Stop us if you know this, but “moreno” is a word used in Spanish for concepts that include dark-haired and tanned. Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno fits those descriptives, and then some. We’d add sizzling, scorching, scalding—and those are just the “s” words. This promo image of her is difficult to date. We know it came no later than 1957 because we’ve seen it in a Hong Kong magazine from that year. One online source has it as a 1954 shot. We lean more in that direction because Asian magazines tended to use images that were two or three years old. So let’s call this 1954. It was—clearly—a good year for Rita. See more here and here.
