Word: mexicanitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virgin of Guadalupe appeared miraculously to a humble convert, Mexico has revered her. Her image, which emerged wondrously on the convert's poor cloak as a sign of the authenticity of his vision, is the country's most honored shrine. Last month, for a huge mural on Mexican theatrical history, ex-Communist Artist Diego Rivera solemnly sketched the famed comedian Cantinflas in his trademark-uniform, a shabby coat, and then drew the Virgin on the coat. "Sacrilege!" protested Mexico's devout, while Rivera, ignoring the uproar, diligently filled in the outlines around the figure...
...help run his revolution. Martin worked for Villa for seven years, taught the illiterate rebel how to write his name in the sand with a stick, and became so close to him that Villa called him "My Boy (one of the three English phrases he knew). In 1916, when Mexican government forces were closing in on their stronghold, Martin escaped, taking Villa's wife and children to New Orleans, thence to safety in Cuba...
...more difficult. The city clerk in New Rochelle, N.Y. refused to sell him a license; but he was able to buy one in Greenwich, Conn., which requires a five-day wait. Then came bad news from Manhattan. Anita Frances Roddy-Eden Manville, his most recent wife, who bought a Mexican divorce last year, swallowed an overdose of sleeping pills when she heard of Tommy's latest romance. She recovered with still worse news for Tommy: her Mexican divorce was no good, and she wired her lawyer in Mexico to prove it. At week's end, with the Connecticut...
...millionaires of the Alemán administration. Within a few hours the capital buzzed with another name. According to the passenger manifest, it was that of Alemán's great and enduring friend, Brazilian Actress Leonora Amar, whom he had raised to stardom in Mexican films (TIME, Feb. 11, 1946). Handsome Miguel's friendship with the sultry Leonora was well known in Mexico, but previously both the President and the gossip had been discreet...
Worrying about the Mexican-American amateur actors, the Silver City schoolteacher wrote: "I cannot bear to see a minority group . . . used . . . Please help and advise me how to do my duty." The news of the project was all over Hollywood last week. Film groups were demanding a federal investigation, and it looked as if they would get action...