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: Q&A with Author Allan Ellenberger
I first contacted author Allan Ellenberger shortly before the publication of his book on Old Hollywood star Ramon Novarro, as at the time I was working on my own Novarro bio. Instead of treating me like a pesky rival, Allan generously shared the information he’d amassed throughout about a decade of research — and for that I was very thankful.
We’ve since become good friends (but Allan, you need to buy me pizza more often), so I’m glad to report that his Ramon Novarro (McFarland, 1999) is now available in paperback at online bookstores. In his carefully researched book (I’ve read it about four or five times), Allan discusses Ramon Novarro’s life and career from his early beginnings in [...]
by Andre Soares | October 27, 2009
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Tags: Allan Ellenberger, Ben-Hur, Books, Classic Movies, Gay Interest, Hollywood Babylon, Interviews, Ramon Novarro, Silent Films
