Mario Montez

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."

  • Popularity : 1.07
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1935-07-20
  • Place of Birth : Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Mario Montez Movies

  • 1968
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    Flaming Twenties

    Flaming Twenties

    1 1968 HD

    Features underground film makers and stars Jack Smith, Charles Ludlum, and Bill Vehr. A satirical film, comprising a collection of vignettes of the...

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  • 1969
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    The Gypsy's Ball

    The Gypsy's Ball

    1 1969 HD

    Adventures of Lily Lonely, a wicked gypsy and a mischievous boy. In color.

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  • 1965
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    Harlot

    Harlot

    1 1965 HD

    Jean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (with a cat) sit in a room eating bananas as the...

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  • 1987
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    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot

    Reel Six: Charles Ludlam’s Grand Tarot

    1 1987 HD

    The New York underground linked the paths of the actor and playwright Charles Ludlam, the superstar of avant-garde cinema Mario Montez and the...

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  • 1967
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    Lupe

    Lupe

    6.5 1967 HD

    The film — a mix of music, colors, abstract scenes and little dialogue — is based loosely on the life and death of Mexican-American...

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  • 1964
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    Mario Banana II

    Mario Banana II

    3.5 1964 HD

    Black-and-white version of Mario Banana I, in which Mario enjoys another banana.

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  • 1964
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    Mario Banana I

    Mario Banana I

    3.8 1964 HD

    Mario Montez in drag eats a banana.

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  • 1966
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    Hedy

    Hedy

    1 1966 HD

    Egotistical faded star Hedy Lamarr visits a plastic surgeon to be transformed into the "14-year-old girl" she believes herself to be. She is then...

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  • 1970
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    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

    1 1970 HD

    A film by Alfredo Leonardi.

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  • 1966
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    More Milk, Yvette

    More Milk, Yvette

    1 1966 HD

    Warhol offers his own version of the notorious 1958 Johnny Stompanato murder case.

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  • 1965
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    Screen Test #2

    Screen Test #2

    10 1965 HD

    Warhol and scenarist Ronald Tavel offer a brutal vision of the Hollywood casting couch with this record of ingenue Mario Montez performing a...

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  • 1963
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    Flaming Creatures

    Flaming Creatures

    4.6 1963 HD

    Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously...

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  • 1963
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    Normal Love

    Normal Love

    6.9 1963 HD

    The feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies...

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  • 1967
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    Jungle Island

    Jungle Island

    1 1967 HD

    A tropical island fantasy.

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  • 1969
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    No President

    No President

    5.3 1969 HD

    Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential...

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  • 2007
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    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.6 2007 HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

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  • 1969
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    Face

    Face

    1 1969 HD

    The three faces (two women and one tranvestized man) in the series of close up, which are shot separately in their sexual process of the acting and...

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  • 1965
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    Camp

    Camp

    1 1965 HD

    Shot at Warhol's Silver Factory, Camp features a group of Superstars putting on a "summer camp" talent show complete with singing, dancing, jokes,...

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  • 1965
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    Dirt

    Dirt

    8 1965 HD

    Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

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  • 1964
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    Batman Dracula

    Batman Dracula

    4.1 1964 HD

    Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American film produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without the permission of DC Comics. The film was...

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  • 1968
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    The Queen

    The Queen

    6.4 1968 HD

    In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes a look behind the scenes, transporting the viewer...

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  • 1965
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    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    8 1965 HD

    The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...

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  • 2017
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    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

    1 2017 HD

    In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and...

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  • 1966
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    Chelsea Girls

    Chelsea Girls

    5.7 1966 HD

    Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's mammoth film follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City. The film was intended to be...

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  • 1968
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    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.4 1968 HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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  • 1963
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    Chumlum

    Chumlum

    6 1963 HD

    Ron Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are integral to the experience of watching it. It is a record of...

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  • 1966
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    Satisfaction

    Satisfaction

    1 1966 HD

    Part of the Dirt Trilogy

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  • 1993
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    The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

    6.7 1993 HD

    The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night...

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