Maria s exotic beauty landed her a contract in the movie colony. Over her career, montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in north america and the last five were made in europe. Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, nowgrown ali baba jon hall sets out to avenge his fathers murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved amara maria montez from the iron fist of his. Linformation sur le film, genre, classement, duree, photos, bandeannonce, synopsis et critiques des usagers. An astrologer, a physical culture expert, a priest, a chinese cook, and two hungarian masseurs were part of the furnishings. The movie, a period piece shot in multiple languages, across various countries, and involving. Jul 10, 2018 dominican actress maria montez remains one of the most wellknown latina performers of the twentieth century. The movie pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released maria montez. Aumont played andre st avit of the french foreign legion who.
Montez grew frustrated with the studio system at universal, which dictated coming up through the ranks by way of small roles and lowbudget films. Sabu maria montez original candid tiger studio set vintage. French actor jeanpierre aumont 19112001 was the stylish gentleman in more than 100 films. While its not entirely faithful to the original stories and legends on which it bases itself. The blondhaired, blueeyed leading man wooed and wed during his film career some of the most beautiful actresses on screen and in real life too. Tangier 46 louise allbritton maria montez j edward bromberg.
Maria montez s first film for universal was the 1940 scifi comedy the invisible woman. The story of maria montez, an exotic and glamorous dominican actress who achieved fame and popularity in hollywood and europe until her untimely death in 1951. Francois villiers, brother of jean pierre, was the director of the film. On 7 september 1951 maria montez was discovered drowned in her bath, possibly. In 1998, the tv show mysteries and scandals made an episode about maria montez. Prepare for every wish to be answered in the dazzling film spectacular arabian nights. The decline of baghdad began when hulagu, the grandson of the mongol conqueror genghis khan, took the city in 1258, thus ending the rule of the abbasid caliphate.
We saw an old movie called arabian nights and wondered what you could tell us about its star, maria montez. Siren of atlantis, also known as atlantis the lost continent, is a 1949 american adventure film starring maria montez and her husband jean pierre aumont. Publicity still for white savage arthur lubin, 1943 handsome, athletic, american actor jon hall 19151979 is best known for his adventurous roles in universal pictures. In this movie, maria danced to a contagious rumba, showing her beautiful red hair, proving. From youtube french movie portrait dun assassin avec maria montez 1949. Hans le marin is a 1949 frenchamerican drama film directed by francois villiers and starring the husband and wife team of jean pierre aumont and maria montez. It is based on the life of the celebrated irish dancer and courtesan lola montez 18211861, portrayed by martine carol, and tells the story of the most famous of her many notorious affairs, those with franz liszt and ludwig i of bavaria. Nov 08, 2018 montez and aumont, then moved to a home in suresnes, a western suburb of paris. Sep 23, 2011 jack smith and maria montez were made for each other. In france, montez appeared in several films and the play lile heureuse the happy island, written by her husband. Details about sabu maria montez original candid tiger studio set vintage arabian nights photo.
There is a fourth edition of the book maria montez su vida, in hard cover, that has been published in august 20 that is an special edition that commemorates the century of the birth of maria montez, this edition is revised, updated and extended. The journalist and dominican actress celines toribio stars as montez in the 2015 film maria montez. Jeanpierre aumont, popular french actor whose 65year career included romantic roles in hollywood, dramatic parts on broadway and an intense life. The american underground filmmaker jack smith idolized montez as an icon of camp style. Jean cocteau was trying to raise a big budget for orphee, to star jeanpierre aumont and montez, but sufficient funds were not forthcoming, so he slashed the budget and made the film with his friends jean marais and maria casares no doubt his preferred choice anyway. In 1996, the city of barahona opened the aeropuerto internacional maria montez maria montez international airport in her honour. The movie dominican republic 2014 98 minutes director. English words for montez include mount, climb, ride, rise, go up, ascend, cast on, get on, walk up and bring up. Could be the battlingest picture of the century, wrote hedda hopper.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. This film is the first of the french softcoreporn series about a young womans awakening to new sexual dimensions. She was born in hollywood, california, the daughter of actors jeanpierre aumont and maria montez. Oct 02, 2015 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing maria montez. During her massage sessions, montez granted audiences. Dominican film actress maria montez 19121951 gained fame and popularity as a tempestuous latino beauty in hollywood movies of the 1940s. Jun 14, 2017 maria africa gracia vidal, known as the queen of technicolor, was a dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of. French actor jeanpierre aumont, where she continued acting in local film. Maria montez is the story of one of hollywoods first latina screen siren during the golden era. See the passionate romance, lavish riches and exotic splendor of this classic fable that was beautifully mounted in technicolor leonard maltin, nominated for four academy awards and is now magically brought to life with a digitally remastered picture. Arzobispo nouel 160, esquina jose reyes, zona colonial, santo domingo, republica dominicana.
Maria montez, now free of any contract, signed with the movie producer seymour nebenzal in order to make the movie the siren of atlantis with united artists. On 7 september 1951 maria montez was discovered drowned in her bath, possibly having first suffered a heart attack. Maria was his second wife after the french actress blanche montel. With juan fernandez, ben temple, celines toribio, gines garcia millan. Maria christina aumont 14 february 1946 28 october 2006, best known as tina aumont, was an american actress. Shortly after her death, a street in the city of barahona, montezs birthplace, was named after her. The exile 1948 in 17thcentury england, charles ii douglas fairbanks jr. The precedent user was cross cause they did not mention maria montez s name on the dvd or video cassette release. Sep 29, 2015 still, it was montezs story that would move toribio to write, produce, and star in maria montez.
Picking the stage name of maria montez in honor of dancer lola montez a favorite of her fathers, she quickly adopted the persona of an exotic, mysterious latin lady. Born in the dominican republic, she dared to dream beyond the confines of the world she knew, only. It was the first movie she made after leaving universal pictures. This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of from left to right robert paige white suit, unknown seated, unknown uniform, louise allbritton, kent taylor, maria montez, j edward bromberg and preston foster. Maria montez and jean pierre aumont dutch postcard, no. Actress finds love on a hollywood set romance maria montez. Montez is mentioned by name in both the play 1968 and film 1970 versions of the boys in the band. Over her career, montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in north america. Jul, 2018 maria montez in the 1949 film sirens if atlantis. She became an icon during its golden age in the 1940s. Remembered for her glamorous roles in such universal studios technicolor movies as the exile, arabian nights, and ali baba and the forty thieves, this movie star of the 1940s eventually left the movie business and published two books. She married actor and film director christian marquand in 1963, at the age of 17.
French polynesia, honduras, kuwait, lebanon, libya, maldives, moldova, mongolia, morocco, peru, sri lanka. That bit of history, plus a bit of girth added to montez s frame, led her and her husband, the actor jeanpierre aumont, to abandon hollywood for europe, where she would appear in a handful of french and italian adventure films. This is an original universal pictures still used to promote the film on its original release in general, shipping costs for similar items can be combined at no additional charge. Universal pictures, more often than not, led in producing such films. Sadly, because older movies arent as readily available on streaming platforms, you can only. She began making b movies, with minor supporting roles in such films as boss of bullion city 1940, and the invisible woman 1940. After a stint in modeling, she made an attempt at hollywood. The story of maria montez, an exotic and glamorous dominican. Married to french actor jeanpierre aumont, she had a daughter, tina aumont, who also became an actress. Aumont had to leave a few days after wedding montez to serve in the free french forces which were fighting against nazi germany in the european theatre of world war ii. The formula for these films included a lot of action, some comedy, a smattering of romance, and an exotic setting created on the universal backlot. Other critics were more specific by saying she was the appropriate actress for this role. Photographs are brand new, matte prints or glossy on photo paper with white borders. Take a look at these glamorous photos to see the beauty of maria montez in the 1940s.
Maria montez june 6, 1912 september 7, 1951 was a dominicanborn motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmedintechnicolor costume adventure films. In 1946 montez visited france with aumont and both became excited about the. The first movie jean pierre and maria made in france was hans le marine wicked city. Prepare to be dazzled as all the wonder, excitement, triumph, and treachery of the arabian nights come vibrantly to life in ali baba and the forty thieves. Her first french film was hans le marinwicked city francois villiers, 1949 with jeanpierre aumont and lilli palmer. At the end of the 60s, maria chistina appeared in the movies with the names of tina marquand and tina aumont, in films as. Maria montez and jon hall in white savage 1943 vintage c. Aumont played andre st avit of the french foreign legion whos discovered. Sudan 1945 was the sixth and final film in a series of technicolor costume adventures made by universal pictures from 194245 which starred the duo of jon hall and maria montez.
The actor maria felix, who has died aged 88, was widely agreed to be the most beautiful face in the history of mexican cinema. Action adventure drama this is an original 8x10 approx universal black and white still a true photographic still, not a computer generated print or scan. Tangier 46 louise allbritton maria montez j edward. Universals first movie in complete threestrip technicolor was arabian nights, produced by walter wanger and starring the gorgeous south american spitfire, maria montez. The movie pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie.
From september 20th to october 5th, 1946, maria montez and jeanpierre aumont were invited to the first film festival in cannes. At the end of war world ii, maria montez moved to paris with her husband jeanpierre aumont. Searching in my box of old memories, i found this recording of 1998 when i was interviewed in a show of e. It was originally announced that the film would be called portrait of a murderer and would star maria montez and orson welles. The 39yearold montez died in suresnes, france in 1951 after apparently suffering a heart attack and drowning while taking a hot bath. While working in hollywood, she met french actor jeanpierre aumont.
Maria christina tina aumont was an american actress, born in hollywood, california, to french actor jeanpierre aumont, and dominican actress maria montez. It was also known by the alternative title of the last port along with the man on the eiffel tower, the film was the first french us co production following the war. Hans le marin is a 1949 frenchamerican drama film directed by francois villiers and starring the husband and wife team of jeanpierre aumont and maria montez. In a world weary of war and dispirited by the ravages of the great depression, hollywood at the turn of the 1940s concocted a wildly popular, effective lot of escapist fare though often cheaply made to regale the sick at heart worldwide. Over her career, montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in. The lovely technicolor siren maria montez, known for her popular and campy wwii escapism films at universal, quickly caught his eye and the couple married in 1943 after only a threemonth courtship. The movie 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The movie 2014 12112014 do drama, history 1h 38m user score. It was there that montez met her first husband, william g. Maria montez, the queen of technicolor nearly played death instead of maria casares. The haunting film adaptation of edgar allan poes the mystery of marie roget stars maria montez and patric knowles. This is by far the least available of his hollywood films, and he gets a truly good performance out of montez, although she is only around for about 20 minutes. Maria africa gracia vidal 6 june 1912 7 september 1951, known as the queen of.
Montez, lola 18181861irishborn dancer, actress, courtesan and adventurer whose exploits and independent conduct made her a legendary figure of the mid19th century. Popular, beautiful dominican republicborn film actress, maria montez june 6, 1912 september 7, 1951 with her new husband, french. In 1963, tina got married with christian marquand, french actor and director. The movie and hundreds more totally not basic titles for free on yuyu. Maria montez and jon hall in white savage 1943 vintage card.
He must realize that its aimed at the french market and in france,who remembers this. Sadly, she had died before he started making films drowning in her bathtub in paris at the age of 39 on 7 september 1951. An earlier marriage to french s blanche montel had ended in divorce in 1940, well before his arrival in america. I recommend this dvd, should it ever be available, if you are a fan of douglas fairbanks jr. Maria africa gracia vidal 6 june 1912 7 september 1951, known as the queen of technicolor, was a dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmedintechnicolor costume adventure films. Modesty blaise, texas across the river, the game is over, excuse me, are you for or against it and il sergente klems. Actress finds love on a hollywood set romance maria. Ali baba and the forty thieves was the fourth of six universal adventure films to costar maria montez and jon hall.
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