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| | 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. |
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