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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 13:27:00

The men who produced all of those great mgm musicals and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. in their hands, i felt like a prisoner in their hands and it really worried me because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i m sure you ve lost count of some of the racist encounters that you had in the industry, notjust being stereotyped, being puerto rican. tell me what that was like. i was always an island girl. and it seemed just fine at first and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 12:27:00

When i got my contract at mgm studios, which was the studio of my dreams because that was the studio that made all the great musicals and when i met mr louis, can you imagine what that meant to this 15, 16 year old girl? the men who produced all of those great mgm musicals and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. in their hands, i felt like a prisoner in their hands and it really worried me because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i m sure you ve lost count of some ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 18:26:00

They did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. i felt, in their hands, a prisoner in their hands, and it really worried me, because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i m sure you ve lost count of some of the racist encounters that you had in the industry, notjust being stereotyped, being puerto rican. tell me what that was like. i was always an island girl. and it seemed just fine at first, and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit, because normally, those kinds of people have accents and almost always the makeup was dark, and that went all the way up to west side story. any actress that plays anita is compared to you. ....

Rita Moreno , Rosita Dolores Alvario , Notjust Being Stereotyped , Island Girl , Puerto Rican , West Side Story ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 17:49:00

Studios, which was the studio of my dreams because that was the studio that made all the great musicals and when i met mr louis, can you imagine what that meant to this 15, 16 year old girl? the men who produced all of those great mgm musicals and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. in their hands, i felt like a prisoner in their hands and it really worried me because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i m sure you ve lost count of some ....

Mgm Studios , Rita Moreno , Rosita Dolores Alvario , Notjust Being Stereotyped ,

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 00:21:00

To sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. in their hands, ifelt like a prisoner in their hands and really worried me because i was on those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i m sure you ve lost count of some of the racist encounters that you have encountered in the industry, notjust being stereotyped being puerto rican. tell me what that was like. i was an island girl. and it seemed just fine and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit because normally, those kinds of people have ....

Rita Moreno , Rosita Dolores Alvario , Island Girl , Notjust Being Stereotyped , Puerto Rican ,