Mario Montez
René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film, Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and ’70s."
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as SelfAn epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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The Queen
as Self - SingerIn 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary...
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Chelsea Girls
as TransvestiteLacking a formal narrative, Warhol's mammoth film follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel...
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Flaming Creatures
as The Spanish GirlFilmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie...
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Normal Love
as MermaidThe feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming...
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Chumlum
as uncreditedRon Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are...
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Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot
as uncreditedThe New York underground linked the paths of the actor and playwright Charles Ludlam, the...
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as SelfThe films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects...
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More Milk, Yvette
as Lana TurnerWarhol offers his own version of the notorious 1958 Johnny Stompanato murder case.
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as SelfIn this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker...
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Camp
as uncreditedShot at Warhol's Silver Factory, Camp features a group of Superstars putting on a "summer camp"...
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No President
as uncreditedSmith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love...
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Lupe
as Lupe VelezThe film — a mix of music, colors, abstract scenes and little dialogue — is based loosely on the...
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Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer...
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Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
as uncreditedA film by Alfredo Leonardi.
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Harlot
as HarlotJean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie...
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Face
as HimselfThe three faces (two women and one tranvestized man) in the series of close up, which are shot...
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The John Larroquette Show
as ElsaThe John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John...
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