THE FLOWER OF TAMPA (La Flor de Tampa)
Screen shot courtesy of City of Tampa Youtube.
The cigar factory foreman was played by Luis Llana, a cigar factory foreman in real life. (And grandfather of my cousin's husband.) Screen shot courtesy of City of Tampa Youtube.
Joe Russo & Joanne Torretta in the final scene at the Siboney Room, Columbia Restaurant. Joanne was the mother of WFLA news anchor, Gayle Guyardo. Screen shots courtesy of City of Tampa Youtube. See the film in color at Florida Memory
Photo of Gayle from her Twitter page.
