Film homage Rouben Mamoulian Ida Lupino The Gay Desperado 1 1936 San Xavier Tucson
by David Lee Guss
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Film homage Rouben Mamoulian Ida Lupino The Gay Desperado 1 1936 San Xavier Tucson
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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This is an exceedingly rare image from 1936's "The Gay Desperado" set in front of San Xavier Mission in Tucson, Arizona. The structure on the far right of the frame was created for the film.
"Desperado" was directed by Rouben Mamoulian (1898-1987), an important innovator in the early days of the "talkies." He ended his days in poverty after having been fired from "Porgy and Bess" and "Cleopatra." Mamoulian did direct Fred Astaire in "Silk Stockings." The 1957 musical was the last production in which Astaire danced as a leading man, who ended up with the girl.
"The Gay Desperado" was produced by Mary Pickford, a few years after her retirement from the screen. Historians claim she was the most popular actress ever to grace movies. There is no record of Pickford ever having visited the Tucson set, or when it was world premiered at the Fox Tucson.
"Adding sound to motion pictures would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo."...Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
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June 5th, 2013
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