#Ricardo Montalbán

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Propaganda

Tyrone Power (Nightmare Alley, Witness for the Prosecution)—he has an intense madman quality to him. i feel like he might chew glass

Ricardo Montalbán (Two Weeks with Love, Neptune's Daughter)—no propaganda submitted beyond the pics below

This is round 2 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

"Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone in the best cinematic sword fight of all time imho"

Ricardo Montalbán propaganda:

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Khan Noonien Singh and some of his army of genetically engineered soldiers.

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1970's Chrysler Cordoba

1970's Chrysler Cordoba. The hood ornament is beautiful like a Roman gold coin. Chrysler made some interesting hood ornaments, and the Cordoba's was no exception. Although Córdoba is the name of a city in Spain, according to Chrysler, the car's emblem was actually a stylized version of the Argentine Cordoba coin. Either way, the implication was Hispanic, and this theme was carried out with somewhat baroque trim inside the vehicle. Chrysler famously secured movie and television actor Ricardo Montalbán as the car's advertising spokesman through its entire run. Notable was his eloquent praise of its "rich Corinthian leather" interior

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Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalbán in the movie Fiesta (1947)

Século Ilustrado, No. 538, April 24 1948

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SPY kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

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Khan on barbie: let's go party.

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I best know Ricardo Montalbán as the infamous Khan Noonien Singh from Star Trek, but I recently watched him in a much older film and phew, he was so charming. Like, look at him. Look at that smile. He absolutely stole every scene he was in and I adored him for it.

The film was Mystery Street (1950) btw, and it's well worth a watch on its own merit, certainly -- it's got some really interesting (if not necessarily believable) forensic science and a delightful cast of characters. I personally wouldn't classify it as a noir but I understand why others do.

(Fun fact: I learned about the existence of this film via Leverage -- thanks, Nate!)

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Blu-ray review: “Sayonara” (1957)

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Podcast Actor Ricardo Montalbán Golden Age of Radio Tribute

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2023: Inna Čurikova, Inna Michajlovna Čurikova, attrice russa fino al 1991 sovietica. Cominciò a recitare nel 1965 interpretando ruoli minori, ma divenne famosa soprattutto nel 1968 grazie al film Nel fuoco non c’è guado e nel 1970 ne Il debutto, entrambi diretti dal regista Gleb Panfilov, che sarebbe poi divenuto suo futuro marito. Čurikova diventò anche una rinomata attrice teatrale. Nel 2000,…

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No, okay, he's in last place, i can't let that stand. Look.

The intense stare. The secretive enigmatic smile. The capacity to go from everyday to brooding to looming. You cannot tell me that he wouldn't be an excellent Count Dracula.

this is a poll for a movie that doesn't exist.

it is vintage times. the powers that be have decided it is time to remake the classic vampire novella Dracula for the big screen once more. in an amazing show of inter-studio solidarity, all of hollywood's hottest elite are up for the starring roles. they know whoever they cast will greatly impact the quality and tone of the finished production, so they are turning to their wisest voice for guidance.

you are the new casting director for this star-studded epic. choose your players wisely.

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People on the internet: they can't hire actors who are actually in wheelchairs to play wheelchair users in movies! What if there's a scene where they need to stand up? A wheelchair user can't do that!

Robert Rodriguez: hold my beer

This is a scene from spy kids 3 - a movie in a series famous for its shoe-string budgets, where Ricardo Montalbán's character is in a wheelchair, but spends most of his screen time in a digital reality where he doesn't need it. Ricardo Montalbán was actually in a wheelchair though in real life, so they just used a combination of VFX and camera tricks (and a dolly for a few shots) to film those scenes. Also if I remember correctly the movie ends with him back in the real world, fighting a mech with his jet-pack wheelchair lmao.

The disability rep is dated (as is the VFX lol) and does fall into a lot of tropes I personally dont like, but it's so earnest in their attempts, and the visible effort behind the scenes to include a real, disabled actor outweighs it for me - even as a kid who wasnt fully aware of why.

Bigger studios have no excuse.

I've linked the video I got these screenshots from, they talk a lot about how they handled Ricardo Montalbán's character being out of his wheelchair there. If if you like behind the scenes stuff for campy old movies, I highly recommend it!

[ID 1: a screenshot of the movie Spy kids 3D, showing Juni, the main character in a suit of yellow power armour, talking to his grandfather, who towers over him in red power armour. his grandfather is kneeling so he can be at eye level with him.

the caption underneath reads "where he kneels down and talks to Juni" /end ID 1]

[ID 2: a photo of the same shot but without the effects. Grandpa is shown to be in a wheelchair, and is being held at the needed height by a moveable platform his wheelchair is sitting on. Juni is wearing the armour, grandpa is not, and there are green screens behind them.

the caption underneath reads "but we just had him lowered in a dolly" /end ID 2]

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Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán in the stage production of “Jamaica” (1958).

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Ricardo Montalban Acteur américano-méxicain avec une chrysler Cordoba.1970