Cesar Romero Centenary Tribute
February 12th, 2007 by Andre Soares
The Cervantes Center of Arts & Letters in Los Angeles will be celebrating the birth centennial anniversary of actor Cesar Romero 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 to movie and television audiences 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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