Historic Photo of the Day: Cyrano de Bergerac

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In 1950, José Ferrer became the first Puerto Rican actor – and the first Latino – to ever win an Oscar Award, for playing the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac.

The original play had been written long before, in 1897, by Edmond Rostand.

 

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