OX-BOW INCIDENT, 1943
Scope and Contents
The collection is focused primarily on portrayals of Latino/a characters in film and includes materials about major Latino stars, such as Lupe Vélez and Dolores Del Rio (both strongly represented in this collection). However, many of the great Latino movie stars in Hollywood films -- Rita Hayworth, Anthony Quinn, Lupe Vélez, Cesar Romero, for instance -- portrayed many different kinds of roles during their long careers, and this collection reveals some of the diversity of their work. Although the bulk of the items here are associated with Hollywood movies, there are some examples of Cuban, Mexican, and South American film, as well as a collection of campaign sheets and posters from Britain, Italy, Mexico, Cuba, and other countries (based on Hollywood releases). The collection contains approximately 590 pieces of rare movie ephemera: promotional photographs, posters, lobby cards, photoplay book editions, campaign books, press kits and television/movie scripts ranging from the silent film era to 2005.
Dates
- Creation: 1943
ANTHONY QUINN IN “THE OX-BOW INCIDENT” (1943)
Anthony Quinn was born in Mexico in 1915, but was brought up in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. As a young actor in Hollywood he met and married Cecil B. DeMille’s daughter Katharine and became part of a royal Hollywood family. During his early years in film, he played supporting characters of vastly different ethnicities from American Indian to Italian, Spaniard and even Asian. His true ancestry was featured in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT, though his most famous role would be that of Alexis Zorba, in ZORBA THE GREEK (1964)
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (8 boxes, plus oversized materials in map cases) ; Box 1: 27 x 14 x 32 cm Boxes 2-4: 9.5x12x5x3 inches Boxes 5-8: 21x16x3 inches
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository