BEYOND PARADISE: THE LIFE OF RAMON NOVARRO
Ramon Novarro was the first Latin-American performer to become a Hollywood superstar. Born Ramón Samaniego to a prominent Mexican family, Novarro arrived in Hollywood in 1916 as a refugee from the civil wars that rocked Mexico in the early 20th century.
A few years later, the young Mexican made a name for himself following the 1922 release of Rex Ingram’s period adventure-romance The Prisoner of Zenda. The handsome and wildly eccentric Ingram was Metro Pictures’ foremost director and the man who had helped to turn Rudolph Valentino into a star in the 1921 blockbuster The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In the aftermath of an acrimonious split with Valentino, Ingram did his utmost to transform the inexperienced Ramón Samaniego into [...]
by Andre Soares | August 14, 2004
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