Conchita Montenegro (11 September 1912–22 April 2007) was a Spanish model, dancer, stage and screen actress, from Bilbao, Spain. She was educated in a convent in Madrid, Spain. Montenegro had brown eyes, wavy black hair, and an olive complexion. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Biscay Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ... This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ...

Multitalented

Montenegro first worked professionally as a model (person) for the artist Ziloaga. During her childhood she was a dancer. She was credited with revolutionizing the presentation of Spanish dances. Montenegro turned from dancing to dramatic acting and starred in numerous productions. She attained theatrical fame in Spain, France, and Germany by the time she was thirteen years old. Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ...

Screen success

She came to Hollywood in June 1930 with a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She was sixteen years old and could not speak a word of English. Montenegro learned enough English in three months to play the leading feminine part in Never The Twain Shall Meet (1931) at the age of seventeen. The movie is the English language version of a story written by Peter B. Kyne. The motion picture was directed by W.S. Van Dyke. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Woodbridge Woody Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 - February 5, 1943) was an American film director. ...

Prior to this performance Montenegro was cast in Spanish versions of MGM movies. Among these are The Singer of Seville (1930) and Way For A Sailor (1930). The former featured Ramon Novarro while the latter starred Jose Crespo. Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. ...

Her next screen project was Strangers May Kiss (1931). The production has Norma Shearer as the female lead, with Montengro as the ingenue (stock character) lead, playing a Spanish dancer. By mid-1931 Montenegro left MGM and signed with the Fox Film Company. She was to play in both Spanish and English motion pictures. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 (some sources indicate 1900) - June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian-born Hollywood actress. ... Mary Pickford, a perpetual ingenue The Ingenue is a stock character in literature and film and a role type in the theatre, generally a girl or a young woman who is endearingly innocent. ... The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office...

Train wreck

In August 1931 she was aboard the Southern Pacific Argonaut (passenger train). The train wrecked near Yuma, Arizona and killed two trainmen. Luckily for Montenegro she was in the second section along with actors Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe. The forty people among the film company were unharmed when the second section did not crash into the wrecked first section. The steam engine, two cars of the baggage car section, and a day coach overturned, after the train struck a roadbed which had been softened by rain. The Argonaut was en route to a location shoot for Cisco Kid (1931), in Tucson, Arizona. Playing Carmencita, Montenegro had the primary feminine role and was the main source of strife between the Lowe and Baxter characters. The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... Train No. ... Yuma is a city in and county seatGR6 of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. ... Actor Warner Baxter Warner Baxter (March 29, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was an American actor. ... Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 - April 21, 1971) was an actor. ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Government  - Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area  - City  195. ...

Fox starlet

The Fox Film studio selected three of its own stars in opposition to the thirteen actresses chosen as baby stars by WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers). The three were Montenegro, Helen Mack, and Linda Watkins. Eleven Fox publicity men resigned in protest of WAMPAS decision to eschew naming any Fox starlets among its list of actresses most likely to achieve success. In addition Fox promised to name budding stars or, Fox debutante stars, annually. Helen Mack (November 13, 1913 in Rock Island, Illinois - August 13, 1986 in Beverly Hills, California) started her career in movies as a child actress, but her greater success was as a leading lady in the 1930s. ... Poster from the 1958 Sandra Dee film, The Reluctant Debutante A debutante (or deb) (French word for female beginner) is a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal presentation...

Montenegro was sometimes featured in stage shows which coincided with the screening of film premieres. One such instance was the premiere of A Passport To Hell, which starred Elissa Landi. The movie debuted at the Loew's Kings Theater in August 1932. Montenegro provided the vaudeville entertainment beforehand. On another occasion she teamed with Teddy Joyce in the stage show for the opening of The Kennel Murder Case (1933). The film screened at the Warner Brothers Hollywood Theater. Together with Will Rogers, Montenegro performed an Adagio for Strings number prior to the premiere of Handy Andy (1934). Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. ... The Loews Kings Theater was a movie palace in Brooklyn, New York City from 1929 to the late 1970s. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Will Rogers. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Adagio for Strings is a work for string orchestra, arranged by the American composer Samuel Barber from his first string quartet. ...

Her movie career endured until 1940. That year she performed the leading feminine part in Eternal Melodies (Melodie eterne). The story focused on the unrequited first love of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Playing Alois Weber, Montenegro jilts Gino Cervi, who portrays the composer in the Italian language production. Unrequited is an electronica band started by Christopher Cade Diehm. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (IPA: , baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. ... Gino Cervi (born May 3, 1901 in Bologna; died January 3, 1974 in Punta Ala) was an Italian actor of international fame. ...

Private life

Montenegro applied for naturalization papers in Chicago, Illinois on March 16, 1932. She married Brazilian actor, Raoul Roulien, in Paris, France, on September 19, 1935. The couple toured South America and produced a motion picture called Jangada (1936). The film dealt with the customs of primitive people who inhabit South America. Naturalization is the act whereby a person voluntarily and actively acquires a nationality which is not his or her nationality at birth. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Montenegro collected dolls and wooly animals as a hobby. She acquired the reputation of a social leader in the Spanish Hollywood film colony. She leased a large house and was hostess at many gatherings. When she died she donated her body to medical science in Madrid. A donation is to give a fund or cause or such donated gift usually for charitable reasons. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...

References

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Times, Films Please Spanish Star After Stage, Monday, November 14, 1932, Page 5.
• Los Angeles Times, Spanish Actress to Play in Film, June 12, 1930, Page A1.
• Los Angeles Times, M.-G.-M. Signs Spanish Star, January 9, 1931, Page A9.
• Los Angeles Times, Spanish Actress Has Ingenue Lead, January 21, 1931, Page A9.
• Los Angeles Times, Conchita Applauded, July 11, 1931, Page A7.
• Los Angeles Times, Two Killed In Wreck Of Train From Los Angeles, August 6, 1931, Page 1.
• Los Angeles Times, Film Debutantes Make Bow In Row, August 24, 1931, Page A1.
• Los Angeles Times, Cisco Kid Booked For Two Houses, October 4, 1931, Page B11.
• Los Angeles Times, Citizenship Sought By Flim Actress, March 17, 1932, Page 3.
• Los Angeles Times, Talented Actress Stars On Screen, August 19, 1932, Page A9.
• Los Angeles Times, Stage Star Conchita, October 25, 1933, Page 11.
• Los Angeles Times, They're Adagio Dancers, July 24, 1934, Page 11.
• Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Couple Wed In France, September 20, 1935, Page 11.
• Los Angeles Times, Stellar Couple to Return With Film, August 12, 1936, Page 15.
• Los Angeles Times, Musical Bill Now on View, December 5, 1949, Page B9.