Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Dolores Makes it Big

Hollywood in Color

All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:

Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the Great Depression (book) by Douglas Monroy

Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles (book) by William Deverell

Filming Pancho Villa: How Hollywood Shaped the Mexican Revolution (book) by Margarita de Orellana

Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age (book) by Laura Isabel Serna

Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles Before World War II (book) by Colin Gunckel

Southern California: An Island on the Land (book) by Carey McWilliams

Dolores Del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B. Hall

The Invention of Dolores Del Río (book) by Joanne Herschfield

Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle

From Hollywood and Back: Dolores Del Rio, A Transnational Star (article) by Ana M. Lopez

Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article) by Victoria Sturtevant

Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):

Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Get Ready by Komiku (freemusicarchive.org) — Public Domain

Cumbia Del Olvido (Instrumental) by Nicola Cruz (marmosetmusic.com)

Laendler in C Minor (Hess 68) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

In the Lap by Drake Stafford (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Trio for Piano, Violin, and Viola by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Waltz (Tchaikovsky Op. 40) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Tumult by Kai Engel (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Awkward Silences (version b) by Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Slow Heat by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Ramona (theme) performed by Dolores Del Rio (youtube.com)

Infados by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Forever Instrumenta (Instrumental) by Bonnie Montgomery (marmosetmusic.com)

Hollywood in Color artwork designed by Shelby Moring

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