Maria Montez News

The legendary Mario Montez , one of the most well-known and beloved figures of New York's underground film and theater scene of the 1960s and 1970s, will make a very rare personal appearance at Museum of the Moving Image, on Sunday, November 13, at 6:30 p.m., as part of the day-long program " Mario Montez , Superstar." Montez will be joined onstage ... (more)

The legendary Mario Montez , one of the most well-known and beloved figures of New York's underground film and theater scene of the 1960s and 1970s, will make a very rare personal appearance at Museum of the Moving Image, on Sunday, November 13, at 6:30 p.m., as part of the day-long program " Mario Montez , Superstar." Montez will be joined onstage ... (more)

Jack Smith and Maria Montez were made for each other. They never met. Sadly, she had died before he started making films - drowning in her bathtub in Paris at the age of 39 on 7 September 1951.

Goofily enjoyable, The Magic Carpet is a routine but notably lively and colorful Arabian Nights -type adventure remembered today as the ignominious final film of Lucille Ball before embarking upon that iconic sitcom of hers, I Love Lucy , that same year.