Tom Ferguson Articles

Ramon Novarro Earlier today, after sharing on Facebook a photo of Greta Garbo dressed in Balinese costume in the 1931 blockbuster Mata Hari, I began thinking about 1920s and 1930s Mexican-born MGM star Ramon Novarro (photo), the subject of the biography I wrote several years back, Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro. Mata Hari was one of the biggest box-office hits in the careers [...]

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, [...]