The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
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May 22, 2023 · Rudolph Valentino lies down wounded after having slain the bull in Blood and Sand (1922). Plaza de Toros, Mexico City. He hardly looked like a romantic lead: he didn’t have the broad handsome openness of Douglas Fairbanks, or the doe-eyed adorability of Charlie Chaplin. He looked like a villain, and there was a touch of racism in the way he ...
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor.He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy, to a middle-class family.He was introduced to acting after fleeing New York City following a number of legal difficulties and eventually traveling to San Francisco and meeting actor Norman Kerry, who urged him to pursue a cinema career.
Valentino judged a local beauty contest at each mobbed event and each winner was sent to the final event in New York. A young David O. Selznick shot a short film, "Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties" (1923), that survived as a testament to the pandemonium around the tour.
Jun 13, 2012 · But on August 23, Rudolph Valentino slipped into a coma and died just hours later, surrounded by hospital staff. On the news of his death, more than 100,000 people gathered on the streets in chaos ...
Rudolph Valentino Facts. 1. His Name Was Much Different. Though Valentino is now a one-name wonder, his birth name was more than a mouthful. When the future heartthrob was born on May 6, 1895 in Italy, his parents christened him Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella.
Jul 13, 2023 · Rudolph Valentino lay in a bed at the Polyclinic Hospital in Midtown Manhattan. It was the morning of August 23, 1926, and the silent movie star had been at the hospital for more than a week. He collapsed in his hotel room at the Hotel Ambassador on August 15, gasping and doubling over in pain before passing out, according to the Associated Press.
Rudolph Valentino was an Italian actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the “Latin Lover”, he was one of the most popular international stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars of the silent film era. He is best known for his work in The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. His death at age 31 caused mass ...
