Carmen Amaya, star of Hollywood

Authors

  • Montse Madridejos
Keywords: Carmen Amaya, Flamenco, Historia del Flamenco, Hollywood, Cine, Estados Unidos, Nueva York, Original Gypsy Dances, Panama Hattie, Follow the Boys, Knickerbocker Holiday, See My Lawyer,

Abstract

This article offers a chronological view over Carmen Amaya and her company's movie appearances in the United States, from her arrival to New York on December 1940 till 1945. In 1941, Sol Hurok commissioned Original Gypsy Dances to promote them. In 1942, she had a contract to act in the film Panama Hattie, but finally she didn’t appear in the finished version.  She also performed in Knickerbocker Holiday and Follow the Boys during 1944 and, finally, in See My Lawyer in 1945. This relevant appearances in Hollywood films confirms that Carmen Amaya was a famous gypsy dancer at that time and that she was a talented actress.

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Author Biography

Montse Madridejos

Doctorada en Historia de la Música por la Universidad de Barcelona en 2011. Defendí mi tesis doctoral "El flamenco en la Barcelona de la Exposición Internacional (1929-1930) el 4 de febrero de 2011.
Published
05-07-2012
How to Cite
Madridejos, M. (2012). Carmen Amaya, star of Hollywood. Flamenco Research Magazine "La Madrugá", (6). Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/flamenco/article/view/151941
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