Rudolph Valentino (1895 - 1926)

Italian actor, sex symbol of the 1920s.

* May 6, 1895 Castellaneta, Italy
 as Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla
 August 23, 1926 New York, New York



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 19, 29 June 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 30, 14 September 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 32, 28 September 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 41, 30 November 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 45, 28 December 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 94, 6 December 1923
Picture Play Magazine, January 1923
Picture Play Magazine, March 1923


Books on Rudolph Valentino

Roger C. Peterson Valentino Roger C. Peterson
Valentino, The Unforgotten
2007

David Bret Valentino David Bret
Valentino, A Dream of Desire
2007

Allan R. Ellenberger The Valentino Mystique Allan R. Ellenberger
The Valentino Mystique, The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol
2005

Emily W. Leider Dark Lover Emily W. Leider
Dark Lover, The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
2004

Tracy Ryan Terhune Valentino Forever Tracy Ryan Terhune
Valentino Forever, The History Of The Valentino Memorial Services
2004

Renate Berger
Rodolfo Valentino, Biografie
Hamburg, 2003

Noel Botham Valentino Noel Botham
Valentino, The First Superstar
2002

Noel Botham and Peter Donnelly
Valentino, The love God
London, 1976

Irving Shulman
Valentino
New York, 1967

Books with substantial mentioning of Rudolph Valentino

Patrice Petro (ed.)
Idols of modernity, Movie stars of the 1920s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2010

David W. Menefee The First Male Stars David W. Menefee
The First Male Stars, Men of the Silent Era
Albany, 2007

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

James Robert Parish The Hollywood Book of Scandals James Robert Parish
The Hollywood Book of Scandals, The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More than 100 American Movie and TV Idols
New York etc., 2004

Laurie Jacobson Dishing Hollywood Laurie Jacobson
Dishing Hollywood, The Real Scoop on Tinseltown's Most Notorious Scandals
2003

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

Eve Golden Golden Images Eve Golden
Golden Images, 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2001

Jeanine Basinger Silent Stars Jeanine Basinger
Silent Stars
Hanover and London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Gregg Felsen Tombstones Gregg Felsen
Tombstones, 75 Famous People and Their Final Resting Places
Berkeley, California, 1997

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

Miriam Hansen
Babel and Babylon, Spectatorship in American Silent Film
Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, 1991

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on Rudolph Valentino

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Rudolph Valentino

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Articles on Rudolph Valentino

David Robinson, Embezzler of hearts, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 6, 2004 pp. 36-39