"I began to dream in order to forget the serious side the struggle in the world, the boredom of law and the label in an era pedante.Siamo too much material. the public is hungry for romance, love me because I brought him in his life a bit 'of this novel "(Rudolph Valentino)
Turin, August 1926. The news of the sudden death of Rudolph Valentino has painfully affected: He disappears with an elegant and effective actor, the act sober and safely, a sensitive artist in a short time had reached an enviable reputation and gained a universal popularity. The death of 'gentle Rudy, "of those who was referred to as" the finest young actor in the world "woke up wherever the most moving regret, a French colleague, ricordandone the Elette ARTISTICHE qualità ed esprimendo sue the living condoglianze, notava che "la Grande Muette at least had been lenient in its rigor against the man who was one of the most popular artists of the silent art, as it allowed him to leave as he lived - in style - much too soon, certainly, but at least marks sympatie it has received worldwide over the course of its rapid disease they have softened his last moments and remain for his one supreme consolation . Non ci
parlare della sua intratteremo has noted Ormai vita avventurosa perched on the "Rivista" does diffusamente Parlo degli anni in digital variant Scorse; ricorderemo his films, which always bore new laurels to the fame of the artist. After that wonderful work they did bring, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , were then: The Lady of the Camellias, The Human Comedy , Morane , The right to love , Blood and Sand , Sheikh , Monsieur Beaucaire , Bridal Night, The Young Rajah , Cobra , The Black Eagle and The Son of the Sheik . He always had a deep respect for art, and gave evidence, when he broke his lucrative contract with a large stipulalo House, because this, the forced, as he said, "to produce without interruption, in a certain time, films in which art was sacrificed to money."
was kind and generous, strong and energetic, and sincerely emotional. Deeply loved his country, the Italian spirit and always kept the trend a bit 'romantic and a traditionalist, as evidenced recently with her second divorce.
Before the news report that followed his death, while sad and we send our heartfelt greetings to the memory of the artist friendly, we close this note with some words that are part of the preface of a book of verse, daydream, Rudolph Valentino that was published.
"I began to dream in order to forget the serious side of the fight in the world, the boredom of law and etiquette pedantic. We are in an era too much material. the public is hungry for romance, love me because I brought him in his life a bit 'of this novel. "
The news of the death
E 'at 12.10 on August 24 that Rudolph Valentino died in the presence of five doctors. Rudolph went into a coma at about six o'clock in the morning and his last words were "I'm fine." He then did not notice that his last moment had come. He had spent the night under the influence of narcotics to relieve pain. An examination with X-rays had shown the day before pleurisy had touched the walls of the heart. When doctors were preparing to do the transfusion, it was already too late. All treatments were useless, and the hero so often applauded the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , the Sheikh, was no more.
From the morning the crowd of his admirers had crowded the door of the hospital in Columbus Avenue, at breakfast and all employees of nearby offices were also going to ask for news.
It also noted the presence of many members of the Italian colony afflicted. The police had to establish a service order. The news of the death all dismayed and spread like wildfire throughout the city. There were some Extraordinary scenes. The crowd of mostly women, fell into crisis, the newspapers say, even hysterical. Numerous phone calls to New York had an attack of nerves and did not answer any more calls from the subscribers.
Valentino had a kind of racecourse adjacent to his home in Hollywood, and was constantly riding exercises, or is trained to fencing or boxing, all sports in which it was excellent. He was a painter of considerable talent and is delighted about poetry. He had published a small volume of poems under the title daydream. Today all the buildings of Hollywood's flag is at half-shaft.
The pain of native
Castellaneta , The home of actor Rudolph Valentino, dall'annunzio lives of his death, in pain. The name of the artist, called the most beautiful man in the world, Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi, born May 6, 1895 by veterinarian John Guglielmi, and Mrs Berta Maria Gabriella Barbin. From adventurous temperament
father took a boundless desire to travel and the desire for new horizons. Some episodes of his youth characterize his special courage, his autoritarietà and a spirit of steadfast determination.
His old teacher tells him as being a dead comrade, had been instructed to carry the tiny casket four fellow students. Rodolfo, finding forgotten went to the funeral procession with shouts demanding and abundant distribution of punches, the place due to it, and no one could hold the parade without having satisfied.
When her father scolded him for the mischief done, imprisoning him in a room, the future actor escaped with a long difficult walk over the roofs. Rudolph Valentino, seventeen, fell in love with a little same age. The romance blossomed wonderfully kind, when suddenly stricken with typhus, his girlfriend died. It was the winter period and there were flowers, only to church before the altar of Our Lady were a few pale roses: Valentino entered the church and stole the few roses, thrown on the coffin. The old mayor of the town of Valentine remembers that his father happened to young Castellaneta an equestrian club, where he ran games of balance, the rider then married and returned the club to study a doctorate in veterinary medicine.
The last time that Valentine was in Castellaneta, two years ago, was greeted enthusiastically by the people. He was a guest of the family Laterza.
It is said that he performed on a cart pulled by a donkey, followed by a crowd of cheering children. He then sent some articles in American magazines, which published them with photos of the village and surrounding area with its deep ravines, called "canyons." His fellow citizens mourn the untimely loss and the late great artist, and proposes to erect a thing of marble for public subscription.
Demonstrations American
A crowd that was estimated at 5,000 people stationed in front of the Polyclinic in New York when it was announced the death of Rudolph Valentino, the favorite artist of the American public. The crowd showed a sense of real desperation, and all had hoped that the youth of Valentino and his force would have triumphed over the evil that threatened his days. It is no exaggeration to say that the Hollywood star, so early caught the admiration of his compatriots, was the idol of the American public, and that the United States is general consternation. The lovers of American cinema - and they are legion - in the artist Italian appreciate a gentle temperament. His face had seduced the hearts of susceptible young Yankees, and the news of his death led to numerous scenes of despair.
learning that the star Rudolph Valentino died, the artist Pola Negri, who was engaged to the young artist, fainted, and his state of exhaustion has made it necessary to visit a doctor.
Extraordinary scenes took place around the corpse of Rudolph Valentino, which is exposed to the public of his admirers in a big funeral at a funeral home office. The city had never seen a larger gathering of women from all walks and of any quality. The admirers of Valentine defied a few hours of heavy rain and remained undaunted to wait their turn to visit the corpse. It is estimated that at a certain hour of the afternoon at least 20 000 people were waiting for: 160 special agents nell'assembramento kept order. The crowd marched before the coffin at a rate of 70 persons per minute. The body is enclosed in a coffin of silver and bronze, on which - according to the Exchange Telegraph Agency - was laid a beautiful wreath of laurel, bearing the inscription: "Benito Mussolini." The Agency adds that a guard of honor composed of Fascists in uniform around the coffin. There has been several accidents. The crowd was such that some windows of shops dashed.
Funerals The funeral of Rudolph Valentino were able imponentissime. An endless procession was passing along the arteries from the burning of Campbell Chapel, where the corpse was found several days, leading to the church of St. Malachy , where a requiem mass was celebrated.
After the magnificent hearse, which was a veritable mountain of crowns, followed by other floral floats, was a huge procession, covering the entire world of American cinema. Then came hundreds and hundreds of cars. The mounted police kept the way clear to make way for the procession to pass, whose two most conspicuous were those of Mrs. Ascher (sic Acker) , the first wife, Pola Negri, the girlfriend, with whom, they say, Valentino had to tie the third wedding. As you know, the second wife is in Europe. Both the Ascher (Acker) Pola Negri who sobbed violently.
the strings holding up the Talmadge sisters, Douglas Fairbanks and directors of the largest film company. They were also represented the official authorities of the State and the City of New York. Thousands and thousands of people crammed the streets along which the procession passed, especially Broadway was blackening of people and the girls threw flowers from the windows, so that the roads on which the wagon went most beloved man in the world were like real carpet of flowers.
the church could not have access to four hundred people, the elite of the cinema and the Italian colony. Father Edward and his father Leonard officiated. More than four hundred police on horseback had hard work all around the church to clear the square by the immense multitude that at all costs wanted to enter the temple.
The remains, pending the final decision of the brother of Valentine, who will arrive Wednesday, were shipped back to the mortuary deposit of Campbell. It is said however that with any certainty Valentino finally rest in the cemetery of the city of cinema, Hollywood, that gave him fame.
It can be said that all the laboratories where working girls were deserted during the time of the funeral, the audience last respects to their ideal Latin American women.
(The Film Review August 30, 1926)
