145: Ramon Novarro (Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 19)
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Navarro's Life Story
Navarro made his stage acting debut in london in a musical adaptation of his early hit film, the prisoner of zenda. The real problem was that he was unable to ject his voice in a theatrical setting. At the play's premier the audience heckled navarro to speak up. They couldn't hear or understand what he was saying. Navarro did not handle this well and shouted into the audience, now, i don't understand you. This was greeted with jeers when it got back to hollywood. He found some work in the forties and fifties as a character or in some interesting films, including john huston's we were strangers and the big steel.
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