B. Traven
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B. Traven was the pen name of a novelist, presumed to be German, known for his novels on injustice and exploitation around the world, and especially in Mexico. His name, nationality, date and place of
Ret Marut mug shot taken in London (1923); Ret Marut has been generally accepted as the name used in Germany by the same person who used the name B. Traven in Mexico.
Supposed portrait of B. Traven (Traven Torsvan, 1926)
Artist Federico Canessi at work on a bust of B. Traven in 1929 in Mexico City
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American neo-western film written and directed by John Huston, and starring Humphrey Bogart, with Walter Huston, Tim Holt, and Bruce Bennett in supporting ro
B. Traven
…about his birth name, and Traven himself obscured the subject. His most famous work The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927) is set in Mexico, as is the the film adaptation which won three Academy Awards in 1949. There have been many hypotheses on the paternity of B. Traven, some of them wildly fantastic. It has been…
Theatrical release poster
Walter Huston as Howard
Bruce Bennett, Tim Holt, Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston
Mexican bandit leader "Gold Hat" (portrayed by Alfonso Bedoya) tries to convince Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) that he and his men are Federales.