Ramon Novarro: The Life and Films of the First Latino Hollywood Superstar [Paperback]

Frank Javier Garcia Berumen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Vantage Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0533133963
• ISBN-13: 978-0533133963
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,534,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars What a Disappointment, December 19, 2001

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This review is from: Ramon Novarro: The Life and Films of the First Latino Hollywood Superstar (Paperback)

The angle of sometimes neglected history, i.e Latino or minority history vs Anglo or majority history could have made this book very interesting. Also, Ramon Novarro, a mega-star of the silent and early talkies has only had one other biography written about him by A. Ellenberger. However, this book is a great disappointment. First of all, you have to wonder how much a biographer knows of his subject when he gets the date of his subject's death wrong (Oct 31 1968, NOT Nov 1 as stated in this book)
Secondly, the biographer states he is not going to talk about rumors, i.e. Ramon Novarro by repute was gay, and then goes on to try to suggest Ramon Novarro as having had affairs with some of his female stars. Almost as bad as the old movie studio publicity when, MGM tried in 1934 to publicise a 'romance' between Myrna Loy one of his co-stars. Apparently, this author had never read her reaction at the time as recorded in her autobiography in the 1980's, which states 'it was ridiculous, Ramon didn't even like the girls'.
It's nice to see another book on Ramon Novarro, a really great movie star, but this one is just plain disappointing.