Mario Montez

Mario Montez
Born	Rene Rivera
Occupation	Film actor

Mario Montez (pseudonym of Rene Rivera, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico^[1] in 1935) 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.

Filmography

Directed by Jack Smith

• Flaming Creatures, 1962-63 (as Dolores Flores)
• Normal Love, 1963–65
• The Borrowed Tambourine
• Reefers of Technicolor Island/Jungle Island, 1967
• No President, 1967-1970s

Directed by Ron Rice

• Chumlum (1964)

Directed by Andy Warhol

• Mario Banana No.1, 1964
• Mario Banana No.2, 1964
• Batman Dracula, 1964
• Mario Montez Dances, 1964
• Harlot, 1964
• Screen Test No.2, 1965
• Camp, 1965
• More Milk, Yvette, 1965
• Hedy, 1966
• Ari and Mario, 1966
• Bufferin Commercial, 1966
• The Chelsea Girls, 1966

Directed by Piero Heliczer

• Dirt, 1965
• Satisfaction

Directed by Bill Vehr

• Avocada, 1965
• Brothel, 1966
• Waiting for Sugar
• The Mystery of the Spanish Lady
• M. M. for M. M., 1967 (unfinished, lost)

Directed by José Rodriguez-Soltero

• Life, Death and Assumption of Lupe Vélez, 1966

Directed by Frank Simon

• The Queen, 1968 (cameo)

Directed by Avery Willard

• Flaming Twenties, 1968
• The Gypsy's Ball, 1969

Directed by Helio Oiticica

• Agripina é Roma-Manhattan, 1972 (unfinished)

References

1. ^ Columbia U. holds tribute to Mario Montez, a Boricua drag performer from Warhol's era. By Carlos Rodríguez Martorell. The New York Daily News. March 31, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

External links

• Mario Montez at the Internet Movie Database
• Mario Montez at AllRovi

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