In MemoriamSome Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Three faces of Ricardo Montalban

By January 15, 2009January 12th, 20266 Comments

Montalban #1

WIth Esther Williams, singing “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” Neptune’s Daughter, 1949, Edward Buzzell

Montalban #2
Border Incident, 1949, Anthony Mann

Montalban #3
With VIctor Jory and Gilbert Roland, Cheyenne Autumn, 1964, John Ford

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6 Comments

  • Burbanked says:
    January 15, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    TERRIFIC trio of little-scene yet poignant screen­shots. Nice to see someone hon­or the man without using broad-chested Khan or white-suited Roarke. Classy tribute.

  • Garcia says:
    January 15, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    I’m a big fan of Montalban in Mystery Street as well.
    And totally agree with Burbanked on this. I think most people only remem­ber him, if at all, from Khan, Roarke, and Corinthean Leather.

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    January 16, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Yes. One does­n’t need to scratch very hard to find a really inter­est­ing screen pres­ence behind those sur­face recollections.

  • Dan says:
    January 16, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Khan was a great role, though. “Star Trek II” is a pretty tasty slice of pop cul­ture film­mak­ing in gen­er­al, that I’ve seen dozens upon dozens of times, but one of the things that always amazes me about it is how Montalban and Shatner con­veyed a seeth­ing hatred of each oth­er using what amounts to videoconferencing.

  • markj says:
    January 16, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    That’s a great point Dan, Shatner and Montalban don’t actu­ally meet in the movie.

  • Cadavra says:
    January 19, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    A few years ago, we ran MARK OF THE RENEGADE at Cinecon, and it was aston­ish­ing to see such a full-blooded, unapo­lo­get­ic Mexican hero in a 1951 stu­dio film, and he was more than up to the task. One of the true giants.