A mustachioed leading man of American cinema in the early sound decades, Warner Baxter reached the summit by winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his Cisco Kid in 'In Old Arizona' (1928), one of the first sound westerns. Specializing during the 1930s in charismatic, seductive Latin bandits, he reprised that character or its variants in several sequels. His most remembered role is perhaps that of the exhausted theatre director in the musical '42nd Street' (1933), an emblem of Depression-era cinema. Over time he moved to B productions, headlining the Doctor Ordway saga in the 1940s. An elegant actor of careful diction, he embodied the romantic sophistication of prewar Hollywood. Read more