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Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in
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by
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at night using the same sets as the
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version, but with a different cast and director. She also starred in the 1932 film ''
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,'' one of the first Mexican
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films, and one of the first commercial Spanish-language sound films.


Early life

Tovar was born in
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, Mexico, the daughter of Egidio Tovar, who was from
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, Mexico, and Mary Tovar (née Sullivan), who was Irish-Mexican, from Matías Romero, Oaxaca, Mexico. Tovar was the oldest of nine children, though many of her siblings did not survive early childhood. Tovar grew up during the time of the
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and her family was very poor. She was raised in a very religious
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environment, and went to a school where she was taught by nuns. In 1918, Tovar's family moved north to
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where her father worked for the
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in an administrative position.


Career


Early career

Tovar was discovered by
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maker Robert Flaherty in Mexico City. Tovar had performed in a dance class and was invited, along with other girls, to do a screen test as part of a competition. Tovar won first place. The prize was a 6-month probation period, followed by a 7-year contract at $150/week, to
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. The studio had realized they could make money by simultaneously shooting Spanish-language movies of English language studio productions, so had been casting for Spanish stars. She moved to Hollywood in November 1928 with her maternal grandmother, Lucy Sullivan. Tovar, under contract, was required to study intensively to enhance her skills for films. Her weekly schedule included guitar, two hours four days; Spanish dances, one hour three days; dramatics, one-half hour two days; and English, one hour every day. Her accent was considered an asset in talking motion pictures. Her English improved significantly in just seven months from the time she arrived in Hollywood in January 1929, when she could not say "good morning" in English. To improve her English, she attended
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; she also learned new words and how to say them by reading voraciously. In 1929, Tovar appeared in the films ''
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'' with
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(now thought to be a lost film) and '' The Cock-Eyed World''. In 1930, she was mentioned for leads in two talkies starring
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Sr. and
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. Fairbanks put off the filming of what became ''The Exile''. After his death, the film was made in 1947 by his son, Douglas, Jr., directed by
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.


Spanish language remakes

Lupita's future husband, producer
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, convinced
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to make Spanish language movies that could be shot simultaneously at night with their English originals. When sound films began to dominate the industry, casting director Jimmy Ryan warned her that her poor English would not work and her option would not be picked up. However, he recommended pursuing work in the foreign film department. She went to the office and sat around all day without being seen; she left early because a man kept staring at her and made her feel uncomfortable. When she returned to the office another day she met the head of the department, Kohner, who was the man who kept staring at her before. He offered her a job making $15 a day to dubbing films in Spanish, her first being ''
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''. In 1930, Tovar starred opposite
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in '' La Voluntad del Muerto'', the Spanish-language version of '' The Cat Creeps'' and was based on the
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mystery play, '' The Cat and the Canary.'' Both ''The Cat Creeps'' and ''La Voluntad del muerto'' were remakes of '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927). Casting was done in July 1930 with the film being released later the same year. The Spanish version was directed by
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and, like the Spanish-language version of '' Dracula'' (1931), was filmed at night using the same sets as those used for filming the English-language version during the day. Tovar shot ''Drácula,'' in 1930, when she was 20 years old. The film was produced by her soon-to-be husband,
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.


''Santa''

In 1932, Tovar starred in the film ''
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'', the first to have synchronized sound and image on the same celluloid strip. The film was based on a famous book featuring an innocent girl from the country who has an affair with a soldier and then tragically becomes a prostitute. ''Santa'' was such a hit that the Mexican government issued a postage stamp featuring Tovar as Santa. "I tell you I could not walk on the streets when ''Santa'' came out," Tovar said. "People tore my dress for souvenirs. It was something." In 2006, ''Santa'' was shown in a celebratory screening by the
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called "A Salute to Lupita Tovar" that featured a conversation between Tovar and film historian Bob Dickson. The event was in honor of Tovar.


Other films

In 1931, Melford directed Tovar in another Universal picture, ''
East of Borneo ''East of Borneo'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, and Noble Johnson, and release ...
'', which starred
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. Tovar also worked on films at Columbia Pictures. Although she herself did not make any
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s, with her earliest films released by
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in the
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sound-on-film system, some may have been released in silent versions for theaters not yet equipped for sound.


Personal life

Tovar went by the nickname ''Lupita'' from the time she was a child. During the filming of ''Santa'' in Mexico, producer
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had to return to Europe because his father was sick. It was this separation, and another the next year when Kohner was producing a film for Universal in Europe, that made Tovar realize she loved Kohner. Kohner proposed on the phone—he had previously tried to give her a ring—and Tovar went to
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to meet him. They were married, by a rabbi, in
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on October 30, 1932, at Kohner's parents' home. In 1936, the couple had a daughter, Susan Kohner, later a film and television actress, and, in 1939, a son, Paul Julius "Pancho" Kohner Jr., a director and producer. Their grandsons,
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and Paul Weitz, are successful film directors. Tovar owned a bassinet that would be used by several well known New Yorkers, including Julie Baumgold, a writer and her husband
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, publisher of '' New York;'' Elizabeth Sobieski, a novelist and mother of actress
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, Judy Licht, a TV newswoman, and her husband
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, an advertising executive. The release of the Spanish-language ''Drácula'' on home video in the early 1990s caused a revival of Tovar's films. "It's like a dream being invited to all of these festivals and showings of my films. Was that really me up there on the screen? I had almost forgotten I was an actress. It has been absolutely wonderful how people have been so nice. Usually people die and then they get the award, but to be alive and receive this honor is fantastic!"


Death

Tovar died at the age of 106 on 12 November 2016 in Los Angeles of heart disease, just one day after her daughter Susan Kohner's 80th birthday.


Awards

* 2001:
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(Mexican Academy of Arts and Sciences), Lifetime Achievement Award at the XLIII Ceremonia de Entrega del Arielrecibió el Ariel de Oro


Filmography

*1929: ''
The Veiled Woman ''The Veiled Woman'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Lia Torá, Lupita Tovar and Walter McGrail, also featuring Bela Lugosi.Kohner p. 347 This film was initially advertised as being a sound film, but at th ...
'' (Fox) as Young girl *1929: '' Joy Street'' (Fox) *1929: '' The Cock-Eyed World'' (Fox) as Minor Role (uncredited) *1929: '' The Black Watch'' (Fox) as Minor Role (uncredited) *1930: '' King of Jazz'' as Emcee's Assistant - Spanish Version *1930: '' La Voluntad del Muerto'' (Universal) (Spanish-language version of '' The Cat Creeps'') as Anita *1931: ''Estamos en París'' (Short) *1931: '' Drácula'' (Universal) (Spanish-language version of '' Dracula'') as Eva *1931: ''
Carne de Cabaret ''Ten Cents a Dance'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romance-drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a married taxi dancer who falls in love with one of her customers. The film was inspired by the popular song of ...
'' (Columbia) (Spanish version of '' Ten Cents a Dance'') as Dorothy O'Neil *1931: ''
Yankee Don ''Yankee Don'' is a 1931 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Richard Talmadge, Lupita Tovar and Julian Rivero. Plot Mexican landowner Don Juan hires New Yorker Dick Carsey to oversee construction of a p ...
'' (Richard Talmadge Productions) as Juanita *1931: ''El Tenorio del Harem'' (Universal) as Fátima *1931: ''
East of Borneo ''East of Borneo'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, and Noble Johnson, and release ...
'' (Universal) as Neila *1931: ''Border Law'' (Columbia) as Tonita *1932: ''
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'' (Compañia Nacional Productora de Peliculas) as Santa *1934: ''Vidas Rotas'' (Inca) (Spanish) *1935: ''
Broken Lives ''Broken Lives'' was written by Estelle Blackburn between 1992 and 1998. The book is about the false imprisonment of two people, John Button and Darryl Beamish who were both convicted for murders that were later proved to be committed by Eric ...
'' as Marcela *1935: '' Alas Sobre del Chaco'' (Universal) (Spanish-language version of ''Storm Over the Andes'') as Teresa *1936: '' The Invader'' aka ''An Old Spanish Custom'' (British & Continental Films) as Lupita Melez *1936: ''Mariguana'' (Mexican) as Irene Heredia *1936: '' El Capitán Tormenta'' (Grand National) (Spanish-language version of ''Captain Calamity'') as Magda *1938: ''
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'' (United Artists) as Cabaret Girl *1938: ''
El Rosario de Amozoc ''El Rosario de Amozoc'' ("The Rosary of Amozoc") is a 1938 Mexican film directed by José Bohr. It stars Lupita Tovar, Carlos Orellana, Emilio Tuero, Elena D'Orgaz, Daniel "Chino" Herrera Daniel Herrera Bates (3 January 1903 – 29 September ...
'' (Mexican) as Rosario *1938: '' María'' (Mexican) as María *1939: '' The Fighting Gringo'' (RKO) as Anita "Nita" del Campo *1939: ''
Tropic Fury ''Tropic Fury'' is a 1939 American action film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine and Beverly Roberts.Kohner p.353 Cast * Richard Arlen as Dan Burton * Andy Devine as Tynan ('Tiny') Andrews * Beverly Roberts as ...
'' (Universal) as Maria Scipio *1939: '' South of the Border'' (Republic) as Dolores Mendoza *1940: '' Green Hell'' (Universal) as Native Girl *1940: '' The Westerner'' (United Artists) as Teresita (uncredited) *1941: ''
Two Gun Sheriff ''Two Gun Sheriff'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by George Sherman, written by Doris Schroeder, and starring Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Jay Novello, Lupita Tovar, Milton Kibbee and Fred Kohler Jr. It was released on April ...
'' (Republic) as Nita *1943: '' Resurrección'' (Mexican) as María *1944: ''
Gun to Gun ''Gun to Gun'' is a 1944 American Warner Bros. ''Santa Fe Trail'' short subject romantic western directed by D. Ross Lederman. The film, set on a ranch, stars Robert Shayne, Lupita Tovar and Pedro de Cordoba.p. 280 Liebman, Roy ''Vitaphone Fi ...
'' (Warner Bros.) (Short) as Dolores Diego *1944: '' Miguel Strogoff (El Correo del Zar)'' (Mexican) as Nadia Fedorova *1945: ''The Crime Doctor's Courage'' (Columbia) as Dolores Bragga *1952: ''Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder'' (TV Series, Episode: "Winner Take Nothing") (final appearance) *1998: ''Universal Horror'' (TV Movie documentary) as Interviewee


See also

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References


Further reading


Articles

* Babcock, Muriel. "Wave of Popularity Sweeping Mexican Stars to Top Goes Marching On: Directors Tell How Latin-American Beauties Have Carved Niche for Themselves in Filmdom's Hall of Fame." ''Los Angeles Times.'' January 27, 1929. p. C11 (1 page). * Olean Herald, "Hollywood Sights and Sounds." ''Saturday Evening.'' July 20, 1929. p. 4. * Boland, Elena. "Aliens Retain Screen Niche: Sound Films Disclose Need of Many Accents Separate Pictures Made For Different Countries Certainty of Future Held as Settled Fact." ''Los Angeles Times.'' February 2, 1930, p. B11 (2 pages). * Kingsley, Grace. "Browning Picks Story and Star: Fairbanks Will Play Bandit in Tale of Spanish Days; Richard Keene Loaned to First National; Paul Page Has "Man Crazy" Role." ''Los Angeles Times.'' March 12, 1930, p. A8 (1 page). * Kingsley, Grace. "Duncan Sisters May Go Abroad: Joseph Santley Writes Story for Helen Twelvetrees Toreador Signs With First National for Film Norman Taurog Will Direct Ed Wynn Comedy." ''Los Angeles Times.'' July 23, 1930. p. 6 (1 page). * Kingsley, Grace. "Lupita Tovar Goes Abroad: Actress Will Meet Fiance, Paul Kohner, in Paris Capt. Mollison Decides Not to Become Actor Helen Mack Wins Lead With Ken Maynard." ''Los Angeles Times.'' August 27, 1932. p. 5 (1 page). * Kingsley, Grace. "Lupita Tovar, Kohner Marry: Producer and Actress Wed in Czechlo-Slovakia Gloria Stuart Takes Novel Trip as Air Mail Howard Hughes Searches for Beauty in New York." ''Los Angeles Times.'' November 2, 1932. p. 11 (1 page). * Weaver, Tom. "Bitten in Spanish," "Fangoria" #119. December 1992.


Archival material

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Kohner Family Papers, ~1970-2008.
' Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside.


Monographs

* Ankerich, Michael G.
The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Bridged the Gap between Silents and Talkies.
' Reprinted. ed. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2011. Chapter 15, pp. 218–233. . * Tovar, Lupita, and Pancho Kohner.
Lupita Tovar: The Sweetheart of Mexico: A Memoir As Told to Her Son Pancho Kohner.
' Bloomington, IN: Xlibris Corp, 2011. * Kohner, Pancho. ''Lupita Tovar: La novia de México: Memorias, Tal y Como Fueron Relatadas a su Hijo.'' Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.


External links

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in Cine Mexicano (ITESM) *
Kohner Family Papers, ~1970-2008
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