Cine Mundial Archivo press photographs of Maria Felix, 1958-1960

Summary

Abstract:

42 black and white press photographs of Mexican actress Maria Felix on the set of various movies, including La Cucaracha, Miercoles de Ceniza, Juana Gallo, En Busca de un Muro, La Bandida, and La Valentina. Felix (1914-2002) starred in 47 films between 1940 and 1971, was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, and was wildly popular in Ltin America, and in Spain, France and Italy.

Extent:

0.88 Linear Feet 1 box

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Cine Mundial Archivo press photographs of Maria Felix, Collection no. 0701, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

42 black and white press photographs of Mexican actress Maria Felix on the set of various movies, including La Cucaracha, Miercoles de Ceniza, Juana Gallo, En Busca de un Muro, La Bandida, and La Valentina. All are stamped "Cine Mundial Archivo"; some include photographer credits. Some photographs include crop markings for publication purposes.

Acquisition information:

Purchased from Howard Karno Books, 2010.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Mexico -- Photographs
Photographs

Names:

Félix, María, 1914-2002 -- Photographs
Gavaldón, Roberto, 1909-1986 -- Photographs
Landa, Rodolfo -- Photographs
López Tarso, Ignacio (1925-01-25) -- Photographs
Rodríguez González, Eulalio Ramiro -- Photographs

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Cine Mundial Archivo press photographs of Maria Felix, Collection no. 0701, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:

University of Southern California, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies

Special Collections

Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US

Contact:

(213) 740-5900

specol@usc.edu

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