Allan R. Ellenberger collection on RamonNovarro circa1900-2002. 1922-1968.

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Allan R. Ellenberger collection on RamonNovarro circa1900-2002. 1922-1968.

Correspondence, drafts, research notes,photographs, audiotaped interviews, newspaper and film magazine clippings,videotapes, and miscellaneous graphic materials produced and collected by AllanR. Ellenberger in the course of researching his biography of film actor andsilent screen romantic idol Ramon Novarro (1899-1968), published in 1999 as . Ramon Novarro; A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899-1968; With a Filmography

9 archive cartons + 1 shoebox +1 oversize box; 4.0 linear feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652354

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Novarro, Ramon, 1899-1968

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Silent film actor. From the description of Telegram form : London, to Louise Alvar Harding, 1935 Dec. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867968 ...

Ellenberger, Allan R., 1956-

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Biography Ramon Novarro was born Jose Ramon Gil Samaniego in Durango, Mexico, on February 6, 1899, the second son of a wealthy dentist. He evidenced an interest in acting and singing early in his life, and in 1915, with the grudging consent of his parents, moved to Los Angeles with his brother Mariano to pursue a music career. To support himself, he took jobs as a model and singing waiter. In 1917 he broke into films as an extra; he further d...