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MGMRamon Novarro was MGMs biggest leading man and the first Mexican actor to make it big in Hollywood.On the morning of Oct. 31, 1968, Los Angeles police swarmed the Laurel Canyon home of Ramon Novarro, a leading man of the silent film era. They found his nude body, severely beaten, in his bedroom.Novarro had been one of the highest-paid MGM stars of the 1920s, but his star had faded by the 1960s. He no longer booked movie roles, though he remained a familiar face on television shows like Bonanza. That morning, police found a scene which hinted at violence and chaos. They navigated their way around broken vases and overturned furniture, and found bloody clothing hidden under an ivy bed.But with no murder weapon, no signs of forced entry, and no suspects, detectives puzzled over the crime. Mr. Novarro, who never married, lived alone but was known to entertain often, The New York Times wrote in its obituary of the movie star. That line hinted at the dark truth behind Ramon Novarros murder.Inside The Rise Of The Silent Film StarBorn in Durango, Mexico on Feb. 6, 1899, Ramn Gil Samaniego moved to Los Angeles with his family after the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s. Raised Catholic, he spent his early adulthood working odd jobs including as a theater usher and a piano teacher. But Hollywood soon beckoned. Before long, Novarro began to act in the movies. After starring in Scaramouche in 1923, Novarros big break came in 1925, when he starred as the titular character in Ben-Hur. With a $3.9 million shooting budget, it was the most expensive silent movie ever made (until The Artist in 2011). The movie made Novarro a star. And when Italian actor Rudolph Valentino, Hollywoods most famous Latin Lover, died in 1926, Novarro filled the gap. He became an in-demand movie star and a sex symbol, who appeared on screen alongside leading ladies like Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford. Wikimedia CommonsMGM positioned Ramon Novarro as the Latin Lover who romanced leading ladies.MGM recognized Novarro as a star player. They boosted his height from five foot, six inches to five foot, ten inches in promotional materials and declared Novarro the new Latin Lover of the silver screen. Before long, Novarro was earning $10,000 a week.He bought a palatial home designed by the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, where Novarro frequently hosted glamorous Hollywood parties. But the industry was changing. And Novarros fortunes would soon change as well.Ramon Novarros Struggles In HollywoodI am selling personality, Ramon Novarro declared in 1932. When I have lost my vogue I have lost everything. Before it is too late I want to stop.But even as he spoke, it was already too late. By the 1930s, talkie films had eclipsed the silent films that had made Novarro famous. Though he was charming and handsome, he spoke with a Mexican accent and, as the Golden Globes wrote, this was an obstacle to his careers longevity. MGMStarring opposite Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro received lead billing in Across to Singapore.Though Novarro had once been MGMs second-highest paid actor (second only to Joan Crawford), the studio did not renew his contract in 1935. Novarro sold his home, and downsized to a smaller house in Laurel Canyon.Novarro spent the rest of the 1930s and 1940s acting in supporting roles in films or appearing on television, but his days of stardom were over. Meanwhile, he also faced several challenges in his personal life.One was his alcoholism, which would result in multiple DUIs over the next several decades and the loss of his drivers license. The other was his homosexuality, which Novarro, a Catholic, had grappled with all his life. Though he had relationships with men, he kept them secret. And he ultimately found it easier to invite escorts to his home.Wikimedia CommonsA Hollywood sex symbol, Ramon Novarro grappled with his homosexuality all his life.Sadly, this helped lead to Ramon Novarros murder in 1968.The Brutal Murder Of Ramon NovarroOn Oct. 30, 1968, 69-year-old Ramon Novarro welcomed two brothers to his home: 22-year-old Paul Ferguson and 17-year-old Tom Ferguson. According to the Los Angeles Times, the brothers had hustled before. Public DomainRamon Novarro on a 1965 episode of Bonanza. At first, the evening passed without incident. Novarro played the piano, and read one of the brothers palms. The three men drank together, and there may have been a sexual encounter. But then Paul, believing that Novarro stashed money at his home, demanded $5,000 in cash. Novarro told the truth there was no money. But the Ferguson brothers didnt believe him. They turned on him, beating him with a cane, binding him with cords, and scratching his face. They left his brutalized body on his bed, where Novarro died by choking on his own blood, before trashing the house.According to Out Magazine, Novarros long-time secretary found his body the next morning and called the police.The Trial Of Paul And Tom FergusonThe coroners report laid out the brutality of Ramon Novarros murder: Blood noted (smeared) on floor in bedroom, on ceiling, and tooth noted lying on floor at foot of bed. Decedents hands were tied behind his back with brown electric cord, (a white condom was found in decedents right hand) and electric cord extended down and was tied around decedents ankles. Lacerations and [bruising] were noted on face and head.The killers had left a message, too. In a seeming attempt to deflect blame, they wrote on the mirror: Us girls are better than fagits and scrawled the name Larry on Novarros bedsheets. Los Angeles Public LibraryThe brutality of Ramon Novarros death shocked the public.But it didnt take long for investigators to track down the Ferguson brothers. Tom had called a girlfriend that night and, using Novarros phone records, police were able to get in touch. She identified Tom Ferguson and claimed that he told her that he and his brother were at a movie stars home where they knew there was $5,000 behind one of the pictures.The brothers were quickly arrested. During the trial, they blamed each other for Novarros death, and Novarros homosexuality was widely criticized. Back in the days of Valentino, this man who set female hearts aflutter, was nothing but a queer, Toms attorney declared. Theres no way of calculating how many felonies this man committed over the years, for all of his piety.Los Angeles Public LibraryPaul Ferguson served less than 10 years of his life sentence for killing Ramon Novarro. While they received life sentences for the murder, the Ferguson brothers both served less than 10 years before they were paroled, possibly because of homophobic attitudes of the era. However, they ultimately spent the rest of their lives in prison after multiple subsequent convictions, including for rape. The Legacy of Ramon Novarro TodayThe trial of the Ferguson brothers made them brief celebrities Truman Capote later interviewed Paul but Ramon Novarros reputation was tarnished. He had been known as a sex symbol, a leading man of the silent film era. But after his murder, his sexuality was exposed, and the lurid details of his final night made public. Metro Pictures CorporationToday Ramon Novarro is remembered as a pioneering actor. But, decades after his murder, Ramon Novarro is seen differently. Today, hes seen as a trailblazer, the first Mexican movie star to make it big in Hollywood. And hes seen as a tragedy Novarro was forced to hide a central part of his identity, which sadly led to the circumstances of his death.After reading about the life and death of Ramon Novarro, go inside the rise and fall of It Girl Clara Bow. Then, learn about the mysterious death of actress Virginia Rappe.The post The Life And Death Of Ramon Novarro, The Pioneering Silent Film Star Who Was Brutally Tortured And Murdered appeared first on All That's Interesting.

University of YorkThe infants were encased in gypsum, a common burial practice in the Roman era.During the Roman era, there was perhaps no surer way to display wealth and importance than wearing a garment made with Tyrian purple, the ancient Mediterraneans most expensive dye. Researchers were thus surprised to find traces of this dye, extracted from sea snails, on cloth from the burials of two unknown infants uncovered in York, England.This discovery is astounding for two reasons. For one thing, its the first time that traces of Tyrian purple have ever been found on textiles in York. For another, historians largely believe that Romans did not mourn babies who died young and, indeed, it was forbidden for parents to mourn babies publicly.But the Roman infants wrapped in Tyrian purple challenge this theory. The characteristics of their burials suggest that they were not only mourned after their deaths, but that they were also given the highest honor that their families could afford.The Roman-Era Infants Found In York, Wrapped In Tyrian PurpleAccording to a statement from the University of York, the discovery of the Roman-era infants wrapped in Tyrian purple was made during an examination of 1,700-year-old gypsum burials held in the collections of York Museums Trust. In Roman times, gypsum was often poured over the shrouded dead before burial. It would gradually harden, preserving chemical traces of dyes, as well as impressions and fragments of fabric.In this case, this process preserved traces of Tyrian purple dye, which researchers with the Seeing the Dead project found in two gypsum burials. In one, an infant was wrapped in textiles and placed between the legs of two adults in a stone sarcophagus. In the other, an infant was wrapped in a cloak or a shawl, overlaid with a fine textile of Tyrian purple and gold threads and buried in a lead coffin. According to the researchers, the Tyrian purple cloth would have been visible before the lid of the coffin was closed.Seeing the Dead/University of YorkTraces of Tyrian purple dye are still visible, as are the golden threads that once adorned the textile.This discovery is astounding on several levels. As the Seeing the Dead project noted, the combination of purple and gold means that [the textile] is of the highest possible status and luxury in the Roman empire. Not only is it the first time that Tyrian purple has been found in York, but its also exceeding rare to find it in the context of an infant burial. While Tyrian purple was found at the burial of a 10-year-old child in Naintr, France, historians have long believed that Romans did not mourn children who died in infancy.But the Tyrian purple in this instance both suggests that Roman families did mourn their very young and, even in the far-flung reaches of the Roman Empire, they had access to expensive luxurious goods.This remarkable discovery tells us a lot about the importance of children in Roman York, said Maureen Carroll, Project Director from the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, and the willingness of the family to give their baby the best possible send-off in tragic circumstances.Sarah Hitchens/Seeing the Dead/University of YorkA close-up of the Tyrian purple remnants found at the burial in York.This find also gives experts a greater understanding of Tyrian purple, the most elusive and coveted dye in ancient Rome.The Astonishing Story Of Tyrian Purple In The Ancient MediterraneanAccording to Greek myth, Tyrian purple was first discovered by Hercules, whose dog bit a sea snail at a beach, and emerged with a purple muzzle. When a nymph saw the dogs stained fur, she demanded a cloak of the same hue and Tyrian purple was born.Focusing on history as opposed to myth, Tyrian purple was produced in the Phoenician city of Tyre (in present-day Lebanon) starting around the 16th century B.C.E. It was produced by collecting thousands of murex sea snails, then crushing them whole or painstakingly cutting out their mucous glands. The snails were then salted, fermented, cooked, and reduced for 10 days, at which points the dye-makers would test the color. According to Pliny the Elder, the best quality of Tyrian purple had the color of clotted blood, and is of a blackish hue to the sight.PMRMaeyaert/Wikimedia CommonsJulius Caesar in Tyrian purple.The dye was coveted by elites across the ancient world, from ancient Greece to ancient Egypt. In Rome, Julius Caesar was said to have worn a Tyrian purple toga, or toga purpurea, and the Roman emperor Caligula purportedly had the king of Mauretania killed after he dared wear purple in his presence during a visit in 40 C.E.Unsurprisingly, this dye was incredibly expensive, sometimes clocking at three times the price of gold. It thus signified social standing and wealth.And for families in Roman York, it was a fitting way to honor the loss of two children who died in infancy. Though their stories have been lost to time, the gypsum poured over their remains has preserved this final loving act for 1,700 years.After reading about the Roman-era infants who were found wrapped in burial cloths made with Tyrian purple, go inside the many factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Then, learn about the Catacombs of Rome, the snaking underground tunnels where Jewish and early Christian people buried their dead.The post Two Roman-Era Infants Unearthed In England Were Found Wrapped In Cloth Colored By The Ancient Worlds Most Expensive Dye appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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