Ramon Novarro

A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899–1968: With a Filmography

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by Allan R. Ellenberger

Type

Biographies

Subject

Actor > Ramon Novarro

Keywords

Ramon Novarro, star, silent cinema

Publishing date

2009

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Collection

Silent Cinema

1st publishing

1999

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 272 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-4676-6

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Book Presentation:
Ramon Novarro was Ben-Hur to moviegoers long before Charlton Heston. The 1926 film made Novarro—known as “Ravishing Ramon”—one of Hollywood’s most beloved silent film idols. His bright and varied career, spanning silents, talkies, the concert stage, theater, and television, came to a dark conclusion with his murder in 1968.

This comprehensive work details both the private and public aspects of Novarro’s life to return him to his rightful place in film history. Includes a complete filmography and numerous photos.

About the Author:
Allan R. Ellenberger, the author of numerous books about the cinema, has written for such publications as Classic Images and Films of the Golden Age. He lives in Hollywood, California.

Press Reviews:
Winner, Bronze Halo Award—Southern California Motion Picture Council
"[A] well-illustrated biography"—Booklist
"The life and career of the silent star is well researched"—Classic Images
"An extensive amount of information about each of Novarro’s motion pictures"—International Gay & Lesbian Review
"Detailed…a fascinating look at Hollywood before talkies"—Lamba Book Report
"If you want an unsentimental look at the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, Ellenberger’s book will supply it"—Movie Magazine International
"Pieces together Novarro’s last moments in blood-stopping detail…captivating read…Ellenberger provides an exhaustive filmography…and makes a case for Novarro as a fascinating, frightening casualty of intolerance, self-destruction and fleeting stardom"—Bay Area Reporter
"Comprehensive, frank, and long-overdue…. Ellenberger’s fine biography should at last shift the focus from the gruesome details of Novarro’s death to the remarkable life of Hollywood’s first and only known gay Mexican movie star"—The San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Comprehensive"—Edge
"Ellenberger tells the story well"—Frontiers Newsmagazine
"Ramon Novarro is…[an] example of our ‘Gente’ who [has] survived and triumphed against adversity"—La Prensa San Diego
"A well-researched biography…a must read"—The Silents Majority

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