Brock Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Hijuelos wrote the the novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love in which Lucy and Desi were small, but important, characters. The novel was later adapted into the film The Mambo Kings where Desi IV portrayed his father and Lucy "played" herself: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/books/oscar-hijuelos-cuban-american-writer-who-won-pulitzer-dies-at-62.html?_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 How sad. Young too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 How sad. Young too. And sad that the movie didn't do that well as it was a terrific story with great music including a superb song that should have won that year's Oscar for best song. Great actors too, Antonio Banderas doing the film phonetically as he could not speak English yet, used to watch it all the time, great movie, great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 They tried to make a musical out of this but it closed before it got to Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy4Arnaz Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I just watched 'The Mambo Kings' today not knowing about his passing. The book is great; goes very in depth on everyone's lives including Desi's, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 I just watched 'The Mambo Kings' today not knowing about his passing. The book is great; goes very in depth on everyone's lives including Desi's, Am I wrong or weren't YOU Karen the one that started a thread here years ago on the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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