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THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES.('Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino')(Book Review)
One imagines how it might have been--without the sudden death, in New York, at thirty-one; without the riotous mourners outside the Frank E. Campbell funeral home; without the subsequent female-fan suicides, or the "lady in black"showing up at the tomb every year.
One imagines a spring night in 1971, fifty years after the release of "The Sheik."Inside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, a career-highlights film ends, and the silent, smoldering screen caliph gives way to the televised elderly gentleman, rising from his seat. He is tanned and toupeed (he'd been hiding a bald spot as far back as 1923) and quite heavy now (he still eats snails by the dozen with the ...
- The great lover: Matinee idol Rudolph Valentino embraced Akron in April 1923.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) April 2, 2007 700+ words
...theaters, young girls stared and swooned. Matinee idol Rudolph Valentino didn't understand the fuss. "Did you ever see a smooth...of 88 teens on Valentino's tour to compete that fall in New York. (Ultimately, Norma Niblock, 17, of Toronto won the...
- Valentino, Rudolph.(Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino)(review...
- Magazine article from: Biography Schickel, Richard June 22, 2003 700+ words
Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino. Emily W. Leider. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002. 514 pp. $35.00. Books like "Emily W. Leider's exhaustive but tone-deaf biography...
- "Rudolph Valentino" wins the P Veereshwar Rao Memorial Cup.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. November 13, 2006 700+ words
"Rudolph Valentino" wins the P Veereshwar Rao Memorial Cup Hyderabad, Nov 13 (PTI) `Rudolph Valentino', ably ridden by Jockey Suraj Narredu, won P Veershwar Rao Memorial Cup-- the main event on the fourth day of Hyderabad Winter Races...
- Rudolph Valentino
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
Archive Photos 09-01-1994 romantic. sexy. handsome. famous. Valentino, Rudolph indoor actor. lover. ladies man. entertainment. people. historical Rudolph Valentino Copyright (c) Archive Photos.
- Rudolph Valentino and other cast members set in an illustrated border showing a...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Rudolph Valentino.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- C'est sheik: with fashion now you won't need to say a thing. Go for the dashing...
- Magazine article from: Interview Lagerfeld, Karl February 1, 2006 700+ words
Model: BRAD KROENIG. Hair: TERRY MILLET. Makeup: JAMES KALIARDOS/Art and Commerce. Retouching: LUDOVIC DHARDIVILLE. Photo assistants: XAVIER ARIAS, FREDERIC DAVID, OLIVER SAILLANT, and BERNWARD SOLLICH. Special thanks: KATHERINE MARRE and ERIC PFRUNDER. Cosmetics by JEAN PAUL GAULTIER LE MALE TOUT
- New York, New York.(Briefs)(Column)
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Block, Valerie October 11, 2004 700+ words
...celebrity sparkle to the ING New York City Marathon. The ex-wife...letter from the organizer, the New York Road Runners. "We started...to the 110-seat space at New York's oldest film production...such as the Marx Brothers and Rudolph Valentino. "It has the ability to...
