Acting
Lupe Vélez
Born July 18, 1908 · San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Died December 13, 1944 · aged 36
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), was a Mexican and American stage and film actress, comedian, dancer and vedette. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, she made her first film appearance in a short film in 1927. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American …
Known For
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 · 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
★ 7.31934
Movie
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
That's Entertainment! III · 1994That's Entertainment! III
★ 7.11994
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant · 1942Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
★ 5.41942
MovieComedyRomance
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
Wolf Song · 1929Wolf Song
★ 5.11929
MovieRomanceWestern
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.
High Flyers · 1937High Flyers
★ 7.51937
MovieComedy
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
The Cuban Love Song · 1931The Cuban Love Song
★ 4.81931
MovieMusicRomance
A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
Kongo · 1932Kongo
★ 6.41932
MovieDramaAdventure
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
Honolulu Lu · 1941Honolulu Lu
★ 5.81941
MovieMusicComedy
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.
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Honolulu Lu · 1941Honolulu Lu
★ 5.81941
MovieMusicComedy
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.
Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu















