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...sweetheart is taken away from him, outdoes himself as Canio in Pagliacci. Yet so skillful are detail, dialog, direction that the spectator is never concerned with the values of the plot as realism. Modern sound technique has transformed the old romantic design into a highly successful and credible operetta. Novarro sings Spanish folk songs, English foxtrots, Italian opera. He has one of those brilliantly cultivated concert tenors which are far more effective than operatic voices for the microphone. Little Dorothy Jordan plays opposite him. Cutting would have done this picture good, as many of the sequences, retained for their sentimental...
When Ramon Novarro starred in silent pictures, the cultivation of his voice was merely a hobby, but one which interested him more than the work for which he was paid. Giving recitals for friends in his private theatre and singing every Sunday in the little Catholic church in Los Angeles to which he goes with his family, were not enough. When he made his last contract with M-G-M he stipulated that a certain amount of his time should be his own so that he could make concert tours. Several years ago he tried opera with a Berlin company...
Loew's State--"The Pagan". A fairly good picture, chiefly notable as presenting Ramon Novarro in a singing role...
Against Hayden was the charge that by fine manipulation he had reduced the tax payments of Fred Niblo, director, about $10,000, Ramon Novarro, $8,000, Raoul Walsh, $12,000 and George O'Brien...
...plot. This air-photography is good, but Wings was better. The final sequence, in which one pilot dives at another on the field and afterwards rescues him when his plane falls into the Pacific, is about as true to life as a recruiting poster. The sallow aviator is Ramon Novarro...