André Soares
Autor von Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro
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Well researched biography of one of the silent era greatest male movie stars, from his pseudo-noble but modest origins in Mexico through his zenith at MGM starring opposite Greta Garbo in Mata Hari (a talkie) until his final years of oblivion and his tragic death murdered by a couple of street hustlers. His homosexuality is given enough space in the book particularly in the chapters dealing with his later life but it never obscures his art nor should it.
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An interesting read, although heavily focused on Novarro's professional life, with much of the private details involving speculation and/or dismissal of others' speculation. Not that Novarro would have left biographers much material on the subject, but Soares dislikes reporting hearsay so much that there isn't much of anything to go on.
I did appreciate the non-sensational presentation of the murder and trial, though. It's too bad that Novarro's primary legacy is a) one that he would hate and b) not entirely true.… (mehr)