Episodes: Season 1, Episode 4

About the Episode

In this episode, we look at Dolores’ career during the Hollywood transition to sound film. The coming of sound limited Dolores’ roles. They became more stereotypical and forgettable. With her accent, sound amplified the difference that her Spanish señorita persona had overcome. 

 

The Sources

  • Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade (book) by Linda B Hall

  • Dance and the Hollywood Latina (book) by Priscilla Ovalle

  • The Invention of Dolores Del Rio (book) by Joanne Herschfield

  • Dolores Del Rio, the First “Latin Invasion,” and Hollywood’s Transition to Sound (article) by Mary Beltrán

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

  • "Cinema at its Source": Synchronizing Race and Sound in the Early Talkies (article) by Alice Maurice

  • All archival materials referenced were found on mediahistoryproject.org
     

 

The Music

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

  • Excerpts from The Jazz Singer (youtube.com)

  • Bleu by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Someday I'll Like You But Before Let Me Rest In My Solitude (Lonely Character's Theme) by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Frozen Jungle by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Laid Back Guitars by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  • La Citadelle by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Excerpt from Ramona soundtrack (youtube.com)

  • Polen (Instrumental) by Animal Chuki (marmosetmusic.com)

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

  • Night Cave by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

The Team

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