The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
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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 ...
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Jan 21, 2017 · Publicity portrait of Rudolph Valentino as Julio Desnoyers in the 1921 Metro Pictures production ‘The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’. Chaos in New York once the actor died. On August 15, 1926, just five years into his life of fame, Valentino collapsed at a hotel in New York City.
- Immigrated to United States
- Became A Star
- A New Image
- An Untimely Death
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By 1913, after the death of his father, Valentino moved to New York, passing through Ellis Island. He worked at odd jobs after the military turned him down because of his inadequate physique. One of his first positions was working as a landscape gardener on the Long Islandestate of Cornelius Bliss. After he lost this job, Valentino worked alternate...
Despite his failed marriage and minor film roles, Valentino's potential did not go unnoticed. June Mathis, a screen-writer and executive at Metro film studio, suggested casting Valentino as Julio Desnoyers, in a film version of the epic The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The role made Valentino an instant star, and saved Metro from near bankruptc...
Valentino's next four projects were not big box office successes. Though Valentino's wife, Rambova, helped him get an increase in salary (to $7500 per week) as well as some creative input on his films, many believed that she ruined his career by picking noncommercial projects. As silent film expert Koszarski wrote in The New York Times, "Natacha Ra...
Son of the Sheik was to be Valentino's last film. While on a promotional tour, he collapsed at a party in New York. He was promptly hospitalized at the Polyclinic Hospital and underwent surgery. Just as he appeared to be recuperating, Valentino took a turn for the worse. When his female fans got word of his impending death, the hospital received 20...
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A letter from Dr. Harold E. Meeker, the surgeon who operated on and attended Rudolph Valentino during the illness preceding his death, to S. George Ullman, the dead actor's friend and manager ...
Aug 22, 2014 · PODCAST Rudolph Valentino was an star from the early years of Hollywood, but his elegant, randy years in New York City should not be forgotten. They helped make him a premier dancer and a glamorous actor. And on August 23, 1926, this is where the silent film icon died. Valentino arrived in Ellis Island in 1913, one of… Read More
May 17, 2012 · This edited article about Rudolph Valentino originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 706 published on 26 July 1975. Valentino as the eponymous Sheik on his Arab stallion in the desert sands (top right) Kings make so many official visits that they learn to turn a blind eye when part of the ceremonial goes […]
Jul 14, 2023 · The tragic death of Rudolph Valentino in 1926 marked the end of an era and the loss of one of Hollywood’s most iconic and adored stars. His legacy as the ‘Latin Lover’ lives on, reminding us ...
