Latin lover

For other uses, see Latin Lover.

Rudolph Valentino, the original "Latin lover", who epitomized the type
Charles Boyer, creator of the French lover cliché
Antonio Banderas, one of the latest incarnations of the type

Latin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system. It appeared for the first time in Hollywood in the 1920s and, for the most part, lost popularity during World War II. In time, the type evolved, developing various local variants and gradually incorporating attributes other than the originally defining physical characteristics.[1]

  1. ^ Filmska enciklopedija, Vol. II, page 20-21. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, Zagreb. 1990.