Ramon Novarro Ranked
A ranking of Ramon Novarro's film performances.
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- DirectorFred NibloCharles BrabinChristy CabanneStarsRamon NovarroFrancis X. BushmanMay McAvoyA Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
- DirectorErnst LubitschJohn M. StahlStarsRamon NovarroNorma ShearerJean HersholtA cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."
- DirectorRex IngramStarsLloyd IngrahamAlice TerryRamon NovarroWhen a nobleman murders his best friend, a lawyer becomes a revolutionary with his heart set on vengeance.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsRamon NovarroRenée AdoréeDonald CrispA carefree South Seas native falls for the half-caste ward of a religious white man who desires her for himself.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsGreta GarboRamon NovarroLionel BarrymoreA semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsRamon NovarroLola LaneGene LockhartIn this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsRamon NovarroAlice TerryMax MaxudianJamil (Ramon Novarro) is a soldier in the Bedouin defence forces during a war between Syria and Turkey, who has deserted his regiment. In a remote village, he encounters an orphan asylum run by American missionaries Dr. Hilbert (Jerrold Robertshaw) and his daughter Mary (Alice Terry). The village is attacked by the Turks, and its ruler, eager to placate the invaders, intends to hand over the children for slaughter; he disguises his intents under a move to Damascus for their safety. The Bedouins arrive at the scene, and reveal that Jamil is the son of the tribal leader. With his father's revealed death, Jamil's he becomes the new leader of the tribe, which endows him with a sense of responsibility. Risking his own life, he proceeds to save the children, defeating the Turks and the local leader in the process (and winning the girl).
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroMyrna LoyReginald DennyAn American tourist catches the eye of a disguised Egyptian prince who decides to kidnap her, then try to win her love.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsRamon NovarroHarriet HammondWesley BarryNaval Academy upperclassman James Randall falls for Patricia Lawrence, a plebe's sister. She is engaged to the wealthy but ne'er-do-well Basil Courtney, who comes up with a scheme to discredit his rival that involves a "loose" woman and framing James for a technical violation that can get him kicked out of the Academy. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsRamon NovarroDomingo SolerGloria Marín
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsRamon NovarroJoan CrawfordErnest TorrenceConflict ensues when a young man's childhood sweetheart becomes betrothed to his older brother.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsRamon NovarroConrad NagelMarjorie RambeauA wealthy Indian jewel merchant and an American woman fall in love, only for her family to stand in their way of getting married.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsRamon NovarroMarceline DayMarc McDermottThe beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtable José Armando arrives from Spain to effect her rescue.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsRamon NovarroDorothy JordanMarion HarrisA Bonapartist falls for a Royalist.
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsRamon NovarroDorothy JordanErnest TorrenceJuan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal relationship, her jealous self cannot tolerate his constant flirting. He really aspires to be a serious opera singer, under the tutelage of Estaban. Once the greatest impresario in Spain himself, Estaban lost everything because of the same reckless behavior that Juan now exhibits, behavior which Estaban is trying to quell in Juan. Estaban's plan is to get one of his old contacts in Madrid, an impresario, to manage Juan's career to get him serious singing gigs, leading to that fame and fortune Esteban once used to have. It's love at first sight when Juan meets Maria Consuelo Vargas. What he initially doesn't know is that their meeting was by no accident; she, a postulant at St. Agustín convent who just escaped from that life, had been mesmerized by him and his singing every time she saw him as she peered over the convent wall to the cantina. As she tells him that she has no home, he takes her in. When he learns that she used to be a nun in training, he has to decide whether to marry her or try to get her back to the convent. Factored into his decision: her brother, Army Captain Enrique Vargas, who believes she is destined to be married to God; jealous Lola; and his and Estaban's own aspirations for his singing career.
- DirectorFred NibloStarsRamon NovarroBarbara La MarrWilliam V. MongSpanish soldier Juan Ricardo is assigned to obtain evidence against Pedro the Fox, an old smuggler. His acquaintance with Pedro's wife Guerita ripens into mutual love.
- DirectorFerdinand P. EarleStarsRamon NovarroKathleen KeyEdwin StevensOnly a fragment of this partially lost film survives. The son of the chief of one desert tribe, betrothed to the daughter of the chief of a neighboring tribe, almost loses the woman to a riotous rich man who attempts to abduct her.
- DirectorDudley MurphyStarsRamon NovarroEvelyn LayeCharles ButterworthAustrian Emperor Franz Josef has arranged a marriage for his nephew, the Archduke Paul Gustave - nicknamed Gustl - to the suitable Princess Matilda, a woman Gustl can't even remember. He is instead in love with the Hungarian Countess Zarika Rafay, which Gustl can't tell his uncle since he disapproves of her family. The Emperor will allow Gustl to sow his wild oats before getting married, but that woman needs to be someone "harmless" outside of the royal circle. Since they discuss this situation while at the ballet, Gustl instead tells the Emperor that he is in love with one of the ballerinas, and the one he has chosen somewhat at random is the always distracted Lisl Gluck, who is considered the worst dancer in the company since she is always staring at the man she intends to marry, the ballet company's piano accompanist Toni Berngruber. When Gustl summons Lisl, she is relieved to learn his true intentions - that she is just a front while he cavorts secretly with the Countess (although he tells her nothing of his impending marriage to the Princess) - but less so when she learns that that requires her to live in his royal house. She agrees when Gustl promises to produce Toni's ballet in return. Although Toni knows nothing about the agreement between Lisl and Gustl, Lisl running off with Gustl does not sit well with him, who believes he can get any woman to replace Lisl. As Lisl and Gustl live their separate lives together, they find they have a fun time together, the other being different than those in their own social class. But an incident between Lisl, Toni and Gustl shows Lisl where her true feeling lie, those which were evident to Gustl much earlier. But can a union of an Archduke and a not so good ballerina work, let alone be sanctioned by the royal house?
- DirectorFred NibloStarsEnid BennettRamon NovarroWallace BeeryTwo young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroMadge EvansUna MerkelTony, 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 college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroJeanette MacDonaldFrank MorganA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsRamon NovarroDorothy JordanLottice HowellRicardo, a young law student in his hometown of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. where his father's old friend will be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago, he joins a fraternity and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter Carmina. But when Ricardo's former girlfriend Goyita arrives for a visit, events take a serious turn . . .
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJennifer JonesJohn GarfieldPedro ArmendárizIn 1930's Cuba, a bank clerk and an American mercenary assist a revolutionary group in a plan to kill the President but the Cuban Secret Police chief and the dictator's military complicate the plan's execution.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillStarsRamon NovarroRalph GravesAnita PageThe story follows six midshipmen after they graduate from Annapolis. Their goal is to become U.S. Navy pilots and three of them are eliminated at the San Diego Naval Base. The remaining three undergo grueling weeks of training at Pensacola, Florida, and one crashes. The remaining two get their wings and are sent back to San Diego as full-fledged "Sea Hawks", and prepare there for the first Honolulu flight.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsBarbara La MarrRamon NovarroPomeroy CannonTo teach his fickle daughter, Jacqueline, the dangers of faithlessness, novelist Léon de Séverac reads her his latest story: In maneuvering for the favors of Zareda, a captivating Parisian adventuress, Baron de Maupin sends his son, Ivan, to war and takes the poison he intended for the Marquis Ferroni. Zareda marries the marquis, but she causes him to duel with Ivan, her true love, when Ivan returns. Ferroni is vanquished but lives long enough to imprison Zareda and kill Ivan. Jacqueline is impressed by this story and accepts her faithful suitor, Henri.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsRamon NovarroRenée AdoréeDorothy CummingSet 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, he has fallen for a peasant.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsRamon NovarroHelen ChandlerJean HersholtWilli, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a gambling parlor and house of ill-repute. He meets Laura, a sweet innocent girl and spends the night with her, leaving her money in the morning. Devastated to realize that he found her a mere convenience, she becomes the mistress of Herr Schnabel, an unpleasant but wealthy gentleman. Never quite getting over Laura, Willi is goaded by her into gambling with Schnabel and losing more money to him than he can possibly repay. Laura is unaware that Willi must either pay his debt by the next day or take the only other honorable way out: committing suicide.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsRamon NovarroLupe VelezWilliam B. DavidsonLaughing Boy, a young Navajo, falls in love with Slim Girl, a Navajo girl who has been raised by white men and has a different way of thinking from her people.
- DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsRamon NovarroMarian MarshMargaret TallichetMuch ado about a painting of a made-up woman a French painter has visualized. When an American heiress who looks like the woman turns up, there is a possible scandal and a scramble to find the canvas, which has since disappeared.
- DirectorRex IngramAlice TerryStarsEdward ConnellyAlice TerryRamon NovarroPastor Spener, a missionary in Wallos, learns that Captain Gregson has closed his café to prove his earnestness as a Christian. Spener's daughter, Matilda, is in love with a handsome young native chief. Her father favors a marriage with Gregson, who is really a villain. The girl and her lover attempt to journey to his home, but their plans fail, and separation seems inevitable. The captain is killed.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsMichel SimonRamon NovarroJacqueline DelubacMonsieur 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 committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... his heirs!
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsRamon NovarroAlice TerryEdward MartindelYoung José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia. Society gossips in Madrid find the situation increasingly scandalous.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsLewis StoneAlice TerryRobert EdesonWhen the king is drugged and abducted by his ambitious brother, a lookalike relative must take his place to keep the evil sibling off the throne.
- DirectorHobart HenleyEdmund GouldingStarsRamon NovarroMarceline DayRenée AdoréeAn aristocratic English womanizer forced to take a fishing trip to avoid the husbands of his conquests meets a young American lady on the train and follows her to Biarritz.
- DirectorClarence BrownRobert Z. LeonardStarsHelen HayesRamon NovarroLewis StoneA large group of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco is clandestinely donating whatever money they earn to smuggle arms into China for the rebels in their fight against the centuries old Manchurian imperial oppressors. The secrecy of their mission is to hide their identities from anyone supporting the imperial regime. One of the immigrants supporting the rebels is Dr. Dong Tong. His only offspring, the demure Lien Wha, who also supports the cause, is in love with poor university student, Tom Lee, the two who, after meeting formally, want to get married, which Dr. Tong supports. However, Dr. Tong learns that the rebel backers are short $100,000 for the latest shipment of arms, and are asking the four men within the group with eligible daughters to donate $25,000 apiece, that money to be raised by selling their daughters into marriage to a wealthy buyer. Dr. Tong is one of the four, Lien Wha the daughter to be sold. Simultaneously, Dr. Tong learns of Tom's true identity as the son of one of the most important leaders of the rebel movement in China. Dr. Tong's answer to the request not only threatens Tom and Lien Wha's marriage plans and happiness, but also the arms shipment and all their lives.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsCary GrantJosé FerrerPaula RaymondWhile on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
- DirectorErle C. KentonMack SennettStarsBen TurpinJames FinlaysonPhyllis HaverSam, 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 villain to keep him away from pretty young Mary, the town beauty whom the villain wants for himself--he leaves town and goes to Hollywood to become an actor. He eventually returns home to town as a star, but once again finds himself the victim of the town villain, who this time abducts sweet young Mary. Sam must use all his acting skills to track down the villain and save Mary.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsMichel SimonRamon NovarroJacqueline DelubacA banker has been locked away by his family due to his erratic and possibly immoral behavior.Escaping, he hides out in a boarding house and tries to bring happiness to several of its residents.
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsTom MooreAnna LehrNaomi ChildersWhile vacationing in Corsica, Mr. Barnes of New York witnesses a duel between Paoli and a British naval officer, in which the Corsican is killed. Marina, Paoli's sister, vows a vendetta against the slayer, but the only clue to his identity is the name "Gerard Anstruther" engraved on his pistol. In an art gallery in Paris, Mr. Barnes sees a picture, painted by Marina, of the duel scene, and his interest brings him under suspicion. Barnes later meets Enid Anstruther, an English girl who admires the painting, and he follows her to Nice. There he discovers that Gerard, who is Paoli's murderer, wishes to marry Marina. Her guardian, Count Danella, plots to have Marina wed Gerard, then reveals to her that he is the killer of her brother; Barnes, however, proves that Gerard lent his pistol to a fellow officer who later confessed to the slaying. The count, defeated in his scheme, is killed by Tomasso, who mistakes him for Gerard; and the lovers are happily united.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerWilliam BendixAn army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSophia LorenAnthony QuinnMargaret O'BrienStory of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West.
- DirectorRamon NovarroYvan NoéStarsRamon NovarroSuzy VernonPierrette CaillolRamon Novarro starred and directed this French remake of Call of the Flesh as he studios feared subtitles and dubbing techniques were primitive at the time. A student nun falls in love with a singer performing in the cafe next door to her convent.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsJoel McCreaArlene DahlBarry SullivanIn 1865, three escaped Confederate POWs are coerced into joining an offshoot of Quantrill's raiders who are planning to rob a Union gold shipment concealed in a civilian wagon train going from Santa Fe to St. Louis.