Rudolph Valentino
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Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaele Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or just as Valentino, was an Italian-born actor and dancer. Dubbed the Latin Lover, he
Valentino as a child, published in Photoplay, January 1923
Valentino in Taranto before he departed for America, 1913
Line 12 of the manifest shows that on December 9, 1913, 18-year-old Valentino departed Genoa aboard the S.S. Cleveland.
Valentino in a portrait inscribed to socialite Aimée Crocker Gouraud, 1916
Ramon Novarro
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Ramón Gil Samaniego, 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
Rudolph Valentino
…capitalize on Valentino's absence. Dubbed "the Battle of the Sheiks," the search elevated a group of actors promoted as potential successors, including Ramón Novarro, Charles de Rochefort, Gabriel de Posse, Ivor Novello, Antonio Moreno, and Nigel Barrie. In late 1922, Valentino met S. George Ullman, who soon became…
Novarro, c. 1925
Novarro with Joan Crawford in Across to Singapore (1928)
Novarro with Lupe Vélez in Laughing Boy (1934)
Hollywood Walk of Fame star