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Order Number	00110844
Title	Maria Montez
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 9210
Date	1946
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Original photograph has several creases.
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.
Description	Photograph caption dated November 9, 1948 reads "Meet 'Hollywoods most publicized actress,' Maria Montez, lovely Universal player, who was so judged by Theta Sigma Phi, at the journalism sorority's meeting last night in Hollywood. Shown with her are Anita Kurt (sic), radio singer on the Tommy Riggs program, and Elizabeth Bemis, well-known radio news commentator and analyst." Montez is standing between the other two women who are seated at a table.
Subject	Montez, Mari´a,--1912-1951. Ellis, Anita,--1920- Bemis, Elizabeth. Theta Sigma Phi. Women--California--Los Angeles. Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles. Greek letter societies--United States. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Eating & drinking--California--Los Angeles. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection