Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire

Michelle Vogel

Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's   Mexican Spitfire
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
10 July 2012
Pages
248
ISBN
9780786461394

Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood’s Mexican Spitfire

Michelle Vogel

Here is the first extensive, full-length biography and career record on the life and work of Mexican whirlwind Lupe Velez (1908-1944). Over the years many crude myths have surfaced about Velez, the most notorious that she
died with her head in the toilet.
This biography not only studies Lupe’s personal life and career–including her tempestuous marriage to Johnny Weissmuller–but also examines her death in detail. It has been almost seven decades since her untimely end; at long last, the ugly rumors and myths are debunked–for good. Included are never-before-told family stories and photographs from Lupe’s second cousin, and an analysis of the actress’s lasting influence on popular culture. The foreword by Oscar-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow focuses on the fact and fancy behind Lupe Velez’s colorful public image.

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