti Fruity Hat’ she continued to play the same type of character and by 1945 was Hollywood’s highest paid actress.
It is said that it was not a happy marriage and that he was abusive toward her. Whatever the truth is she was dead by the age of 46 of a heart attack. Carmen Miranda was , in actual fact , a creative genius, a one off who is imitated all over the world. That is something that cannot be said for many of the traditionally ‘Beautiful’ actresses who graced Hollywood in it’s golden age. So all of you girls who are unique take heart and be the very best you can at what it is you do.
He also loved ships and sailed the South Pacific on fishing trawlers looking for adventure. Errol was the full package. He was indeed the perfect specimin which , ironically, was the title of one of his earlier films . 
Flynn made his first Australian film ‘Mutiny On The Bounty’ having been discovered by film makers while sailing through to New Guinea. 
He followed this up by travelling to England and joining a repertory company where he gained his acting experience. Of course it wasn’t long before Hollywood took notice after a Hollywood producer caught one of his stage performances. It was probably Errol’s well honed physic and chiselled good looks that made first impression rather than his acting talents which were still quite raw. 
Flynn also had incredible charm, a cheeky sense of humour and a keen intellect.He was also a ladies man and usually managed to win over his leading ladies.
Errols first big film for Hollywood was ‘Captain Blood’ with Olivia De-Havilland and this film made him a huge star immediately. He was a sensation. He went on to star in …’They Died With Their Boots On’ ,which was the story of General Custer,
‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ and of course the film for which he’s probably most famous, ‘Robin Hood’
Errol was equally adept at Westerns and was wonderful in ‘Dodge City’ and in’San
Antonio’ with Alexis Smith. He had many leading ladies along the way including ‘Anita Louise’ and even Bette Davis in ‘Elisabeth And Essex’
but the one with whom he made the most films was Olivia De-Havilland.They made a total of eight films together.
All down to chemistry. She was soft, calm and demure while he was all energy. They were apparently very attracted to each other but never acted upon it. Probably very wise of Olivia for Errol was not exactly the faithful type. He married three times notably to Lili Damita and Patrice Wymore. Errol died in his 50s and had many different diseases. He drank, he partied and he slept around until the day he died. Yep he certainly lived it up while he had the chance. He was still beautiful in a wasted sort of way when he died. Loved you Errol. There’ll never be another you.
Bourgeoise Bloomers 