Cesar Romero Centenary Tribute

by Andre Soares | Feb 12, 2007 | | 2 Comments    
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Cesar RomeroThe Cervantes Center of Arts & Letters in Los Angeles will be celebrating the birth centennial of Cesar Romero (born in New York City on Feb. 15, 1907) with a screening of the 1954 biopic La Rosa blanca / The White Rose, accompanied by Romero’s last filmed interview. The tribute will take place on Thursday, Feb. 15, at 6:30p.m. at the University of Southern California’s Leavey Library Auditorium, and will be followed by a reception.

Though never a first- (or even second-) rank star, Romero was a well-known face and name in movies and later on television from the late 1930s until his death in 1994. Among his screen credits, almost invariably in supporting roles, are the Betty Grable vehicles Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Coney Island (1943), and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949), plus a whole array of "Cisco Kid" flicks.

On TV, Romero was a popular Joker in the Batman series.

Directed by one of Mexico’s most respected filmmakers, Emilio Fernández, La Rosa blanca is based on the life of Cuban poet José Martí, Romero’s grandfather. Romero, however, doesn’t appear in the film.

La Rosa blanca stars Roberto Canedo, Gina Cabrera, Raquel Revuelta, Julio Capote, and Julio Villareal.


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2 Responses to “Cesar Romero Centenary Tribute”

  1. serena on January 13th, 2009

    I’ve read that Cesar Romero was gay. That can’t be true. Does anyone know?

  2. olvera on February 26th, 2009

    I love Cesar Romero. I don’t care if he was gay or not. He was great. His Cisco Kid movies should be shown again. Wasn’t he the Cisco Kid? Or Zorro?

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