Blanca Vischer (January 5, 1915 – November 24, 1969) was a

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who moved to the United States where she made most of her films. Vischer generally played supporting or minor roles, but occasionally played more prominent characters particularly in

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films made by American studios such as '' The Tango on Broadway'' (1934) in which she was third billed. Vischer also appeared in several Mexican films. In 1936, she featured in the

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war film '' A Message to Garcia'' (1936).Wilson 873-74

Selected filmography

* '' The Tango on Broadway'' (1934) * '' Wild Gold'' (1934) * ''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Bohemian Girl ''The Bohemian Girl'' is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes' tale, ''La gitanilla''. The best-known aria from the piece is "I D ...

'' (1936) * '' The Devil on Horseback'' (1936) * '' A Message to Garcia'' (1936) * '' You and Me'' (1938) * '' The Black Beast'' (1939) * ''

Another Thin Man ''Another Thin Man'' is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the ''Thin Man'' series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Contin ...

'' (1939) * '' Billy the Kid's Gun Justice'' (1940) *'' Cookoo Cavaliers'' (1940) *'' Fury of the Congo'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Wilson, Victoria. ''A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940''. Simon and Schuster, 2013.

External links

* 1915 births 1969 deaths Guatemalan film actresses People from Quetzaltenango 20th-century Guatemalan actresses {{Guatemala-bio-stub