Background For “Juarez” American History Forms
“ Juarez,” Warner Bros.* brilliant new production stars the Academy Award wniners, Paul Muni and Bette Davis. Supporting Mr Muni and Miss Davis are such stellar names as Brian Aherne, John Garfield, Claude Rains, Joseph Galleia, Gale Sondergaard, and a host of others. From an historical standpoint “ Juarez ” is extremely important, for it depicts the only widespread efforts on the part of a European government to infringe upon an independent nation’s liberty. Napoleon 111. of France sets up a puppet empire in Mexico, with Maximilian and Carlota • as innocent and hapless pawns, in order to collect the debts owed to France, but cancelled by Juarez, President of the Mexican republic. This turbulent but significant period in the history of America forms the background for “ Juarez,” a picture which is destined to be one of the great films of all time.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21217, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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