Ramon Novarro

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.

  • Title: Ramon Novarro
  • Popularity: 4.544
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-02-05
  • Place of Birth: Durango City, Durango, Mexico
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  • Also Known As: Ramón Novarro, Ramon Samaniego, Ramon Samaniegos, The Latin Lover, Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego
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Ramon Novarro Movies

  • 1925
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    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    7.343 1925 HD

    Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a...

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  • 1931
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    Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

    6.2 1931 HD

    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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  • 1960
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    Heller in Pink Tights

    Heller in Pink Tights

    5.7 1960 HD

    Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading...

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  • 1950
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    Crisis

    Crisis

    6.6 1950 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    We Were Strangers

    We Were Strangers

    5.9 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    The Big Steal

    The Big Steal

    6.5 1949 HD

    Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's...

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  • 1928
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    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    7.2 1928 HD

    A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

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  • 1934
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    The Cat and the Fiddle

    The Cat and the Fiddle

    6.9 1934 HD

    A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

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  • 1917
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    The Hostage

    The Hostage

    1 1917 HD

    The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the militaristic Lowlanders, is...

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1928
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    Across to Singapore

    Across to Singapore

    6.8 1928 HD

    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...

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  • 1922
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    The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    6.2 1922 HD

    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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  • 2018
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    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

    6 2018 HD

    A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer...

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  • 1940
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    Comedy of Happiness

    Comedy of Happiness

    6.4 1940 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    The Outriders

    The Outriders

    6.9 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    Son of India

    Son of India

    5 1931 HD

    An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

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  • 1929
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    The Pagan

    The Pagan

    6.3 1929 HD

    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...

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  • 1924
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    The Red Lily

    The Red Lily

    6.5 1924 HD

    Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor...

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  • 1932
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    Huddle

    Huddle

    6.6 1932 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    Laughing Boy

    Laughing Boy

    3.6 1934 HD

    A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

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  • 1929
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    Devil-May-Care

    Devil-May-Care

    5.3 1929 HD

    A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

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  • 1932
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    The Son-Daughter

    The Son-Daughter

    7 1932 HD

    Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.

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  • 1935
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    The Night Is Young

    The Night Is Young

    5 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1930
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    Call of the Flesh

    Call of the Flesh

    4.5 1930 HD

    A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

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  • 1927
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    Lovers

    Lovers

    1 1927 HD

    Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia. Society gossips in Madrid find the...

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  • 1933
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    The Barbarian

    The Barbarian

    4.9 1933 HD

    An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

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  • 1930
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    In Gay Madrid

    In Gay Madrid

    5 1930 HD

    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...

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  • 1923
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    Where the Pavement Ends

    Where the Pavement Ends

    1 1923 HD

    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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  • 1931
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    The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

    5.4 1931 HD

    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...

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  • 1922
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    Mr. Barnes of New York

    Mr. Barnes of New York

    1 1922 HD

    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...

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  • 1917
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    The Little American

    The Little American

    6.2 1917 HD

    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...

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  • 1921
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    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    6.6 1921 HD

    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...

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  • 1927
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    The Road to Romance

    The Road to Romance

    1 1927 HD

    The beautiful Serafina is captured by Balthasar's pirates on an island near Cuba, but the redoubtable José Armando arrives from Spain to...

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  • 1930
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    Sevilla de mis Amores

    Sevilla de mis Amores

    1 1930 HD

    Spanish version of MGM's Call of the flesh

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  • 1931
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    Daybreak

    Daybreak

    4 1931 HD

    An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

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  • 1929
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    The Flying Fleet

    The Flying Fleet

    6.3 1929 HD

    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...

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  • 1923
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    Scaramouche

    Scaramouche

    7.2 1923 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    The Sheik Steps Out

    The Sheik Steps Out

    4 1937 HD

    In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.

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  • 1938
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    A Desperate Adventure

    A Desperate Adventure

    1 1938 HD

    In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his well-meaning friends have stolen one of his...

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  • 1960
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    6 1960 HD

    A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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  • 1931
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    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    4.8 1931 HD

    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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  • 1942
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    The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

    The Virgin who Forged a Fatherland

    6 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1925
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    1925 Studio Tour

    1925 Studio Tour

    6.2 1925 HD

    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
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    A Lover's Oath

    A Lover's Oath

    1 1925 HD

    "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"...

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  • 1916
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    Joan the Woman

    Joan the Woman

    5.6 1916 HD

    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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  • 1917
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    The Woman God Forgot

    The Woman God Forgot

    5.8 1917 HD

    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...

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  • 1921
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    A Small Town Idol

    A Small Town Idol

    6 1921 HD

    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...

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  • 1924
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    The Arab

    The Arab

    5 1924 HD

    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...

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

    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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  • 1928
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    Forbidden Hours

    Forbidden Hours

    1 1928 HD

    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....

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  • 1924
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    Thy Name Is Woman

    Thy Name Is Woman

    1 1924 HD

    A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.

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  • 1921
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    Man-Woman-Marriage

    Man-Woman-Marriage

    5 1921 HD

    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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  • 1922
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    Trifling Women

    Trifling Women

    1 1922 HD

    Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to discourage her from her flirtatious behavior, he...

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  • 1994
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    The Bible According to Hollywood

    The Bible According to Hollywood

    6 1994 HD

    Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten...

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  • 1939
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    A Small Town Idol

    A Small Town Idol

    1 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1928
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    A Certain Young Man

    A Certain Young Man

    1 1928 HD

    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,...

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  • 1925
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    The Midshipman

    The Midshipman

    6 1925 HD

    Produced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval Academy, falls in love with Patricia Lawrence, the...

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  • 1930
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    Sevilla de mis Amores

    Sevilla de mis Amores

    1 1930 HD

    Spanish version of MGM's Call of the flesh

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  • 1936
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    Contra la Corriente

    Contra la Corriente

    1 1936 HD

    In 1935, former Hollywood silent film star Ramón Novarro (of Durango, Mexico) joined the ranks of adventurous Spanish-speaking, risk-taking...

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  • 1936
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    Contra la Corriente

    Contra la Corriente

    1 1936 HD

    In 1935, former Hollywood silent film star Ramón Novarro (of Durango, Mexico) joined the ranks of adventurous Spanish-speaking, risk-taking...

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  • 1936
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    Contra la Corriente

    Contra la Corriente

    1 1936 HD

    In 1935, former Hollywood silent film star Ramón Novarro (of Durango, Mexico) joined the ranks of adventurous Spanish-speaking, risk-taking...

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  • 1931
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    The Singer of Seville

    The Singer of Seville

    1 1931 HD

    Ramon Novarro starred and directed this French remake of Call of the Flesh as he studios feared subtitles and dubbing techniques were primitive at...

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  • 1962
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    Combat!

    Combat!

    7.6 1962 HD

    Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7 1959 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

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  • 1967
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    The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

    6.5 1967 HD

    The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971....

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  • 1960
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.2 1960 HD

    Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host...

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  • 1961
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    Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

    5.4 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1975
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    Arena

    Arena

    6.6 1975 HD

    Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50...

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  • 1959
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    The Big Party

    The Big Party

    1 1959 HD

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