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Rudolph Valentino was one of the most famous of the silent movie stars.  Born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffalello Piero Filiberto Gugleilmi in Castellaneta, Italy, he earned an agricultural degree, but left Italy to find work.  In the US, he worked as a busboy, a waiter and a taxi dancer (a professional dancer who is hired to dance with a partner).  He found employment as a dancer in traveling vaudeville productions, until a friend convinced him to audition for the pictures.  His first roles were villains, but it was a part and a famous tango scene in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that vaulted him into the spotlight.  His film, The Sheik, established him firmly as a leading man.  His later films included Blood and Sand and Beyond the Rocks, which was lost until 2002 when it was discovered in a film vault.  Valentino was one of the first film stars to be beset with reporters and photographers, who followed him everywhere.  A disagreement with his studio prevented him from making any films for a time, but he toured the country as a dancer, sponsored by a womens cosmetics company and was a huge success. He went back to making films and was again a hit.  At the height of his career, Valentino suffered a perforated ulcer and died after surgery.  He was 31.  Even Valentinos funeral was a major theatrical event with fans breaking windows to get into the funeral home, hysterical actresses and actors portraying an honor guard that was supposedly sent from Italy by Benito Mussolini.  He remains to this day one of the most famous males sex symbols of the 1920s.

#H255   Kaftan tunic with long sleeves, shawl and headress.

Available in Mens Sizes   X-Small ( 30-32)   Small (34-36)   Medium (38-40)  Large (42-44)    X-Large (46-48)   XX-Large (50-52)
      
Avialable in Black, White or Ivory Cotton/Polyester fabric      $120.00


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