Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014-0113RS |
Title |
P.L. Anderson meets Mexican Actors & Actresses |
Description |
P.L. Anderson (with back turned) welcomes from left to right: Cantinflas, actresses Elmira Rios & Esther Fernandez. The man with glasses standing behind two sombrero wearing men is Jimmie Lederer. A crowd surrounds the visitors, with several people standing in lines or up on the walls, possibly at La Villita. Black and white. |
Date |
January 27, 1944 |
Notes |
"This folder contains pictures of Mexican entertainers who came to San Antonio. They include Cantinflas, Paco Miller & Don Roque and his company, and other singers/actors." - Rosemary Son Anderson was acting mayor during several weeks of January 1944. Comedian/actor Cantinflas; actresses Esther Fernandez, Elvira Rios, and Paquita Estrada; actors Joaquin Pardave, Miguel Angel Ferriz and Jorge "Che" Reyes; singers Hermanas Aguila and Hermanos Huesca; and one-armed guitarist Victor Manuel, were all brought to San Antonio by Ramiro Cortez. (See SA Light 1-16-44 ) |
Collection |
Rosemary Son Collection |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Actors and actresses. Anderson, Preston Louis Cantinflas, 1911-1993. Entertainers. Fernandez, Esther Lederer, Jimmie Portrait photographs -- Texas -- San Antonio. Rios, Elmira |
Credit line |
Courtesy of San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Imagefile |
009\20140113RS.JPG |