"The Rise of the Latin Lover" Lecture / THE GANG'S ALL HERE July 31, 2011

Sunday, July 31 – 2:00 PM
Art Deco Society Los Angeles Presents: “Rise of the Latin Lover.” From the mid 1930s through WWII, the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs brought images of Latin America to the average American to improve the relationships along our borders. This talk takes an enjoyable look at these images in film, fashion, animation and music, and is led by film and TV professional Veronica Gonzalez-Rubio and advertising professional B. Todi. Followed by…
THE GANG’S ALL HERE, 1943, 20th Century Fox, 103 min. Dir. Busby Berkeley. Alice Faye may get top billing, but this insane Busby Berkeley musical is most famous for the chorines holding up giant bananas while Carmen Miranda sings "Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat." As a bonus, Edward Everett Horton, one of Hollywood’s greatest “sissies,” is featured. This is the kind of camp hoot enjoyed by our gay ancestors - but certain types of nuttiness never go out of style. [35mm]
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