Ramon Novarro III: Anita Page, Murder, Life As a Gay Man
Anita Page, Ramon Novarro in The Flying Fleet
Ramon Novarro: Allan Ellenberger Interview II
Ramon Novarro and Anita Page. Do you believe he actually asked her hand in marriage as she claimed later in life?
I do, and the main reason is that I knew Anita Page and interviewed her extensively for over a year before her health really began to decline. At that point, she would have short-term memory loss due to a stroke, which made interviewing her more difficult. That, and the image that she presented to the world in some ways made her appear unreliable. All I know is that I was able to prove most of the stories she told me with secondary [...]
by Andre Soares | October 27, 2009
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Tags: Allan Ellenberger, Anita Page, Classic Movies, Gay Interest, Herbert Howe, Hollywood Babylon, Interviews, Paul Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, Silent Films, Tom Ferguson, Valentino's Dildo
Ramon Novarro II: Best Films, Rex Ingram
Jeanette MacDonald, Ramon Novarro in The Cat and the Fiddle. Photo: Courtesy Matias Bombal Collection.
Ramon Novarro: Allan Ellenberger Interview I
How would you describe Ramon Novarro the actor?
Novarro was a first-rate actor – maybe not an Olivier, but a good solid actor. Even in bad films such as Laughing Boy (1934), he had his moments. He was excellent in dramatic roles such as the aviator Alexis Rosanoff opposite Greta Garbo in Mata Hari (1931), or as the rapist-suitor of Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933). He excelled in light comedic moments, especially in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) and in several of his musicals including The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) and The [...]
by Andre Soares | October 27, 2009
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Tags: Allan Ellenberger, Anita Page, Classic Movies, Gay Interest, Interviews, Ramon Novarro, Rex Ingram, Silent Films, The Cat and the Fiddle
