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 of both Garbo and Novarro; the movie is also notable as the only time Novarro accepted second billing after becoming a star. While thinking of Novarro, I remembered that he was brutally killed on this date, October 30, 43 years ago. The following morning, Halloween 1968, the 69-year-old former movie star was found dead at his Laurel Canyon home in the Hollywood Hills. The next few paragraphs were taken from Beyond Paradise: At 8:30 a.m. on Halloween, October 31, [Novarro's personal secretary] Edward Weber arrived at 3110 Laurel Canyon to report for work.
- 10/31/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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