Interview with César Romero on El Show de Paul Rodríguez
Scope and Content
The collection includes the filmed interview that Rodríguez conducted with Romero in the 1990s (including transcript) and a news clipping with his obituary. El Show de Paul Rodríguez was the first nationally aired, bilingual talk and sketch-comedy show, produced by Univisión from 1990 to 1994. The show was hosted by established Mexican-American comedian Paul Rodríguez. Both sketches and interviews, spoken alternatingly between English and Spanish, were translated to the audience depending on the guest. During the interview, Romero and Rodríguez discussed his career as an actor and the relationship of his mother María Mantilla de Romero with her supposed father José Martí. They discussed Mantilla's birth in relation to Martí's exile, his education of Mantilla, Martí's shackles, and the letters that he sent to Mantilla, which she donated to the Cuban Government in 1953.
Dates
- Creation: 1992, 2008
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1992
Creator
- Univisión (Television network). (Organization)
Language of Materials
Includes materials in Spanish and English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical Note
César Romero was a Hollywood film star, actor, dancer, thespian, and grandson of Cuban poet, revolutionary, and independence fighter José Martí. Romero performed on stage, in various films, and in several well-known television programs. He was born in New York City in 1907 to Cuban parents, César Julio Romero Sr., a machinery exporter, and singer María Mantilla. Romero, made his way from the silver screen into television. His most successful and memorable role on television was his recurring role as the Joker on the series Batman (1966). Romero died at 86 years of age in 1994.
Extent
0.1 Linear feet (1 Folder)
Abstract
Filmed interview of Paul Rodríguez with César Romero in which the latter discusses his career as an actor and the relationship of his mother María Mantilla de Romero with José Martí.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Alternate Form of Finding Aid
This guide is available in Spanish at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/findingaids/Spanish/mss0339.pdf.
Acquisition Information
Anne Fountain donated this interview in 2014.
Subject
- Romero, Cesar, 1907-1994. (Person)
- Mantilla, María, 1880- (Person)
- Martí, José, 1853-1895. (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the Interview with César Romero on El Show de Paul Rodríguez MSS 0339
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Daniel J. Fernández Guevara
- Date
- September 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
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Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
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