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Valentino as a boy. Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy and named Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella. [2] His father, Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Fedele Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella, was an Italian from Martina Franca, Apulia; he was a captain of cavalry in the Italian Army, later a veterinarian, [3] who died of malaria when Valentino ...
Jul. 21—A crowd gathers on the sidewalk outside the Liberty Theater, 718 W. Riverside Ave., to see "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino. The 1921 film, which reached Spokane in November of ...
Publicity photograph of Rudolph Valentino and his dog. Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926) was an Italian-born actor in the era of silent films. [1] He emigrated to the United States in 1913 and took a string of temporary menial jobs before becoming a film extra in 1914. [2]
At the height of his career, Gilbert rivaled Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw. [2] Gilbert's career declined precipitously when silent pictures gave way to talkies. Though Gilbert was often cited as one of the high-profile examples of an actor who was unsuccessful in making the transition to sound films, his decline as a star had far more ...
It all began with Rudolph Valentino. The silent movie star, one of cinema's first sex symbols, is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, one of many celebrities interred there.Showing his movies ...
If you like Valentine's Day, you're sure to love these fascinating trivia questions and answers on all things V-Day including hearts, candy and other fun facts. 50 Valentine's Day trivia questions ...
Valentino is a 1977 American biographical film co-written and directed by Ken Russell and starring Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, and Carol Kane.It is loosely based on the life of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino, as recounted in the book Valentino, an Intimate Exposé of the Sheik, written by Chaw Mank and Brad Steiger.
It is a romantic biopic of the actor Rodolfo Valentino, or Rudolph Valentino as he is better known, who arrives in the United States from Italy and soon becomes a movie star. He falls in love with an actress and dies at an early age. Aboard a passenger steamship traveling from Naples to New York, young Rudolph Valentino works as a dancer.