Mario Montez was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez

María Montez

María Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling...

, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith

Jack Smith (film director)

Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema...

's important underground films Flaming Creatures

Flaming Creatures

Flaming Creatures is an American experimental film by filmmaker Jack Smith. Due to its surreal, graphic depiction of sexuality, the film was seized by the police at its premiere, and was officially determined to be obscene by a New York Criminal Court. The 43-minute featurette attracted media and...

and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice

Ron Rice

For the American football player see Ron Rice Ron Rice was an American experimental filmmaker, whose freeform style influenced experimental filmmakers in New York and California during the early 1960s.-The Flower Thief:Rice twice collaborated with future Warhol star Taylor Mead, including Rice's...

 film, Chumlum, made in 1964.

Directed by Jack Smith

• Flaming Creatures
  Flaming Creatures
  Flaming Creatures is an American experimental film by filmmaker Jack Smith. Due to its surreal, graphic depiction of sexuality, the film was seized by the police at its premiere, and was officially determined to be obscene by a New York Criminal Court. The 43-minute featurette attracted media and...
  
  , 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 Andy Warhol

• Mario Banana No.1, 1964
• Mario Banana No.2, 1964
• Batman Dracula
  Batman Dracula
  Batman Dracula is a American film that was produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without the permission of DC Comics.-Production background:The film was screened only at his art exhibits...
  
  , 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
  Chelsea Girls
  Chelsea Girls is a 1966 experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey. The film was Warhol's first major commercial success after a long line of avant-garde art films...
  
  , 1966

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)

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