Emma Padilla

Emma Padilla
Padilla in January 1922 issue of Photoplay
Born(1900-03-08)March 8, 1900
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedJuly 2, 1966(1966-07-02) (aged 66)
Mexico City, Mexico

Emma Padilla (March 8, 1900 – July 2, 1966) was Mexico's first film star.

She was noted for her resemblance to, and copying the mannerisms of, Italian film star Pina Menichelli, particularly in La luz (1917), which was essentially a copy of the successful Italian film Il Fuoco (1915) starring Menichelli.

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Bean, J.M.; Horak, L.; Kapse, A. (2014). Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space. New Directions in National Cinemas. Indiana University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-253-01507-5.
  2. ↑ Shohat, Ella and Robert Stam (eds.) Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media, p. 12 (2003)
  3. ↑ Picture Stars You've Never Seen, Photoplay (January 1922)
  4. ↑ Shohat, E.; Stam, R. (2003). Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media. Depth of Field Series. Rutgers University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8135-3235-6.