Femmes Fatales | Dec 22 2014 |
From Guanajay to Hollywood in a single bound.
Estelita Rodriguez was born in Guanajay, Cuba in 1928, signed with MGM at the tender age of fourteen, signed with Republic at seventeen, and appeared in such films as Tropical Heat Wave, Rio Bravo, and the unforgettable Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter. This promo shot dates from 1945 and was made when she was playing the character of Lupita in the musical Mexicana with Tito Guízar and Constance Moore.
Femmes Fatales | Oct 6 2011 |
Climbing the ladder of success.
Above, a promo shot of the incomparable Angie Dickinson, who worked mostly in television, but also appeared memorably in the motion pictures Rio Bravo, Ocean’s Eleven, Big Bad Mama, and Dressed To Kill. The retouching in this photo is overdone and entirely unnecessary, but even hazy Angie is good Angie. It dates from 1965.