Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor of silent movies. He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy. He became popular as one of the first sex symbols in Hollywood in the 1920s.[1]
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| Born | Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla May 6, 1895 |
| Died | August 23, 1926 (aged 31) |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Acker (1919-1923) Natacha Rambova (1923-1925) |
Valentino did not live long enough to see movies with sound replace silent movies. He died of peridontis on August 23, 1926,[2] at the age of 31.
Movies
- My Official Wife (1914)
- The Quest of Life (1916)
- The Foolish Virgin (uncredited) (1916)
- Seventeen (uncredited, extra) (1916)
- Alimony (1917)
- A Society Sensation (1918)
- All Night (1918)
- The Married Virgin (or Frivolous Wives; 1918)
- The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
- The Big Little Person (1919)
- A Rogue's Romance (1919)
- The Homebreake (1919)
- Out of Luck (1919)
- Virtuous Sinners (1919)
- The Fog (1919)
- Nobody Home (1919)
- The Eyes of Youth (1919)
- Stolen Moments (1920)
- An Adventuress (1920)
- The Cheater (1920)
- Passion's Playground (1920)
- Once to Every Woman (1920)
- The Wonderful Chance (1920)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- Uncharted Seas (1921)
- Conquering Power (1921)
- Camille (1921)
- The Sheik (1921)
- Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
- Beyond the Rocks (1922)
- Blood and Sand (1922)
- The Young Rajah (1922)
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
- A Sainted Devil (1924)
- Cobra (1925)
- The Eagle (1925)
- The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Rudolph Valentino Media
- Young Rudolph Valentino 02.jpg
Photoplay, January 1923
- Rudolph Valentino in Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1918.jpg
Valentino in an advertisement for The Married Virgin (1918) in which he portrays a villain
- Valentino Four Horsemen 1921.jpg
Publicity portrait of Valentino as Julio Desnoyers in the 1921 Metro Pictures production The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Publicity photo for the 1926 release Son of the Sheik showing Valentino with "Jadaan", the Arabian stallion in the film
- Rudolph Valentino in the Blue Book of the Screen 02.jpg
Valentino as Juan Gallardo in Blood and Sand (1922)
- Rudolph valentino i sangue e arena, 1922.jpg
From A Sainted Devil (1924)
- Rudolph Valentino with beard 1924.jpg
Valentino sporting a Van Dyke beard, 1924
- The Eagle 1925 Rudolph Valentino (cropped).jpg
The Eagle of 1925 starring Rudolph Valentino
- Sheet music cover - RODOLPH VALENTINO BLUES (1922).jpg
Sheet music cover for "Rodolph Valentino Blues" written in 1922: To quote the lyrics, "Oh Mister Rodolph Valentino / I know I've got the Valentino blues / And when you come up on the screen / Oh! You're so romantic, I go frantic at the views"
References
- ↑ Corliss, Richard (2011). "Son of the Sheik (1926) - The Best of Valentine's Day - TIME". time.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Glen Pringle and Kally Mavromatis (2011). "Silent Star of February". csse.monash.edu.au. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
Other websites
- Rudolph Valentino homepage
- Rudolph Valentino on IMDb
- Rudolph Valentino Yahoo discussion group Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Rudolph Valentino photo gallery Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at Silent Gents Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- Audio history (MP3, 17:23). Emily Leider, author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
- Affairs Valentino.
- Valentino biography in Spanish, Italian & English Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Rudolfo Valentino at tricolore.net Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
