Episodes: Season 1, Episode 3

About the Episode

In this episode, we see how Lupe Vélez rose to stardom in Dolores’ shadow and how the differences between her and Dolores evolved along simple, fraught, lines. Dolores was the “good” Mexican, and Lupe, in her relationship with actor Gary Cooper, became the "bad Mexican."

 

The Sources

  • Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's Mexican Spitfire (book) by Michelle Vogel
  • A Trans-American Dream: Lupe Velez and the Performance of Transculturation (dissertation) by Kristy A. Rawson
  • Scandals of Classic Hollywood (book) by Anne Helen Petersen
  • Gary Cooper: An Intimate Biography (book) by Hector Arce
  • Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle
  • Spitfire: Lupe Velez and the Ambivalent Pleasures of Ethnic Masquerade (article) by Victoria Sturtevant
  • "You Don't Say That in English!": The Scandal of Lupe Velez (book chapter) by Henry Jenkins

 

The Music

  • Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)
  • Ghostpocalypse - 8 Epilog by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • No Frills Cumbia by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Modern Jazz Samba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Lift Motif by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
  • Palios Karsilamas (Instrumental) by Ryan Francesconi (marmosetmusic.com)
  • Earnest by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

The Team

All episodes are written, produced, and edited by Diana Martinez. All artwork for the show was designed by Shelby Moring.