HOLLYWOOD'S LATIN LOVERS: Latino, Italian and French Men Who Make the Screen Smolder

by Victoria Thomas

1-883318-41-6 / hardbound / $26.00

It started with Romeo, or was it Casanova? Women couldn’t resist. Leave it to Hollywood to translate the passion into a man named Valentino. Or Novarro, Romero, Quinn, Jourdan, Boyer, Pacino, Banderas. Hollywood’s Latin Lovers are the screen’s forbidden fruit, the antithesis of the All-American blond and square-jawed hero. The prototype for the Clark Gables and Tyrone Powers of the Golden Age, the original Latin Lovers set the pace for today’s romantic heroes. Dark eyes blazing, hearts pounding, bodies thrusting, charisma overflowing. Irresistible yet utterly dangerous. In detailed biographies and glorious photographs gathered from archives around the world, journalist Victoria Thomas tells the dramatic stories of 20 of the screen’s hottest characters --- men who indeed make the screen smolder, whether the film is dated 1928 or 1998.

Journalist Victoria Thomas has been writing about popular culture for two decades and is a contributor to Women of Hope, a bilingual text about Hispanic women.