Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer

by Rogelio Agrasánchez

In 1912, Guillermo Calles (1893-1958) became the first Mexican actor to appear in films made in California. Despite limited resources, he began directing and producing his own movies, and in 1929 pioneered production of Spanish-language sound films. His major works, among them the long-unavailable El indio yaqui and Raza de bronce (both 1927), represented Calles' tireless crusade to restore the image of Mexicans and Indians in an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786449454
• ISBN13: 9780786449453
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher