Ramon Novarro
Mexico native Ramon Novarro (born Jose Ramon Gil Samaniego, February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Hollywood film and television actor. He was a major star and matinee idol of 1920s Silent through early 1930s "talkies" cinema.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.661 |
| Birthday | 1899-02-05 |
| Place of Birth | Durango City, Durango, Mexico |
| Also Known As | Ramón Novarro, Ramon Samaniego, Ramon Samaniegos, The Latin Lover, Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego, |
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
7.364/99
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy,...
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1931
Mata Hari
6.1/50
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
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Mata Hari
1960
Heller in Pink Tights
5.741/27
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lad...
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Heller in Pink Tights
1949
We Were Strangers
5.9/17
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with Ameri...
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We Were Strangers
1949
The Big Steal
6.5/91
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlf...
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The Big Steal
1950
Crisis
6.6/24
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.
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Crisis
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
7.2/25
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle
6.9/7
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
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The Cat and the Fiddle
1928
Across to Singapore
6.8/11
While Joel and his older ship's captain brother Mark are at sea, the latter is abandoned in Singapore by devious ship's mate Finch who, upon their ret...
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Across to Singapore
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda
6.2/17
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1940
Comedy of Happiness
6.4/5
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him co...
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Comedy of Happiness
1931
Daybreak
4/4
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Daybreak
1950
The Outriders
6.8/10
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raider...
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The Outriders
1931
Son of India
5/2
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
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Son of India
1929
The Pagan
6.3/9
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a...
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The Pagan
1924
The Red Lily
6.5/10
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor o...
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The Red Lily
1932
Huddle
6.6/5
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale...
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Huddle
1934
Laughing Boy
3.6/5
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
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Laughing Boy
1929
Devil-May-Care
5.3/3
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
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Devil-May-Care
1932
The Son-Daughter
7/3
Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.
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The Son-Daughter
1935
The Night Is Young
5/2
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with balle...
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The Night Is Young
1930
Call of the Flesh
4.5/2
A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent.
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Call of the Flesh
1933
The Barbarian
4.8/12
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
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The Barbarian
1930
In Gay Madrid
5/2
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to ins...
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In Gay Madrid
1931
The Christmas Party
5.4/6
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fe...
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The Christmas Party
1917
The Little American
6.2/15
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality fir...
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The Little American
1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
6.8/41
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being ha...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1927
The Road to Romance
0/0
The beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtable José Armando arrives from Spain to effect her re...
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The Road to Romance
1929
The Flying Fleet
6.2/4
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sic...
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The Flying Fleet
1923
Scaramouche
7.2/15
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who ha...
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Scaramouche
1937
The Sheik Steps Out
4/1
In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
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The Sheik Steps Out
1938
A Desperate Adventure
0/0
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his well-meaning friends have stolen one of his paintings...
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A Desperate Adventure
1931
We're switching to Hollywood
4.8/4
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak...
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We're switching to Hollywood
1942
The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
6/6
On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain Allend...
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The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland
1925
1925 Studio Tour
6.2/15
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
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1925 Studio Tour
1925
A Lover's Oath
0/1
"The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Ben Ali, for the fairest daughter of the tribe" (Var...
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A Lover's Oath
1916
Joan the Woman
5.6/24
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
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Joan the Woman
1917
The Woman God Forgot
5.8/7
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guat...
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The Woman God Forgot
1921
A Small Town Idol
6/3
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villai...
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A Small Town Idol
1922
Mr. Barnes of New York
0/0
An English naval officer and a Corsican youth have a duel, and the Corsican is killed. The young man's sister, Marina Paoli, swears vengeance on the k...
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Mr. Barnes of New York
1923
Where the Pavement Ends
0/0
South Seas romantic drama. This is a lost Silent film, that no negative of or print materials from are known to exist.
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Where the Pavement Ends
1924
The Arab
5/2
Jamil, a soldier in the Bedouin defense forces during a war between Syria and Turkey, deserts his regiment but later returns to save children of a mis...
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The Arab
1944
Twenty Years After
6/1
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After
1928
Forbidden Hours
0/0
Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However...
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Forbidden Hours
1924
Thy Name Is Woman
0/0
A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
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Thy Name Is Woman
1921
Man-Woman-Marriage
5/1
Victoria marries David, the man of her dreams. After a number of years and two children, the marriage turns out not to be what she had expected. Then...
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Man-Woman-Marriage
1922
Trifling Women
1/1
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to discourage her from her flirtatious behavior, he tel...
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Trifling Women
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
6/1
Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten Commandments...
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The Bible According to Hollywood
1939
A Small Town Idol
0/0
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicit...
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A Small Town Idol
1928
A Certain Young Man
0/0
An aristocratic English womanizer is forced to take a fishing trip to avoid the husbands of his conquests, meets a young American lady on the train, a...
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A Certain Young Man
1925
The Midshipman
6/1
Produced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval Academy, falls in love with Patricia Lawrence, the siste...
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The Midshipman
1917
The Hostage
0/0
The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the militaristic Lowlanders, is h...
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The Hostage
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6/1
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6/39
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
1927
Lovers
0/0
Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia. Society gossips in Madrid find the situation...
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Lovers
1930
Sevilla de mis Amores
0/0
Spanish version of MGM's Call of the flesh
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