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Description
Order Number
00110838
Title
Maria
Montez
and
Pierre
Aumont
wed
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
9210
Date
1943
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Maria
Montez
was
born
on
June
6
,
1912
in
Barahona
,
Dominican
Republic
, the
daughter
of The
Honorary
Vice
Consul
of
Spain
. She was a
popular
actress
in the
United
States
during
the
1940s
. Her
accent
and
background
made
her "
exotic
" and she
starred
in a
series
of
Technicolor
adventure
films
including
"
Arabian
Nights
" and "
Ali
Baba
and the
Forty
Thieves.
"
Montez's
films
were
very
popular
during
World
War
II
and she was
nicknamed
"The
Queen
of
Technicolor.
" She
married
French
actor
Jean
Pierre
Aumont
in
1943
and
after
the
war
they
moved
to
Europe
where
she
made
several
films
. They had
one
child
.
Montez
died
of a
heart
attack
on
September
7
,
1951.
;
Jean
Pierre
Aumont
was
born
on
January
5
,
1911
in
Paris
,
France
.
Aumont
was in
several
films
in
France
but
left
in
1942
as the
Nazis
took
control
of the
country
. He
went
to
Hollywood
and
appeared
in a
few
films
before
returning
to
Europe
to
join
the
Free
French
Forces
. He
fought
in
North
Africa
,
Italy
and
France
. For his
bravery
during
the
war
,
Aumont
received
the
Legion
d'Honneur
and the
Croix
de
Guerre
.
After
the
war
he
resumed
his
acting
career
,
working
in
film
,
television
and on the
stage
. In
1956
he
married
actress
Maria
Pavan
, they had
two
children
. He
died
on
January
30
,
2001
.
Description
Photograph
caption
dated
July
14
,
1943
reads
"
Maria
Montez
,
film
actress
, and
Pierre
Aumont
,
Franch
(sic)
star
, are
shown
when
they were
married
last
night
in
Beverly
Hills.
"
Subject
Montez, Mari´a,--1912-1951.
Montez, Mari´a,--1912-1951--Marriage.
Aumont, Jean Pierre.
Aumont, Jean Pierre--Marriage.
Newlyweds--California--Beverly Hills.
Women--California--Beverly Hills.
Men--California--Beverly Hills.
Couples--California--Beverly Hills.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
Beverly Hills (Calif.).
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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