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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 ...
Jean Acker (born Harriet Ackers; October 23, 1892 – August 16, 1978) was an American actress with a career dating from the silent film era through the 1950s. She was perhaps best known as the estranged wife of silent film star Rudolph Valentino.
Valentino played leading roles in fourteen films as a romantic figure. [6] When he appeared in The Sheik in 1921, women fainted in the aisles of theaters; [ 7 ] the film grossed $1.5 million. [ 5 ] His second wife, Natacha Rambova , took increasing control of his career and image, although this meant his screen image turned "increasingly ...
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova is a 1991 biographical book by Michael Morris about the life of American costume designer Natacha Rambova, detailing her early years, work in film, and her relationship with Rudolph Valentino.
Eyes of Youth. Eyes of Youth is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Clara Kimball Young.The film was based on the stage play Eyes of Youth, performed on Broadway in 1917-18 and starred Marjorie Rambeau.
Ramón Gil Samaniego [1] (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor.He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s.
Geraldo Rivera and his wife, Erica, are publicly puckering up! The couple hit New York restaurant Del Frisco to celebrate his new book, "The Geraldo Show: A Memoir," where they shared a chaste ...
The Married Virgin (also known as Frivolous Wives) is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Vera Sisson, Kathleen Kirkham and Rudolph Valentino (credited as Rodolfo di Valentina). [1] During the early part of his career, Valentino was often cast as a villain or "heavy"; his part in The Married Virgin reflects this typecasting. [2]