Raul Roulien
Biography
Raul Salvador Intini Pepe Roulien (7 October 1904 – 8 September 2000), known professionally as Raul Roulien, was a Brazilian actor, singer, screenwriter and film director.[1] He is widely considered the first male Brazilian star in Hollywood.
He worked briefly in Hollywood in the waning days of the American movies' embrace of the "Latin lover" (a title invented for the Italian actor Rudolph Valentino), a phenomenon that encouraged the Jewish-American actor Jacob Krantz to change his name to Ricardo Cortez.
Raul began recording in 1928 and grew in reputation as a theater actor and composer as well, being the greatest Brazilian heartthrob of his time.
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That same year, he formed the theatrical company Abigail Maia-Raul Roulien, with then wife, actress Abigail Maia, authoring a genre called "frivolity theater", which were quick shows that took place between breaks in the cinema.
In 1931, at the age of 29, with his talent and good looks, he went to the United States and was signed to 20th Century Fox, where he worked between 1931 and 1934. His career spanned a total of 18 films, including Delicious (1931) and Flying Down to Rio (1933), the latter starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first dance together.
In 1933 his second wife, Diva Tosca (née Tosca Izabel Querze), was hit and killed as a pedestrian on Sunset Boulevard by John Huston.[2]
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Known for
Flying Down to RioJulio Rubeiro6.3
The World Moves OnCarlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
There Were ThirteenMax Minchin
State's AttorneySeñor Alvarado
Careless LadyLuis Pareda
DeliciousSascha
O Grito da MocidadeDirector, Writer
It's Great to Be AliveCarlos Martin
Piernas de sedaFrank Alton
Birds without a NestDirector, Screenplay
The Painted WomanJim Kikela
Insure Your WifeRicardo Randall
Filmography
- 1947JangadaFilm: Director
- 1945Álbum Cinematográfico de SergipeFilm: Director
- 1939El grito de la juventudFilm: Director
- 1939Birds without a NestFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1937O Grito da MocidadeFilm: Director, Writer
- 1935Piernas de sedaFilm: Frank Alton
- 1935Insure Your WifeFilm: Ricardo Randall
- 1934The World Moves OnFilm: Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
- 1933No dejes la puerta abiertaFilm
- 1933Flying Down to RioFilm: Julio Rubeiro
- 1933It's Great to Be AliveFilm: Carlos Martin
- 1932The Painted WomanFilm: Jim Kikela
- 1932State's AttorneyFilm: Señor Alvarado
- 1932Careless LadyFilm: Luis Pareda
- 1931DeliciousFilm: Sascha
- 1931There Were ThirteenFilm: Max Minchin
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