Ramon Novarro Movies

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Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) was Mexican-American actor.  Novarro began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s.  His IMDb page shows 63 acting credits from 1916 to 1968.   This page will rank Ramon Novarro movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.

1925’s Ben-Hur

Ramon Novarro Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Mata Hari (1931)

Ramon Novarro Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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1949’s The Big Steal

Possibly Interesting Facts About Ramon Novarro

1. José Ramón Gil Samaniego was born in Durango City, Durango (Mexico) in 1899.

2. Ramon Novarro entered films in 1917, in bit parts. He supplemented his income by working as a singing waiter.

3.  In the early 1920s, Ramon Novarro began to get promoted as a rival to Rudolph Valentino.  It was during this time frame that he started using his screen name Ramon Novarro.

4. Ramon Novarro achieved his greatest success in 1925’s Ben-Hur.  His performance in that blockbuster elevated him into the Hollywood elite.

5. At the peak of his success in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Ramon Novarro was earning more than $100,000 per film.

6. In 1968 Ramon Novarro was found beaten to death in his home in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. A book about his death, “Bloody Wednesday”, was rushed into print. For some reason, very few copies are available today, making the book a collector’s item.

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  1. Thank you for doing a long-overdue section on Ramon Novarro.
    Ramon Novarro was the first Mexican American/Latino film superstar in Hollywood films. He was also the first Latino director (Contra la Corriente in 1936) and screenwriter in Hollywood films. He also had a fine singing voice and gave concerts, made records, and sang in films. He was a cousin of Dolores Del Rio, who was the first Mexican and/or Latrina film star in films.
    In the 1930s, studios made Spanish and French versions of their popular films. For example, Novarro’s Call of the Flesh (1930), was made as Sevilla de Mis Amores in Spanish; and in French in Le chanteur de Seville. Novarro starred in both films.
    In 1940, Novarro went to France and made La Comedie du bonheur; and an Italian version called Ecco la felicita. As the Nazi occupation neared the director left and Novarro finished directing both films. In 1942, Novarro travelled to Mexico and played the Native American Juan Diego who saw the revered Virgen de Guadalupe in La Virgen Que forjo Una Patria (which is now available on DVD). It was a huge success throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
    The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema was starting; and Novarro received many offers to direct and star in films. However, his alcoholism was already affecting his life and he returned to the United States. It is said that his drinking was due to his personal struggle to reconcile his fervent
    Catholicism and being gay.
    In the 1940s and 1950s, Novarro appeared in theatre and made several television appearances such in Dr. Kildare; Combat; Bonanza; Wild, Wild West; and The High Chaparral.
    Whatever his personal demons, Ramon Novarro opened the door for all the Latino performers that followed. He never took the comparison to Rudolph Valentino seriously and worked to become a good dramatic actor, in which he succeeded. He was a talented and bright star in the Hollywood heavens.

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