Ramon Novarro
Juan de Dios
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Call of the Flesh is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Ramon Novarro , Dorothy Jordan , and Renée Adorée . It featured several songs performed by Novarro and originally included a sequence photographed in Technicolor .
Call of the Flesh: Directed by Charles Brabin. With Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neil. Juan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola.
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- Musical, Romance
- Charles Brabin
- 1930-08-16
Call of the Flesh Ramon Novarro was worried about his future in 1930, and it was more than the normal jitters facing any silent actor transitioning to sound. Along with his personal troubles as a gay actor living a closeted life in Hollywood, he'd recently discovered his personal assistant had bled his accounts dry.
- Charles Brabin
- Ramón Novarro
Call of the Flesh, whose title is a salacious nod to Consuelo’s clear desire consummate a relationship with Juan even though she’s too innocent to understand what consummation entails, is about the intersection in a relationship between what two people believe the other wants or deserves. Juan and Consuelo both want each other, but they ...
Review by PUNQ ★★½. This Ramon Novarro/Dorothy Jordan collaboration takes itself a little too serious to capture something special. For the most part a good tragedy, but he biggest tragedy was that Renée Adorée suffered from tuberculosis during filming and only got worse during production. This resulted in Call of the Flesh (1930) being ...
- Charles Brabin
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
But the Call of God is stronger than the Call of the Flesh, and Novarro must relinquish the love of his life -- but oh, how magnificently he sings on the occasion! Credibility is not this film's strong suit, but Novarro, once considered a leading rival to Rudolph Valentino, is in fine form, especially when he dances a sultry tango with Renee ...
Released August 16th, 1930, 'Call of the Flesh' stars Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neil The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 45 ...
