Asides - Cinco de Mayo

Well, my intentions were good, but a small scanner glitch left me a day late. Anyway, in honor of Cinco de Mayo, commemorating an initial victory of Mexican forces over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, I am posting magazine covers of actresses of Mexican descent who have already appeared on this blog (5/31/06 and 3/19/07). Here gracing the April and June 1934 issues of Movie Classics magazine are two of Hollywood's most alluring actresses, Lupe Velez and Dolores Del Rio. And while I don't have a magazine with a cover of Raquel Torres (6/28/06 post), she was another truly alluring Mexican actresses deserving mention this day.

Both Illustrations are by the artist Marland Stone.

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