Las Reinas of Los Angeles: Lupe Finds Fame

Hollywood in Color

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

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

All archival materials referenced were found on mediahistoryproject.org

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

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

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