Cuban art a photograph of Ché Guevara taken by Alberto Korda (b. Havana, 1928 – d. Paris, 2001). The candid shot of a moody, exhausted Guevara, taken in March, 1960 at a memorial service for victims of an ammunition ship explosion in Havana Harbor, became one of the world's most iconic images. It was eventually altered and adapted for everything from gum wrappers to a 90 ft. tall commemorative iron sculpture in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución. Korda was a popular fashion photographer who became a devoted revolutionary and close companion of Fidel Castro, taking thousands of shots of Castro's travels and
Alexander Korda Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson. The film was "The Spy in Black", where Powell first met Emeric Pressburger. Korda also produced the comedy "Over the Moon" (1939) and the drama "21 Days" (1939). Korda, though, soon had financial difficulties and management of the Denham complex was merged with Pinewood in 1939, becoming part of the Rank Organisation. The outbreak of World War II in Europe meant "The Thief of Bagdad" had to be completed in Hollywood, where Korda was based again for a few years. While in the United States, Korda produced and directed "That Hamilton Woman" (1941) with Laurence