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	Rudolph Valentino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Valentino was not in any way involved with the shooting itself, but earlier, when Blanca de Saulles was seeking a divorce from her husband, Valentino had agreed to provide proof in court that Joan Sawyer was having an adulterous relationship with Jack de Saulles.
		Valentino may have been in love with Blanca de Saulles, but there is no evidence that she returned his feelings or that they ever had a relationship.
		Rudolph Valentino, screen star, who is recovering at the Polyclinic Hospital from operations for appendicitis and gastric ulcer, felt so much better yesterday that he asked to be taken to his hotel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rudolph_Valentino (2889 words)

	Rudolph Valentino's grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She suggested to the director Rex Ingram that Valentino be cast as one of the male leads in his next film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
		Valentino first met Natacha Rambova (a costume designer and art director who was a protégé and possibly the lover of actress Alla Nazimova), on the set of Uncharted Seas in 1921.
		In 1925, Valentino was able to negotiate a new contract with United Artists which included the stipulation that his wife not be allowed on any of his movie sets (it was perceived that her presence had delayed earlier productions such as Monsieur Beaucaire).
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /ForeverObituaries/rudolphvalentino.htm (1122 words)

	RUDOLPH VALENTINO
		RUDOLPH VALENTINO, whose ascent to screen heights quickly followed his characterization in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," is a native of Castellaneto, Italy.
		Rudolph Valentino September 11, 1921 Louella Parsons NEW YORK TELEGRAPH Rudolph Valentino is a very polite young man. I know because he waited for me for over an hour and never frowned or acted as if one of his relatives had disinherited him.
		Valentino be cast as Julio in "The Four Horsemen" he had been playing "heavies." He made several pictures for Universal, and it was in a minor role Miss Mathis saw him and decided he was the type for the young Spanish boy.
	home.att.net /~tmbest/Rudy_new.html (1644 words)

	Flickr: Rudolph Valentino
		Valentino’s body is not being handled any differently than that of anyone else, excepting we are giving it special attention, and putting in an exceptionally great amount of time on it.
		Valentino’s remains were described as, “dressed in a dinner jacket and heavy pancake make-up and mascara applied to his face.
		Valentino became ill. When he died she kept the promise, passing on the honor to the next generation of The Lady in Black.
	www.flickr.com /groups/valentino (1463 words)

	Rudolph Valentino (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Valentino was the ultimate Latin Lover with a magnetic pull that made the ladies swoon.
		He became one of the screen's first idols with his appearance in such silent films as "The Sheik" and "The Four Horsemen of the Apolcalypse." He was irresistible in the movies, and fans devoured magazines that discussed him.
		When Valentino's untimely death at 31 was announced there was worldwide hysteria, and millions mourned.
	www.hollywoodlegends.com.cob-web.org:8888 /rudolph-valentino.html (91 words)

	Silent Star of February
		In 1919, the newly rechristened Rudolph Valentino married Jean Acker, a member of Russian actress Alla Nazimova's "sewing circle." It was a marriage in name only, for the marriage was never consummated, and Jean left the bewildered Valentino soon after their wedding day, refusing to see or speak to him.
		Valentino, chafing at the relatively small salary he was paid by Metro, paid a visit to Jesse Lasky at Paramount, where he was offered a 5-year contract and $500 per week.
		Valentino not only was a new kind of hero in a new kind of film, he was the kind of man that increasingly emancipated women had been waiting for.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/ssotm/Feb97 (1452 words)

	© Rudolph Valentino, Silent Movie Star - goldensilents.com
		In August, 1926, Valentino was rushed suddenly to a hospital in New York, with a perforated ulcer.
		Valentino's corpse traveled cross country by train, and he was laid to rest in what was originally intended to be a temporary gravesite in a Hollywood cemetery, generously donated by his scriptwriter after it had been discovered Rudy was broke at the time of his death.
		However Valentino remains in that crypt till this very day, right next to his scriptwriter and her husband, and that section of the cemetery is off-limits to the public.
	www.goldensilents.com /stars/rudolphvalentino.html (840 words)

	Rudolph Valentino's Biography
		Valentino's first film appearance was as a dress extra in a ballroom scene in ALIMONY (1917).
		Although Valentino won the part of leading man in 1918's A SOCIETY SENSATION, his culminating bad-guy moment in 1919's EYES OF YOUTH, proved to be a major turning point in his career, somehow revealing the irresistible leading man lurking behind the cartoonish curling lip.
		Rarely acknowledged is Valentino’s marked lack of seriousness in many of his "passionate" scenes - from the eyes and body language, it seeems clear that his Sheik Ahmed is largely a parody, until the ultimate scenes when love truly blossoms.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Guild/7634/valentino.html (789 words)

	Rudolph Valentino
		Valentino's friend, June Mathis, and her husband, cinematographer Silvano Balboni, owned two crypts in the mausoleum, and they agreed to let one of them be used for Valentino's body.
		Less than a year after Valentino's death, Mathis died of a heart attack at the age of 35, and was also buried in the Cathedral Mausoleum, next to Valentino.
		When Valentino died a few years later, she remembered his request and brought a bouquet of red roses to his crypt every year on the anniversary of his death, but she never spoke about it, and never told anyone her story.
	www.cemeteryguide.com /valentino.html (1130 words)

	PlanetPapers - Rudolph Valentino
		Valentino was then offered an opportunity to sell stocks and bonds of which he seized upon to try another escape from dancing.
		On the 20th Valentino awoke in considerable pain and was unable to breathe, he was given ether to sleep.
		Valentino’s final hours are spent in a comatose state, his body writhing in pain from the massive infection.
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	Rudolph Valentino St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		While the nickname is still synonymous with Valentino, his last name is sufficient to evoke the same picture, that of a handsome, suave man who is irresistible to women.
		While the young Valentino longed to become a cavalry officer, his family felt that after the death of his father he needed a better paying career to help take care of the family.
		Valentino experienced a good year in 1922 with the release of the original Blood and Sand and The Young Rajah.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201243 (1015 words)

	TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although Rudolph Valentino was regarded during his lifetime as a capable actor, perhaps more lasting is his legacy as a popular icon.
		Valentino worked his way into the film industry gradually, playing bit parts and later more substantial roles such as the oily count in Married Virgin (1918), the romantic lead opposite Carmel Myers in All Night (1918), the flmailing novelist in Stolen Moments (1920), and the son of a millionaire in Delicious Little Devil (1919).
		Valentino fell in love with the set designer, Natacha Rambova, one of Nazimova's associates; their relationship was complicated by the fact that the divorce from Valentino's first wife wasn't finalized.
	www.tcm.com /thismonth/article/?cid=133224 (1746 words)

	Rudolph Valentino Biography
		Rudolph Valentino, born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor.
		He was born in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy to a solidly middle-class family (his father was a veterinarian), in the same year as the invention of cinema.
		Valentino was also supposed having acted, at the beginning of his career, in the following films:
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Valentino_Rudolph.html (475 words)

	Remembering Rudolph Valentino \| Entertainment Magazine \| EMOL.org
		Rudolph tangoed for free every Thursday at the Hollywood Hotel tea dance, and found busboy work in the elegant Alexandria Hotel where he befriended his handsome 17-year-old co-worker, future star Ramon Novarro, with whom it was often rumoured he had an affair.
		Valentino's image was forever cast in cement when he appeared in The Sheik (1921), in which he displayed a cruel, intense sexual magnetism.
		Natacha encouraged Rudolph to demand artistic control over his flms, and while his studio was considering his wishes, he and his wife toured the country in a private railcar for 17 weeks, dancing together and giving wildly popular tango exhibitions from coast to coast in 88 cities.
	emol.org /emclub/?q=rudolphvalentino (3019 words)

	Rudolph Valentino Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Valentino was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaelo Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguolla Guglielmi on May 6, 1895, in Castellaneta, Italy.
		Valentino continued to be cast in roles as a sexual being throughout 1921, in films such as Uncharted Seas, Camille, and The Conquering Power.
		Valentino died on August 23, 1926, of peritonitis and a perforated ulcer.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/rudolph-valentino (1766 words)

	Amazon.com: Biography - Rudolph Valentino: Video: A & E Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Up until now, Rudolph Valentino has been little more than a name and a face for me; I knew he was a sex symbol of the silent movie era who died at a young age, but that was about the extent of my knowledge.
		Rudolph Valentino is a shortened, Americanized version of what has to be the longest name I've ever seen in my life.
		Valentino wouldn't even live to see the premiere of his last film, collapsing from appendicitis and a ruptured ulcer and then dying a week later on August 23, 1926.
	www.amazon.com /Biography-Rudolph-Valentino-E/dp/B000006QFQ (1482 words)

	Rudolph Valentino - Classic Film Fans - tribe.net
		The film, released in 1921, was a commercial and critical success, made Valentino a star and led to his iconic role in The Sheik.
		Valentino first met Natacha Rambova, a costume designer and art director who was a protégé (and possibly lover) of Alla Nazimova, on the set of Uncharted Seas in 1921.
		In 1925, Valentino was able to negotiate a new contract with United Artists which included the stipulation that his wife not be allowed on any of his movie sets.
	classicfilmfans.tribe.net /thread/3b867197-0f9a-48be-9ae1-12c102461866 (1072 words)

	Rudolph Valentino
		Rudolph Valentino was an Italian actor who performed in American cinema.
		Rudolph Valentino was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla, in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy, on May 6, 1895.
		Valentino's body was taken by train across the country, and a second funeral was held on the West Coast.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3872.html (872 words)

	The Lawless Decade By Paul Sann
		Valentino thought he had an answer for his own success with the ticket-buying fair sex.
		In New York in mid-August, 1926, Rudolph Valentino became violently ill. Doctors operating to remove an inflamed appendix found two perforated gastric ulcers and in time pleurisy, pneumonia, and peritonitis developed.
		The grief-stricken brunette withheld her giant sobs only long enough to announce that she was Rudolph's one true love and that nothing but the hand of death, and death alone, could have stayed them from the altar.
	www.lawlessdecade.net /new1926-1.html (1482 words)

	Honorary Academy Awards Nomination : Rudolph Valentino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The great Casanova Rudolph Valentino claimed the hearts of many of his fans...he was the great action hero of the 1920's before there were academy awards in which he certainly should get one...
		Rudolph Valentino is among the greatest screen legends, and is probably the most famous star of the 1920s.
		Rudolph Valentino was such a great man. He deserves an Academy Award for being the wonderful actor he was.
	www.oscarworld.net /awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=1387 (981 words)

	DEEP FOCUS: Rudolph Valentino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rudolph Valentino was one of the most popular male stars of the silent film era.
		For awhile, Valentino held a job as a gardener in New York's Central Park when he became a nightclub dancer, replacing Clifton Webb (a future film star in pictures such as "Laura" and "Cheaper by the Dozen") as the dancing partner of an exhibition dancer known as Bonnie Glass.
		Valentino had an old friend in Los Angeles by the name of Mae Murray (the future glamour queen who would later star in films such as "Mademoiselle Midnight" and "Circe the Enchantress"), who found him work in his first film, "Alimony," in 1918, which lead to more minor roles in other films.
	alumni.imsa.edu /~mitch/legends/valentino.html (531 words)

	Rudolph Valentino @ Filmbug
		Rudolph Valentino, Son of the Sheik - More Posters and Photos...
		Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 - August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor.
		Rudolph Valentino has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, he was honored with his image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
	www.filmbug.com /db/344422 (537 words)

	Rudolph Valentino photo 2
		Rudolph Valentino was born Rodolpho Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert di Valentina d'Antonguollo May 6, 1895, to middle class parents.
		Although Valentino was enjoying an appreciable popularity, it was his next film, "The Sheik" (1921), that defined the star and established him as the idol of female fans everywhere.
		His next, "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1924) was a period picture with Valentino in a powdered wig, and fans rebelled, causing the picture to flop.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /photos2/rudolphvalentinophoto2.html (708 words)

	Rudolph Valentino Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rudolph Valentino was the original 'Latin lover', whose exotic, erotic presence earned him the adoration of female filmgoers the world over, making him, for a brief period, one of the silent cinema's greatest stars.
		June Mathis, a screenwriter and influential force at Metro, saw Valentino's potential and secured him the lead in Rex Ingram's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1921); the film was an immense success and established him as a star.
		Valentino's sudden death at age 31, due to a perforated ulcer, produced an emotional outpouring that has rarely been equaled, including near riots and alleged suicides by distressed female fans and a grandstanding, cross-country performance-in-mourning by his current love, actress Pola Negri.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/191458 (371 words)

	MoMA.org \| 2003 Film and Media Exhibitions \| Dark Lover: Screening Rudolph Valentino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Despite a starring career that lasted only five years, Rudolph Valentino has remained one of Hollywood’s most intriguing icons, ever since his death in 1926 at age thirty-one.
		Valentino claimed to identify closely with the role of a bullfighter torn between an exotic siren, a virtuous wife, and his mother.
		Valentino is a nobleman masquerading as a narcissistic barber, the controversial role that contributed to the “pink powder puff” scandal clouding his final years.
	www.moma.org /exhibitions/film_media/2003/valentino_2003.html (317 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Rudolph Valentino - Main Page
		Rudolph Valentino came to the United States from Italy with his family in 1913, he was 18 years old.
		Valentino's most famous dance partner was Bonnie Glass, who grabbed him after her breakup with Clifton Webb.
		Valentino's second wife Natascha was a handful, it is said she never let him "Consummate their Marriage", which drove him to nastiness in their relationship.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2valto1.htm (279 words)

	Biography for Rudolph Valentino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After Valentino's death, his family announced that his body would lie in an open casket in order to be seen by his fans.
		At the time of his death, Valentino was severely in debt, and his heirs could not afford a burial plot for him.
		A few months before Valentino's death, a Chicago newspaper columnist attacked his masculinity in print, referring to him as a "pink powder puff." A lawsuit was pending when Valentino was fatally stricken.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0884388/bio (1108 words)

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