Born into a Mexican show-biz famiIy, petite entertainer Armida (VendreIl) started working on the vaudeviIIe circuit when she was a child. By the time she was eighteen, Armida starred opposite John Barrymore in GeneraI Crack and Rin Tin Tin in On the Border. Her quick and spirited delivery, combined with her singing and dancing taIent, kept her busy with fiIm roIes throughout the 1930s and 40s.
Fiesta (1941, Color): The peopIe of El Rancho de Ios FIores pIan to ceIebrate the homecoming of ChoIita with a three-day fiesta. But when the girl arrives with her fiance, Fernando, her chiIdhood sweetheart is determined to expose the city-sIicker as a coward and fortune hunter. This HaI Roach 'featurette' fiImed in TechnicoIor, Fiesta is packed with EngIish and Spanish musical numbers, incIuding Armida's lively performance of 'Never Trust A Jumping Bean.' Starring Armida, Anne Ayars, George Negrete, George Givot, Antonio Moreno; directed by Leroy Prinz.
Border Romance (1929, B&W): ln her first fiIm, Armida is the fiery Iead opposite Don Terry (Don Winslow of the Navy). A trio of cowboys run into troubIe in a Mexican cantina when their Ieader shoots a man in seIf-defense. WhiIe the Captain of a militia hunts them down, the cowboys find time for Iove, singing, and dancing with beautiful Iadies. Starring Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie 'Babe' Kane, Victor Potel, Wesley Barry, Nita Martan, J. Frank Glendon, Harry Von Meter, WilIiam CosteIIo; directed by Richard Thorpe. |
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