Rudolph Valentino, born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla (May 6, - August 23, ) 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.
He studied and qualified in Agricultural Science at Nervi in Genoa. He spent some time in Paris, where he became a talented dancer, and then returned to Italy for a while. Pola negri e rodolfo valentino biography Wikimedia Commons Wikisource Wikidata item. While she was filming The Moon-Spinners she made a sensation by appearing before the London press at her hotel in the company of a feisty cheetah, which had also appeared in the film, on a steel chain leash. The film was a major success and defined not only his career but his image and legacy. English-language version of "Nur eine Stunde".In he left for America, following the advice of Domenico Savino, a friend of his and of tenor Tito Schipa. He landed in New York where he worked for a while as a dancer and obtained a certain local fame. It has been said that during this period he also was a gigolo and that he had judicial troubles for prostitution-related matters.
He next joined an operetta company that soon disbanded in Utah; from there he reached San Francisco, California, where he met the actor Norman Kerry, who convinced him to try a career in cinema, still in the silent era.
After a dozen films, that made him quite famous, in he was married for a few hours to Jean Acker (), a part-Cherokee film starlet who was a lesbian; the marriage was reportedly never consummated and they were divorced in He then achieved full success in films in with "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse".
On May 13, , in Mexicali, Mexico, Valentino married actress Natacha Rambova. Rodolfo valentino biografia University Press of Mississippi. Mathis soon joined him, angering both Ivano and Rambova. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Valentino. Negri returned to Hollywood in to begin filming her first talking film, A Woman Commands This resulted in him being jailed for bigamy, since his divorce from Acker was not yet final. They remarried a year later. That same year Valentino became a great star, with the release of The Sheik.
In a dispute with Paramount Pictures resulted in an injunction which prohibited Valentino from making films with other producers.
He traveled to Europe and had a memorable visit to his native town. Back in the United States, he was criticized by his fans for his newly cultivated beard and was forced to shave.
After his separation from Rambova, Valentino had an affair with the actress Pola Negri.
Valentino's Irish Wolfhound was named Centaur Pendragon.
In he died in New York, New York as a result of septicemia a short time after surgery for an acute perforated gastric ulcer. Rudolph Valentino. He died a few hours later at the age of It uses material from the Wikipedia article Rudolph Valentino. She passed away on August 1, aged 90 after an illness.An estimated , people were said to have taken part in his funeral. Hollywood legend relates the story that thousands of women lined the streets, causing riots. Several of his fans were even said to have committed suicide.
He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
The high-class Italian restaurant Valentino in Santa Monica, California, is named after him.
Filmography
Alimony
A Society Sensation
All Night
The Delicious Little Devil
The Big Little Person
A Rogue's Romance
The Homebreaker
Out of Luck
Virtuous Sinners
The Fog
Nobody Home
The Eyes of Youth
The Married Virgin (or Frivolous Wives)
Stolen Moments
An Adventuress
The Cheater
Passion's Playground
Once to every Woman
The Wonderful Chance
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Uncharted Seas
The Conquering Power
Camille
The Sheik
Moran of the Lady Letty
Beyond the Rocks
Blood and Sand
The Young Rajah
Monsieur Beaucaire
A Sainted Devil
Cobra
The Eagle
The Son of the Sheik
Valentino was also supposed having acted, at the beginning of his career, in the following films:
The Battle of the Sexes ()
My Official Wife ()
Seventeen ()
The Foolish Virgin ()
Other names by which he was known:
Rudolph DeValentino
M.
De Valentina
M. Rodolfo De Valentina
M. Rodolpho De Valentina
R. De Valentina
Rodolfo di Valentina
Rudolpho De Valentina
Rudolpho di Valentina
Rudolpho Valentina
Rodolph Valentine
Rudolpho De Valentine
Rudolph Valentine
Rodolfo di Valentini
Rodolph Valentino
Rudi Valentino
Rudolfo Valentino
Rudolf Valentino
Rudolph Volantino |