Today is the birthday of Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977). Hired by Famous Players-Lasky (later Paramount) in 1923 to be their answer to the Latin Lover craze, he was actually named Jacob Krantz, an Austrian Jew from New York with a background on Wall Street. Hired by the studio for his astonishing good looks, he was at […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:01AM on September 19, 2013