Maria Montez
Nascimento : 1912-06-06, Barahona, Dominican Republic
Morte : 1951-09-07
História
María Montez (June 6, 1912 – September 7, 1951) was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she became known as "The Queen of Technicolor." Over her career, Montez appeared in 26 films, 21 of which were made in North America and five in Europe.
Consuelo
A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.
Dolores
An Italian-German crime film. One of Maria Montez's last films.
Dolores
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.
Tina
A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.
Christina de Rinck
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
Dolores - the coach
A Canadian sailor becomes a fugitive for love after a night with a woman in Marseille.
Queen Antinea
Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally discover the famed lost continent of Atlantis. Bewitched by the sultry, beauty of the Queen of Atlantis (Maria Montez) the two men vie for her affections; little realising that her previous lovers have been embalmed into statues that line the passages of her kingdom.
Marguerita Novarro
A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.
Countess Anbella de Courteuil
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
Rita
Maria Montez plays a Spanish dancer named Rita, who is determined to bring Nazi collaborator Colonel Jose Artiego (Preston Foster) to justice. Artiego is at presently working incognito, as military governor of the North African city of Tangier. Maria finds an unexpected ally in the form of Artiego's discarded mistress Dolores (Louise Allbritton).
Naila
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
Marina
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.
Carla
In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.
Tollea / Naja
Quando descobre que sua noiva tollea foi raptada, ramu e seu amigo kadu viajam para uma ilha do pacífico em busca de resgatá-la. O que eles não sabem é que esta ilha é habitada por um povo fanático, adoradores da deusa cobra, e que todos os visitantes desta ilha são assassinados ao chegarem para serem dados em sacrifício ao deus vulcão. A ilha é comandada pela maligna irmã de tollea, naja, a mulher cobra, que além de cair em desejo por seu novo prisioneiro, ramu, está pronta para eliminar todos à sua volta que a impeçam de realizar suas vontades, inclusive sua benevolente irmã.
Amara
Liderados pelo perverso Ilulagu Khan, os mongóis tomam Bagdá e matam o califa. Porém, o jovem Ali, filho do califa, consegue escapar. Ali é adotado pelo velho Babá, líder de um grupo de ladrões. E ao lado de Babá e seus larápios, ele cresce e aprende todas as artimanhas que uma vida no castelo nunca poderia ter ensinado. Agora, já um homem feito, Ali deverá retornar ao castelo para vingar a morte de seu pai, retomar o seu lugar de direito no trono e resgatar seu grande amor: Amara.
Princess Tahia
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
Sherazade
Neste incrível épico das Arábias, os personagens das histórias que encantaram leitores no mundo todo ganham vida com toda a sua paixão e glória através da história de irmãos que lutam entre si pelo poder político e pelo amor de Sherazade (interpretada pela encantadora e carismática Maria Montez). Contando com um elenco memorável, cenários suntuosos e figurinos exóticos, “As Mil e Uma Noites” é um clássico imperdível que já encantou platéias de todas as idades no mundo todo!
Marie Roget
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
Sonya Dietrich Landers
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
Melahi
Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love with the the daughter of the tribe's leader, heiress to the throne after the death of her brother, who is as savage as her pet leopard. The others try to devise a plan to rob the tribe's gold.
Ilani
Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.
Zuleika
Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in the fighting in a brutal civil war
Inez
No Rio de Janeiro o barão Manuel Duarte (Don Ameche), um mulherengo, se encontra em sérias dificuldades financeiras. Ele precisa viajar até Buenos Aires para tentar conseguir um empréstimo. Para não haver nenhuma suspeita do que o barão está fazendo, seus sócios contratam Larry Martin (Don Ameche), um ator que é muito parecido com o barão. A baronesa Cecilia Duarte (Alice Faye) fica sabendo da história, mas até ela fica na dúvida de quem é quem, pois o barão resolveu o assunto mais rápido do que esperava mas finge ter voltado só no dia seguinte, deixando Cecilia toda confusa.
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not risking their lives coverning the Hot Spots of the world, Dick (Arlen) and Andy (Devine) busy themselves romancing Norma (Dorothy Lovett) and Gwendy (Janet Shaw), respectively.
Marie
O excêntrico Professor Gibbs, brilhante, mas pouco prático, inventa uma máquina de invisibilidade e põe um anúncio para uma cobaia. Ele recebe uma candidata, Kitty Carroll, uma modelo atraente e aventureira, que acha que ser invisível a ajudaria a resolver algumas pendências. As complicações surgem quando três bandidos atrapalhados roubam a máquina para usar no seu chefe.
Linda Calhoun
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
