Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Maria Montez was born on June 6, 1912 in Barahona, Dominican Republic, the daughter of The Honorary Vice Consul of Spain. She was a popular actress in the United States during the 1940s. Her accent and background made her "exotic" and she starred in a series of Technicolor adventure films including "Arabian Nights" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." Montez's films were very popular during World War II and she was nicknamed "The Queen of Technicolor." She married French actor Jean Pierre Aumont in 1943 and after the war they moved to Europe where she made several films. They had one child. Montez died of a heart attack on September 7, 1951.; Flor de Oro Trujillo was the eldest daughter of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Leo´nidas Trujillo. Porfirio Herrera Baez was a Dominican diplomat who held various positions in the Dominican government. Montez is pictured holding flowers, shaking hands with Porfirio Herrera Baez, next to Flor Trujillo, secretary of the Dominican Republic's Embassy in Washington, D. C. Montez was awarded two medals for her efforts in promoting relations between the United States and the Dominican Republic. The event was held at the Ambassador Hotel. Photograph dated October 23, 1943.
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Montez, Mari´a,--1912-1951 Montez, Mari´a,--1912-1951--Awards Trujillo, Flor de Oro,--1915-1978 Herrera Ba´ez, Porfirio Ambassador Hotel Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Diplomats--Dominican Republic Hotels--California--Los Angeles Handshaking--California--Los Angeles Flowers--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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