Rudolph Valentino: The Great Lover (FULL MOVIE)

[@deborahcornell171]

My great-aunt danced with Valentino once when she was a young woman working at an upscale nightclub in Chicago. He & his wife were on a dance tour & were there one night. I've seen one photo of her as a "flapper". She was quite the dish. So many years later as an elderly lady, her eyes still sparkled when she recounted the tale...the thrill when he asked her to dance & then being held in his arms as he whisked her around the dance floor...how handsome he was in person & close up, his magnetism. She's been gone almost 40 years now. But whenever I see anything about Valentino I remember that twinkle in my aunt's eyes. 💙💙💙

[@nonpartisan9941]

Great story. Thanks for sharing

[@auroratorres7873]

Deborah, that must have been some memory for your aunt! Rudy loved beautiful women, so, if she caught Rudy's eye she must have been gorgeous. I can understand why her eyes would sparkle upon telling the tale. I am sure that she NEVER forgot that moment when he asked her to dance and she just fell into his arms. Wow!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Deborah!Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us About Rudy Valentino And your aunt!🕺💃🥰😍🤩🤗🤭🤫🤔😏😮😯😲😳😺😸😹😻😼😽💋💋💌💘💝💖💗💓💞💕💟❣️💔💔❤️‍🔥

[@angierucinski5694]

That has brought tears to my eyes, thank goodness your aunt was able to tell you the history and thank you so much for sharing it with the world ❤️❤️

[@marcosartiles]

Great story.

[@Juliana65]

I am fascinated with the silent film era. I really do enjoy silent films, much to my surprise. I like to go back in time 100 years and see the fashions, no cell phones, no selfies...... wonderful!!

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

It’s amazing that people looked so different back then. I love the way women wore their makeup in that era. Plus everyone was so natural looking. No Botox, plastic surgery or breast implants.

[@marciadiehl5733]

This is the best documentary I have ever watched about Valentino. This was awesome!

[@marciadiehl5733]

@Ricardo Valentino Perhaps because they didn't have good lighting, yet. From what I have read, many of the silent films were done outside for the best light. The white makeup would have picked up better on early film techniques.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

That's True 👍 💯 %!😄 🤣 😔 😌 👍 !

[@Andreatheists-yy1oj]

Imagine wearing red eyeshadow or purple lipstick. Black and white photography used reds greens purples and blues to better emphasize the attributes of both men and women.

[@fabianrojas324]

I'm sure I speak for Valentino fans everywhere, a big big thank you for this upload.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT RudolphoValentino!

[@GladysAlicea]

Beautifully done. Valentino's facial changes, especially his eyes, clearly shows no dialog could've done him justice. Faces are all silent film stars had to work with. It reminds me of Gloria Swan in "Sunset Boulvard," who also refers to Valentino dancing on wood floors in her mansion, who responds, when William Holden tells her he's a writer, her disdain of dialog. "Words, words and more words..." later saying, as they watch her silent films, "we didn't need words, we had faces." How right she was. Thank you so much for this wonderful documentary; I truly hope you make more as well done of other great silent and talkie stars, especially those who died young, like Jean Harlow. Her story, too, is one of great fame and early death.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

100% A silent movies were a completely different art form when compared to talking pictures. The viewer has to use different skills when watching a Silent Movie in order to decipher the narrative being expressed through body language and facial expressions. It can be tough to make the transition but worth persevering. I wonder what folks really thought about the quality of movie production and acting when compared with the first "talkies". Surely many must've been disappointed. I would imagine many would struggle to follow dialogue which was in an accent they had never heard before an because of the rudimentary sound quality. It must've seemed like a technological novelty- much like 3D in our current times- that wouldn't last.

[@cinderelladevil1687]

@@knockshinnoch1950 it took me no effort whatsoever to follow silent movie narrative techniques. I get hooked to the screen with those pictures. They do not need to rely on special effects or sex scenes to tell stories. I find silent movies much better than talkies. I wish I could sometime watch one of those restored movies on the big screen with live music.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@cinderelladevil1687THE SAME HERE!😂😅😮😊

[@philadelphiahairsalons5450]

@@knockshinnoch1950 - Yes, I can see the challenges (of the New 'Talkie' era ). Myself, I can see what Rudy was saying in the Love scene in Cobra, w/ Nita. He said, 'I can't' (& was Pleading with Nita's character ) -- so Well Done, his Expressions are TRULY MAGNIFICENT. Love them. My FAV Pics of his : Blood & Sand, The Eagle, Cobra (the Love scenes ) - and Also enjoyed the Action in 'MORAN of the Lady Letty'. In his 1st Hit, '4 Horsemen', I can Appreciate some of the Scenes -- such as ART Scene in which He is painting some Nude Ladies -- but the FILM is a Bit Long. Naturally I Enjoy the TANGO !

[@suzvalentino1901]

When we went to West Hollywood last July for a few weeks we visited Rudy's grave. I have always loved this guy, it's tragic how short his life was.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT RUDY VALENTINO RIP 1895-1926 😢

[@janperry860]

My grandmother loved Valentino. She was Italian and has been deceased for many years now. Thank you so much for sharing this video with his fans.

[@DouglasCohen1962]

My grandmother loved him as well.

[@raven_ous2585]

@@DouglasCohen1962 Mine too

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

My Mom's Mom's Dad Is Part German And Part Italian!

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@raven_ous2585 Mine three

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@jeanbaumgartner4052 And??

[@jayneweaver8695]

Thank you for emphasizing what a fantastic actor Rudolph Valentino was, his beauty sometimes trumps his work. He deserves a LOT of credit for his work, the icing was his appearance and charisma. THANK YOU for this film, so well done and professional, hands down the best documentary and photographs, footage of the late great Rudolph Valentino. My grandmother told me she had a mad crush on him and at the time she was in her late 60's, she was 25 in 1920. NOW I see why. Someone should make a film of his life and career that dignifies his contribution and what an enormous talent he was, that emphasizes his struggles and abuse from the studios and that gawd awful Natasha. It would be very fitting to have Aiden Turner (Poldark on Masterpiece) play Mr. Valentino.

[@loiss6928]

Aiden Turner would be a great choice, I never noticed the resemblance until reading this comment. And he certainly has the physique, passion and sensuality as demonstrated in his role of Poldark. Ed Westwick I think also looks very similar. I’ve only just really discovered Rudy, knowing only a little of him before. Now I am completely obsessed and in love with like most on here. He really is unique and utterly magnetic. I really wish I could have met him ❤️

[@jayneweaver8695]

@@loiss6928 Aiden Turner has control over his facial expressions the way Rudolph Valentino did. I think they could use makeup to make the resemblance more real. I LOVE Rudolph Valentino!

[@jamesmiller4184]

What was the cherry atop the icing, Jayne? Navarro?

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!

[@ReneeBraxton]

The man could act!

[@puma30880]

My father, born in 1903, played the piano accompanying silent movies, and later managed a theater and worked in the film processing lab in Hollywood along with Marilyn Monroe's mother. He would talk about Valentino. I don't think he understood why women were so attracted to him, but now, in my 80s, I can finally watch his movies and I can definitely see why.

[@MrCrowebobby]

Not to put down your father, but I've never understood how men could recognize a beautiful horse or dog, but not a beautiful man . . . even though they felt no sexual attraction. But being 85, I certainly know this was how almost all men felt back in the day.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@MrCrowebobby ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!BACK THEN HUSBAND And BOYFRIENDS WERE ACTUALLY JEALOUS 👌 😍 🔥 😅 😳 🙄 OF RUDY VALENTINO!WHILE OTHER MEN WISH 🤞 THEY WERE RUDY VALENTINO!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

OUR Grandma Baumgartner 👵 ❤ 💕 ♥ 💙 💖 Was Born In 1903!

[@Shirley-zy3zl]

33:39 33:39 33:39

[@francesfarmer736]

Rudy had that magnetism even now....I was in my late teens when I first saw him in Son of the Sheik on a PBS station..in the 1970s I was smitten then and now in my 60s...He appeals to all women in any generation....we only were able to see him still youthful on celluloid....Rudy never was able to grow old.

[@amyvalent-ribot8367]

Great biography! I’m actually surprised that no one ever thought to have Valentino play the role as Casanova. It would have been a great role for him.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

I'm certain had he lived longer he may well have! I wonder which early talkies he might have starred in had he lived longer?

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Typical Hollyweird stereotyping, had him play everything but another Italian.

[@sarahleach9997]

​@spaniardsrmoors6817 yes he was able to play many different parts due to his Olive complexion. Sometimes he had so much white makeup on. Maybe because Italians played mostly villains. Gangster mafia parts.Thats why he was playing villians.which is a ridiculous stereotyping. The great side is he showed the world that Italian men are the most beautiful reflection of taste style beauty manners and lovemaking the world had ever seen. By portraying others Arabs ,Indians ,and Spanish as stylish, sophisticated, beautifully mannered, etc. He raised the bar. If everyman kissed his wife like he kisses or women made love like he did to their husband's it could stop war. It melts the heart. That is why he has made women respond so much to him. He was one of the great teachers of love not lust.

[@ReneeBraxton]

That's the same thing I was thinking. Don Juan, too, unless the Don Jaun character came after Valentino.

[@Andreatheists-yy1oj]

@@sarahleach9997 Italian but raised by a French Mother. He was said to be fluent in 4 Languages.

[@maryg3718]

Finally! A detailed, thorough, well-researched biography on Rudy. Thank you!

[@DonnySpielberg]

I’ve made one about him, too 😁

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@DonnySpielberg WOW REALLY 👌 👏 😍 👍 🥰 ☺ 👌 👏 😍 👍 🥰 ☺!

[@secretariatgirl4249]

Hearing him sing was amazing! He had a wondeful singing voice....who knew? One can only wish that he had recorded his speaking voice for posterity. So many films lost and actually tossed after being played in Europe...we can only thank those who stashed the reels in garages and the organizations who have worked so hard to save what is left! Just watched the 1959 film Valetino with Eleanor Parker and Anthony Dexter. His resemblance to Valentino was incredible and he also had to work against typecasting after he filmed this because of his looks...He later wound up as an English teacher!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

That's Right!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

I've never heard of that biopic. I don't ever remember it ever being shown on UK TV.

[@trevorthompson7604]

Fantastic thank you for this he was a truly talented actor

[@barbarawierschem8310]

I am suppose to be doing my Spring cleaning but I've been distracted by your wonderful documentaries! Thank you for this uploads.

[@myboyz9391]

I always remember my grandmother Veronica (Ron) absolutely adored him. She was a young teenager when he was a star..(born in 1909)..She would tell me the story of going to see one of his movies...and she said there wasn't a dry seat in the house at the end of the movie! 😂 I think her stories of how much she swooned over him lit a fire in me to love old Hollywood. ❤

[@linegenrou]

Ew

[@MrCrowebobby]

"... there wasn't a dry seat in the house... Alright, Granny!!!

[@myboyz9391]

@@MrCrowebobby You know she was a teenager when she felt that way about him...right?🙄

[@MrCrowebobby]

@@myboyz9391 But she was a grandmother when she used the expression about wet young pussies soaking the cinema seats.

[@myboyz9391]

@@linegenrou LOL

[@lzad3764]

This was excellent. I probably know a little bit more about Valentino than your average person on the street, but the early years were a complete revelation to me.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

The Same Here!

[@rosemaryfranzese317]

A well researched biography that doesn’t resort to gossip and innuendo. The real Valentino, a profoundly dignified and masculine man is revealed

[@jamesmiller4184]

Uh huh. Right. Whatever.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​​@@jamesmiller4184THAT ROSEMARY IS SAYING JAMES MILLER IS THAT SOME MEN ARE DIGNIFIED AND MASCULINE;LIKE RUDOLPH VALENTINO AND LOUFERRIGNO!ITALIAN MEN ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE AND VERY HANDSOME AND VERY SEXY!

[@world-yw5ro]

@@jamesmiller4184 💪

[@snuisterlady875]

@@jamesmiller4184 what is your problem? don't watch then!

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@jamesmiller4184 Jimmy, jealous?

[@nenabunena]

What a wonderfully detailed bio documentary, thank you sooo much!

[@scarletred8888]

Really well put together documentary, I just chanced upon it and found it so interesting, the contributors were all really well informed and I especially like the contributions of Jimmy Bangley, someone who sounded like a great story teller, so sorry to see that he passed away shortly after this was completed, he seemed like an old school Hollywood character. RIP

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@worldsokayestmom6725]

TY for this great doc. Every info source I watch it depresses me when I see Rudy with Natasha. Rudy always looks smitten and she is always appearing aloof. You hardly ever see pics of them with eye contact. She never smiles except at the train when they are saying farewell. She is smiling and laughing. That says a lot to me...

[@leeparks15]

Say the SAME thing!!! The only time she smiled was when HE was leaving HER! A lot of people think she left him. Valentino found out she was cheating on him. 🤦🏽‍♀️ He took the fall for her letting everyone believe it was him. He could never tell his in-laws about it. He cried on her mother’s lap when he visited her. She seemed to me like she never cared for him only if it benefited her.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@leeparks15 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!POOR RUDY VALENTINO IS LOVER NOT A FIGHTER!NATASHA NEVER REALLY LOVED RUDY VALENTINO!BUT HE LOVED HER ❤ 💙 ♥ 😉 😀 👍 ❤ 💙 ♥ 😉 😀 👍 ABSOLUTELY! AND SHE BROKE 💔 😢 🤣 😕 😭 😔 HIS HEART ❤ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

An excellent entertaining and informative biography of Valentino. I learned so much more about his background watching this film than all the others combined- so much more detail included here.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!

[@melly9037]

I wonder if he ever expected such love from ppl ❤💋❤ we still love you rudolph 💋

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WE ALL LOVE 😍 RUDY VALENTINO FOR SHARING HIS TALENTES AS HIMSELF DEFINITELY!

[@ReneeBraxton]

Always ❤

[@theresaholguin699]

Rudy was one of a kind he was very handsome. Very masculine and buff. Love Rudy rest in peace

[@thomasdelvin3683]

how was that prancing mannequin thought to be seen as masculine

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@thomasdelvin3683 Thomas, delusions so KONG-huge as Valentino's, must never be shattered. Navarro in is diary tipped the actual score. All this mega-romantic stuff as these poor ladies endure, is just so much BS. It really is sad. Your "prancing mannequin" reference is a hoot! Now, Sean Connery was masculine on screen.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@jamesmiller4184 ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!👌 ❤ ♥ 😍 💖 !ABOUT SEAN CONNERY WAS A BODYBUILDER BEFORE HE BECAME AN ACTOR!BOTH RUDY VALENTINO AND SEAN CONNERY WERE VERY SEXY MUSCULAR PHYSICALY APPEALING!AND ALSO VERY HANDSOME MEN 😍 😉 👌 😜 😀 😄!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

RUDY VALENTINO RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 ☹️ 😔!

[@KermitClements-dr8rx]

​@@thomasdelvin3683 Z

[@wandathomas8682]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

[@53Betsy]

Thank you for posting this! I really enjoyed watching it❤️

[@RoomscapeLondon]

Very good documentary, lots of detail and unknown stories. Thanks for posting!

[@picklesthewise]

Money can't buy happiness. He was such a good actor, but so many people wanted a piece of him and wanted to use him and his fame for their own purposes. I wish he had been able to marry a regular woman instead of a starlet or a socialite; that might have been healthier for him. And either way, dying so young and in such a way that could have been prevented had the industry not pushed him like it did, was a tragedy. He had so much more to offer as an actor, even more than what we got.

[@karenhill3970]

I agee with everything u said

[@karenhill3970]

WHY DIDNT THE DAM STUDIOS HELP HELP HIM PREVENT THIS ILLNESS.....THEY PUSHED HIM😠💔💔😠😠

[@suzannelacy8093]

It was the usual power and money obsessed group of Hollywood multi millionaires who used and abused Shiksa's like Valentino , Judy Garland , Marilyn Monroe and hundreds of young vulnerable children , men and women . Twas ever so and always will be .

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!

[@finallythere100]

We don't really know why he developed gastric ulcers that became so serious at such a young age to the point of perforation. Did he have H Pylori? Probably. .. Was he under such severe and ongoing stress to lead to such erosion of his gastric lining? Was that the studios fault? Did he drink and smoke a lot, which is terrible for stomach ulcers? Probably. Even my grandfather who put up w a tyrant boss and worry of not losing his job during the depression as sole supporter of a family and aging mother and aunt w no social security, and was a real worrier had stomach problems (probably from stress) but did not perforate his stomach lining, and eventually developed stomach cancer in his early 90s. .. So, my point is, it is all speculation for him developing such severe ulcers so young. Plus I heard that he refused the needed surgery until it became too late, he had already perforated and so much damage done by the time he was operated on..So speculation.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Thanks For Sharing These Videos About RudolphoValentino!

[@anastan5445]

I think, if this guy took care of his health... And maybe was even forced to somehow (I know he was a proud strong man so I have no idea what kind of persuasion it would have taken to get him to do anything) to take care of his health .. he would have become a legend even in "talkies". I know a lot of people focus on how sexy he was, and I 100% agree that he was a very handsome man, but his acting skills were really great. And it shows because I have ADHD, silent movies are hard for me to watch for the simple reason that I lose focus so easily. His movies, and Nosferatu, are the only silent movies I sat through without losing focus ONCE. He had such an expressive acting style. He was, and still is in my opinion, one of the greatest actors on screen.

[@vannessatrippett7750]

That’s very interesting

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Ana!YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT RUDY 🧖VALENTINO💘 IS A REAL GENTLEMAN LADIES MAN 👨 AND DEFINITELY A REALLY TALENTED PROFESSIONAL ACTOR WHO EVER LIVED !

[@djlopez33]

Thank you for this upload. I​ recently found out about Rudolph Valentino and have been wanting to know more about him. His life is fascinating to me. Thanks again!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

The Same Here About RUDY VALENTINO!

[@MsNcM1218]

My dad loved Rudolph Valentino 💗 when I was a little girl, he played a Tango album that had a photo of Rudolph Valentino. My dad would tap his feet on the floor to the beat of the Tango music playing on the record player. I started listening to Tango music and started tearing up 😢....it reminded me so much of my dad and his favorite actor, Rudolph Valentino. I'm sure my dad is getting some Tango move tips from him in Heaven 😊

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us!

[@53Betsy]

Thank you! I loved it!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Kudos to Lynn Stevenson ! Wonderful documentary ! Enjoyed watching it so very much ! Thank you so much for uploading for us to enjoy !! :-)

[@ellelorraine3540]

Excellent documentary! Ive always been fascinated by Rudolph Valentino. Such a shame we cant hear his speaking voice. But, we can see him, thank God!

[@jeannetteduette6704]

@Ricardo Valentino What about the young George Raft, an excellent Tango dancer?

[@melissacooper4282]

I wonder how his career would've went had he didn't die before the talkies.

[@ellyreginald6546]

@@jeannetteduette6704 George Raft doesn't have Valentino's sparkle, humour, charm or gentleness.

[@winnienguyen4420]

I've always read that Charles Boyer was dubbed "the talking Valentino" during his great lover phase.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@jeannetteduette6704 Actually Right!

[@Nonamagic]

Best Bio on Valentino I've seen. He really had some extra magnetism or something to still effect people after all this time. Divinely delicious. Handsome with class, mmm mmmm. (I just calculated $10,000 back then is around $145,000 in 2019, imagine.)

[@dianashaw2459]

Italian men are gorgeous. I have always had a soft spot for Italians.

[@TrangPakbaby]

They have such a love a appreciation for ALL women. Black white asian Latin etc lol. I love that abt them 🥰

[@redram5150]

You haven’t seen all of them then.

[@lindanorris2455]

like Jean Harlow.

[@thomasdelvin3683]

@@redram5150 people love to make generalizations about which race or culture has beautiful , people India? obviousley you havent seen that show on tv i think BRAVO with the folks from india. all of them are strange looking to say the least. and that is being kind.Puerto Ricans, Israelis ,Egyptians ,all have been told that they have th e worlds most beautiful people but most of them are not that attractive.. cuba, spain, brazil. we can go on and on. even new york has been said has beautiful people,. but ride the subway and you see a whole new face. beauty is what you happen to stumble across or to discover , it is not a fact to be taken as such !!

[@TheChocolat]

I gotta snag me an Italian dude. I love their language 🇮🇹

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

There's a Charisma about him that's so attractive

[@julkalops]

i'm writing a paper on Valentino. thanks for the doc!

[@marykathleensapp6937]

You could spend a lifetime looking at his face and see somrthing different each day! Natasha was his weakness and demise!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@cinderelladevil1687]

He was his own weakness. Natacha did not ruin other people's lives. He allowed her to take control of his life.

[@bhavukbedi2294]

Natacha made Valentino

[@cinderelladevil1687]

@@bhavukbedi2294 Natacha did not make Valentino. June Mathis made him.

[@bhavukbedi2294]

@@cinderelladevil1687 but she is his first true love and biggest supporters

[@jacquelinea3358]

He was such a beautiful man. Personally, I enjoyed the snippets of his earlier films where his face and gestures were not so exaggerated. I believe he would have gotten back to those nuanced performances had he lived longer and matured in better movies. It also would have been wonderful to hear his voice in soundies.

[@anneroy4560]

I am sure he would have aced 'talkies' ... why do we think we know how he would have sounded? how crazy are we? yes, that crazy 🤩

[@cinnasharon980]

Thanks for this video! I learned a lot and was entertained.

[@ealswytheangelicrealms]

The first time that I saw Valentino in a film was when I was a kid. It was on the TV show Fractured Flickers hosted by Hans Conreid where they added humorous dialogue to old silent films. I will never forget the scene where Valentino comes in to talk to the old woman with the broom and after seeing Valentino she says "25 years I have waited for Prince Charming and who shows up but the king of the hobos." The humorous dialog that was added to the old silent Valentino film was hilarious. Every week Fractured Flickers added some of the funniest dialogue imaginable to old silent film. One had Lon Chaney Sr. as a cheerleader in Hunchback of Norte Dame. I really enjoyed that TV show and the complete series finally came out on DVD. That show introduced millions of people to Silent Films.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

I'd Remember That!On TV 📺 It Was Hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁 🤣 😸 😂 😃!

[@juliusmaloney]

Day 41 of the quarantine life and I spent the last two Saturdays enjoying what I’ve come to call Silent Saturday Night Cinema and have finally sat down to watch ‘The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse’, ‘The Sheik’, ‘Camille’, ‘Blood & Sand’ & ‘The Son of the Sheik’ still a magnetising force on screen and incredibly modern in style...the shame is watching ‘Son of the Sheik’ where he plays both father & son, you can really see the evolution of his acting...gone much too soon. 😔

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I just found a wonderful photo of him making spaghetti. Natural hair, wonderful suntan, no slick back look. Just a guy at ease in his kitchen, cooking pasta. He may have been a classy gent - but he was, I believe never a snob...

[@karenhill3970]

@@cynthiahawkins2389 that is so cool. .a regular just simply nice person

[@kathrynlooker928]

I like the historical content of this movie.VERY INFORMATIVE . LO E THAY TIME PERIOD.. KAT🐱

[@tamaracooper5797]

Welcome to the world of silent films.I grew up with them.They use to show them on Friday,Sat nights in the summer on Channel 11 out of Chicago.

[@shammobile4066]

Valium rudolphMONIEN MVALENTINO AYEAYE

[@stephaniehand503]

Thank you that was great.

[@annabellasailormoon6014]

Bellissimo, non banale, dolce e sensibile...grande e meraviglioso...

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT RUDY VALENTINO!

[@victoria2050nin]

Bravo! Wonderful documentary!

[@johnlorenzen4633]

Great loving documentary. Rudy would be pleased that's hes so widely remembered. He was a great star with indelible once in a century screen charisma, fine acting, and beyond handsome. In many ways though he was just a regular guy: a kind man, enjoyed kids ( he would've have liked being a father) , liked gardening/ agriculture, delighted in cooking 6 foot long spaghetti and had everyone come on over (typical Italian), worked on cars. Only one other star inspires this magnitude of devotion and we know who she is: Marilyn.

[@karenhill3970]

So neat what y wrote kinna made me feel better about him.....realy been into him lately. Then more i read or saw on ytube got Real depressed......u made me feel better......yes Marilyn too..crazy bout her.....saw her last bedroom w mattress on floor ..messy bedside looked like cardboard box!! I think she had recently got her new house..sooo CUTE & was busy working and.N.Y. CITY w President's birthday.....then a trip 2 Mexico! An award?...& i think she met a nicelooking younger guy ..new frien/ escorted her saw picture of them smiling....then i think she shopped got cool furniture for her new house!!! Now thats not a suicidal person.....i feel she accidentally mixed Rx meds& alcohol.....WHY?!?? Because my BELOVED aunt Pat who looked liked Marilyn Monroe) did same thing in thev70's....😟😟💔💔🙏🙏🙏& she TOO WAS getting bk on her feet , started a new job...looked gorgeous when we last saw her.............why why why.....

[@karenhill3970]

That is so cool he worked on His OWN car.....did he REALLY????

[@tobor444]

@@karenhill3970 There are photos of him under the car , wearing overalls, putting an engine back together.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@karenhill3970 Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@karenhill3970 Yep!RUDY VALENTINO REALLY DID WORK ON HIS OWN CAR 🚗 😳 😑 😐 😒 🙄!

[@karenhill3970]

So darn sad....He was soo talented.....so handsome

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯!

[@reneeblair7593]

This was wonderful to watch. First time I saw scenes from The Shiek I was a fan.

[@EuSeiT]

There was also a guy who lived a little bit over 30 years and left an enormous legacy...

[@cynthiagonzales9131]

Be still my heart. Born in 58 I was and am so in love with him as a young child and adore him still. Thank you for doing this!!! I loved this movie and I hate bull fighting but he was Gorgeous!!

[@jannepetersen4660]

He was a very great animal lover, so that part with bullfigthing I never really understood....

[@jacquelinea3358]

Yeah, the Blood and Sand bullfighting scenes are hard to watch.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@jacquelinea3358 THE SAME HERE ABOUT WHEN RUDY🧖 VALENTINO💘 AS JUAN 🕺GIRLARDO WAS GORDED BY A BULL🐂AND DIED!

[@eugeniasyro7315]

Pola Negri fainted repeatedly, in front of the press. They were never a couple. She exploited him. Shameful woman.

[@niveknanorc7316]

lol..that,s showbizz !!

[@leeparks15]

Jean Acker coming out with that song for him then changed her last name back to Valentino. 🤣 She didn’t even want him!

[@TheChocolat]

These heffas were a trip 😂

[@Andreatheists-yy1oj]

According to documentation Pola Negri was dating him when died. I think most women he showed any interest or spent time with him would have possibly wanted him or miss understood him. Natasha competed with him. Her career was going no where with all her education etc. He may have loved her but certainly didn’t need her for his career. Was he faithful? Who knows.

[@Andreatheists-yy1oj]

She was staying with him at Falcon lair for two weeks before he died.

[@cinderelladevil1687]

I loved Cobra. The opening scenes are hilarious. He is perfect in his role as the italian Don Juan. And then he turns into a devoted lover, and finally into a loser. He is marvellous.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

RUDY🧖 VALENTINO💘 AS AN ITALIAN COUNT RODRIGO🤵 TORRIAINI AT THE OPENING OF THE MOVIE 🎦 "COBRA"SCENES ARE SO HILARIOUS 😂!HE'S ABSOLUTLY SO PERFECT 👌 AS AN ITALIAN COUNT RODRIGO 🤵TORRAINI!FROM ITALY 🇮🇹!WHO TURNS INTO A DEVOTED LOVER 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 WHO ENDED UP LOSING THE SAME GIRL 👱‍♀️!SO SAD 😔 HE ACTUALLY CRIED 😢 AT END!

[@philadelphiahairsalons5450]

Thing I Liked in "Cobra" was when He USED ITALIAN HAND gestures -- once He encountered the Man & was Shaming Him, calling him out so to speak ! If U view the Whole film, u can see the HAND gestures -- It was RIGHT after He was in the cafe

[@doberman1ism]

I remember my immigrant Italian grandmother and my mother Yolanda speaking about The Shiek and the devastatingly handsome Italian Rudolph Valentino. I learned at a very young age how women would swoon and faint at the sight of Valentino whether in person or on film. When I became a young teenager I saw that same behavior when The Beatles came to America!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

WOW LUCKY 🍀 YOU!😮😊

[@melly9037]

He was was my grandmothers favourite she adored him.....

[@ConnieinVirginia]

I think I need to get my copies of the sheik & son of the sheik out & watch them again.

[@ginobartoletti7852]

Orgoglio italiano, la sua storia anche se breve è molto affascinante. Il film di Gabriel Garko mi ha fatto innamorare di questo personaggio.. Un mito

[@normaearnisse3106]

😍my beautiful 🌹vintage man!!!! ❤️

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

RUDY VALENTINO HAS A BEAUTIFUL 😍 OPERATIC VOCALS!❤

[@alanaronald244]

To have heard my grandmother speaking about him, he was the most attractive man on the planet aside from my grandfather, to whom she was devoted. MY grandfather grudgingly accepted.

[@reneeblair7593]

She was right...

[@reneeblair7593]

Valentino was the most attractive man.....

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 %!

[@claudettesnyder8356]

Julius thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately I left the silent movie theater when I moved from Los Angeles.but these films help me deal with the isolation.my grandparents knew him as he frequently ate at their hot dog stand on Santa Monica pier.born after he passed,l listened to my grandmother tell me about him.

[@karenhill3970]

Oh my GOSH bless His hart! He ate hotdogs!!!...wow id love to hear more......

[@RudolphFurtado]

In the time of "CORONAVIRUS WORLD WAR - 3" in 2020 when your own life is at the hands of a invisible pandemic it's cinema that breaks all barriers and provides solace and entertainment. During the confinement at home have been watching old "Black & White" films and film history is incomplete without watching a film from the silent era of Rudolph.Valentino.After having watched Valentino films got to watch this biography and happy that my own critical views of some of his film's tallied with the experts of this biography.As a Indian having the same first name was sad that the prints of the "Rajah" is no more in existence. Definitely a great actor of his times when film technology and production was in its infancy .That the mysticism and relevance of Rudolph.Valentinoas a :Great Lover" is still intact in 2020 is a mystery that needs no reasoning .

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Rudolph!Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us About Rudolph Valentino!

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

He died the year my grandfather was born. Can’t believe he’s only six years away from being 100. ONE HUNDRED!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Wow 👌!

[@marijadokoza8314]

Valentino dead 1926....Marilyn born 1926....rip Valentino and Monroe....Legends forever💕💕💕⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Actually Right!

[@FrankDeFelicecasan]

When you are young and have magnetism in Hollywood, you can have any woman you want.

[@thomasdelvin3683]

and any male casting couch director as well make that ASS well

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@thomasdelvin3683 Ouch!

[@karenhill3970]

Elvis ...loved ALSO very much

[@waynem7634]

Such a well done documentary and tribute to Rudolph Valentino. I knew of the mystique of this venerated Star but now know more about the great actor too. The adoration for him reminds me of the adoration for later stars like Harlow, Dean, and Monroe who also, sadly, died so young.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Jean Harlow!James Dean!&Marilyn Monroe !😢

[@JerryOrbachFan]

It is amazing that he's been gone for nearly 100 years and is still remembered and even loved by so many people. How many of today's stars are going to be remembered 100 years from now?

[@taupenoire1933]

He just deserves a biopic!

[@doreenwyatt6409]

Iam a new fan it’s 2022 wow 🤩 he was memorable and 😉 amazing actor what charm he was all the famous male actors today into one ☝️ man and silent film 🎞 era his charm and presence is captivating and you watch and I didn’t miss the talking “that’s real acting he was also handsome and not in a feminine way at all “ which in his day he was always being accused of being “ like today not true at all he had a special charm and charisma I think 🤔 💭 definitely men were just jealous of like today Iam going to look up his films in the archives )film)industry or buy a collection of his movies 🎥 in line and enjoy 😉 them now that Iam a first time fan of his I also just love ❤️ this era in general the fashion the life .

[@ellyreginald6546]

Watched Valentino out of curiosity in the Shiek. He was an excellent actor with such screen presence. Lots of charisma, charm, sex appeal even with the "silent film" overacting. Had that rare ability of projecting deep emotion with an eye flicker. I've read critics dismissing him, maybe cause he was a sex symbol? Seemed to attract bisexual women who used him. Winifred Shaughnessy (Natacha's real name) as a spaghetti cooking housewife? LOL

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@urbanbraun6218]

Went to a liqour store and was buying a bottle of bourbon and lady ask for my ID. Opened my wallet and showed her my ID and next to it was a picture of my Dad. She said what or you doing with a picture of Rudolph Valentino?? I said that's not Valentino, that's my dad in his 20's which would have been in 1923 slicked back hair and pouty look!!

[@AD-ef8bm]

ID how old were you?

[@urbanbraun6218]

@@AD-ef8bm In my mid 20's

[@jamesmiller4184]

Neat story, Urban.

[@bhavukbedi2294]

Every man wanted to be like Valentino to impress women

[@deborahleone4351]

WOW! Your Dad must have been so handsome! So many beautiful looks for men and women back in that Golden Time! 💕🕊🙏💜✝️✡️🌹

[@ReneeBraxton]

I have been watching the films of Valentino. "The Shiek," "Son of the Shiek ," "Blood and Sand," and "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. " The man could act and dance! Franco Nero did a fantastic portrayal of Valentino's short but spectacular life. Rest in peace, Rudolfo Pietro Filliberto Raffello Gugliemi d'Valentina d'anguello. Gorgeous name. Gorgeous man.😊

[@meplusDavid]

Sometimes I feel like I was born around the wrong time. I love Rodolfo Valentino.

[@missyglittervlogs3543]

VianeyValentino30 I feel the same way!

[@brookeschexnite]

I feel the same way as well it’s like we are all drawn to him

[@valeriacerpasalas2330]

Me too, I love him and I am 21. there are no recordings of his voice but with only one look he hypnotizes me.

[@wiktoriazdziarska8855]

Valeria Cerpa Salas u can find record in which Rudoplh Valentino sang 2 songs one in english second in italian

[@valeriacerpasalas2330]

Thanks for the information I will search that songs.

[@sammysoppy3361]

The doctor who delivered Valentino: And what name have you chosen for him? His parents: ALL OF THEM

[@drina4706]

I liked him better with a beard......am I the only one??? Anyway, I hope he is at peace now and with his Italian family and loved ones. Rest in Peace, Mr. Rudolfo do Valentino.😟💔😢✝️⛪

[@tabbiesworld9286]

I LOVE the way he looked with the beard.!

[@auroratorres7873]

Drina, I love looking at all the photos of Rudy with a beard. I am not a fan of beards, but some men look fabulous in them. Rudy was one of them.

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

Gotta love Rudolfo Valentino..a true Legend

[@carrietezeno6327]

There Would Never Be Another RIH Beautiful Angel You Are Love And Miss 💘

[@katgirlblue]

No antibiotics? How did anyone ever survive any operation? Surgery must have been a death sentence! I remember when I was very young my grandmother talked about (in Yiddish) how gorgeous he was, and how awful it was when he died. She had a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings all about him and saw all of his movies. Those movies look so strange now, the melodramatic acting and makeup, but I guess at the time they were state of the art.

[@haplo_84]

I love the melodramatic though bc it is so different from any movie now.

[@vioricaneagu2251]

Great Rudy...🌟 Amazing man "gifted" by charisma.🔥 .in his short Life he "managed" to make everyone fall in love of him ❤️

[@nicoletapavel8966]

What an inner elegance & Grace either a great dram. School.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

RUDY 🧖VALENTINO 💘DEFINITELY HAS BOTH ABSOLUTELY!

[@veracirillo6869]

I have never forgotten Valentino he was great human being. R I P beautiful man. 🙏🙏❤❤

[@deborahleone4351]

Most Gay men believe Valentino was gay.......he was, by all written accounts not. He was passionately in love, mind body and spirit, with his wife, and chose women over men consistently. There is much documentation on this if you search diligently for the Truth. He was, and still is, one of the Greatest Film Stars - and human beings - of all time. RIP Dearest Rudolfo.🌹🕊🙏🙋‍♀️

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Deborah!Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us About RUDOLFO VALENTINO! DEFINITELY WOW A REAL LIFE LADIES MAN 👨 ONLY!

[@gloriaortiz1227]

No he was not gay. I'm using my psychic skill.he was not gay. I see he didn't trust women

[@paularobertsofficial]

According to his manager & closest friend George Ullman.. Valentino was straight as an arrow. Many many other close celebrity friends have all said the same. Gay men, understandably, would love for him to have been gay.. but it's all myth. The man was deeply in love with his wife to the end. x

[@francescalu_cats_and_crime]

He wasn’t gay!

[@paularobertsofficial]

@@francescalu_cats_and_crime No he wasn't .. there are many friends & Hollywood actors that did interviews in the 60's and 70's.. all said he was very much a lady's man.. and loved his wife til the end. x

[@priscillageluk4611]

Thanks 4 sharing

[@arnepianocanada]

Re found film: in Dawson Creek northern Canada some 12+ yr ago, a large stash of historic films turned up under a theatre, dropped into a hole and preserved by permafrost over the years.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Thanks For Sharing This Info With Us!

[@monilaninetynine3811]

All stars who die early seem to know they will die early.

[@lauramalizia9636]

Yes! From Jean Harlow, to Gia Carangi, to Kurt Cobain to Amy Winehouse and so many, too many more.

[@mickeytete9036]

That's why they became legends. Otherwise they would be like any other star and people wouldn't be do excited

[@dianekimball6812]

@@lauramalizia9636 Don't forget James Dean.

[@leeparks15]

So true! ♥️🙏🏽

[@MrCrowebobby]

Almost all young people think they won't make it into their 40's, which seems ancient to them.

[@truthhurts5602]

Probably the best looking man ever born. The end.

[@kpzcbttp]

Oh yes!

[@Pisces3139]

No question about it.

[@Pisces3139]

Paddy Mcdoogle don’t understand you. I said no question about Rudolph being the best looking man.

[@amalamassi5394]

No his not .. his just one of many and you really cant judge a man by his look only

[@Pisces3139]

Amal Amassi you sound terribly jealous.....

[@ConnieinVirginia]

I just recently saw Blood & Sand & Camille.

[@bozidarmarkotic2550]

Jedne sad već davne godine sa kolegama novinarima iz Beograda, Ljubljane, Zagreba boravio sam u Los Andjelesu i položio cvijet na grob Rudolfa Valentina Bila je nedjelja, crvene ruže položila je starija Gospodja i duboko uzdahnula. ETO ŠTA JE ŽIVOT. PROLAZNOST.

[@Pensiero-cx9zm]

I miei nonni si trovavano in America in quegli anni e mi raccontavano di Valentino del suo successo ! Erano talmente orgogliosi di lui ltaliano ! Del suo stile maschile affascinante ammmaliante!!!

[@louem2491]

He left Italy to come to America, so they play God Save The Queen in the background?? 😂 Rudolpho was a victim of bad press and bad women :( Talented, handsome, exotic, popular with the women...of course the men saw him as a threat

[@ceceliaclarke8427]

That song is also "My country tis of thee...sweet land of liberty"

[@GloriaGomez-gb1em]

I love Rudy and i always will. I feel i lived during that era. Tango's been my music and dance since i was 6. I place myself in the multitudes when i see the video of his bios, what can i say, it brings tears to my eyes all the time. Im 83 and still enjoy 🙎 watching him do the tango in the "4 horses of the apocalypse. RIP🙎😇

[@Pisces3139]

Gloria Gomez I am also Gloria and am and have been in love with Valentino for most of my 81 years.... keep well. We’ll dream together.

[@karenhill3970]

VERY interesting!!

[@melly9037]

Ahh that's really sad there's no recordings of his voice, this makes me think of my grandma, I've really enjoyed this......

[@maxsavage3998]

There is one 78rpm song

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

@@maxsavage3998 ACTUALLY TWO ✌ RECORDINGS OF HIS SINGING VOCALS!

[@karenjadlowski4317]

this is so interestingt thanks

[@johnlorenzen4633]

A very fine bio with excellent analysis by guest speakers of Rudy's star appeal. Im wondering if Valentino had any physical warnings of his perforated ulcer previous to his being stricken a week before his death. Does anybody know if A Sainted Devil will ever be found?

[@amaliasorzzoni4134]

Valentino! inolvidable e irrepetible!!!

[@candiceazzara8877]

Fantastic!!!

[@kathrynbellerose3925]

This is a wonderfully informative video. Do you think he could have transitioned into talkie pictures?

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

YES!

[@pillsie]

I'm experiencing a sort of Rudolph obsession. Not sure why. Poor guy died too young and it's been 96 years. And he's still an icon. The only other names I know in this is Loretta Young, Gloria Swanson, and Charlie Chaplin. Oh, and I am from Crown Point, IN where he married Natasha Rambova. For the longest time there was an ice cream parlor in the court house named Valentino's. I forgot all about that.

[@MsGrowltiger]

If you want to know more about Valentino, read "Dark Lover" by Leider. If you qant to know the truth about Natacha, read "Madam Valentino" cant remember the author name. My opinion of Natacha was that a lot of people wanted to control Valentino studio mogols, agents, lawyers...that Natacha was in the way...a strong, opinionated woman in an era when women were supposed to be seen but not heard. Vanentino is an interestjng character but so was Natacha. The system broke both their hearts.

[@pillsie]

@@MsGrowltiger Interesting. I'll check them out. I read something similar about her and she used him to further her career. She wasn't allowed on any sets with him. I just looked on Amazon. Dark Lover is 58.00???? Nope. I'll check out the library. I also read a review on Dark Lover on Amazon. This person wrote some not so kind things about him from the book like the fact that he was a heavy drinker and ignored stomach pains and delayed emergency surgery. Only gave it three stars based on his life, not the book. Gave too much away. I started to read an excerpt from the book but was too tired to finish. I still want to read it tho.

[@pillsie]

@@MsGrowltiger I am reading Dark Lover and just got done with the part about him and Jean Acker. So confusing and goofy. And the hospital sent her his toupee. A toupee? Is that true?

[@MsGrowltiger]

@@pillsie There is a Rudolph Valentino group on Facebook to which I used to belong. They have a lot of good information about Valentino. (Yahoo had a Valentino Group which was great but Facebook took over as you know Facebook tends to do. Many Yahoo-ers moved over there; I did for awhile. I don't remember about any toupee, but many Hollywood stars are bald so it wouldn't surprise me. Don't remember reading that. I enjoyed "Madam Valentino" by Michael Morris which is the biography on Natacha Rambova. Shows why Rudy loved her and (in my opinion) why the studios and power brokers had to break them up --(hint. I think she was a strong woman at a time when strong women like her were not welcome "The studios wanted control of Valentino and she was in the way. At least that was my opinion. "They" have pretty much destroyed her reputation but I was intrigued by her and saw why Rudy loved her. Their story is one of the most fascinatingly tragic love stories I've ever read. Both made mistakes. Delve into Valentino. He lived a short but fascinating life. PS I never saw an "adventure" silent movie that I didn't think Valentino would have been better in (Fairbanks's movies, "Sea Wolf" can't remember the star. Watch "The Eagle" if you can find it.Makeup is awful but the movie is fun and Wilma Banky is his best co-star. Also the comedy "All Night" is a favorite of mine. check out the Facebook page if you are on Facebook. I suspect it is still there though Ieft years ago.

[@pillsie]

@@MsGrowltiger I don't think he wore a toupee. It looks like he had a decent head of hair. If it's true I thought maybe from a movie set but according to this book Jean seemed like a liar. And why would anyone keep someone's toupee? Gross. While reading about their dysfunctional relationship I think there are missing parts in the story because there is a lot of randomness. Like on their wedding night she randomly locks him out of the hotel room then later said she did that because he was broke and she didn't want to be embarrassed. Did she not know that before she married him because she said she bought him clothing and underwear because he was broke during their courtship. Then she said he had gonorrhea. They both were impulsive it seems. I saw a few FB pages about him but didn't really look at them.