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Photo 4. Here Rita Montero appears in
the final greeting by the company of
burlesque theater, with the decorated
background of the last frame (Rio de
Janeiro Carnival) of the piece Naked 64.
The wet seal of the photographer on the
back reads in part: "[ ...] and Atelier:
Pedro Lozano 3027: TE 50-0908. The
photo (Buenos Aires, 1964) is in black
and white (24.2 x 16.7 mm), stuck with
glue on the album and fastened with
gold tips cornerbacks. Rita was not
specialized in burlesque theater, but she

acted in several works of this genre
during the 1960s. The premiere of
Naked 64, by Julio Porter, Angel
Cortese and Leo Carter, took place at
The Maipo Theater just in 1964. The
collection has three photos of Rita’s
performance there. According to the
playbill, Rita was one of the first
characters along with Vicente Rubio,
Alfredo Barbieri (an Afro-Argentinian
of the colonial tree), Gloria Montes and
Zulma Faiad.

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