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VALENTINO
Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film
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Valentino is the definitive Rudolph Valentino DVD compilation featuring digital reconstructions of four previously unavailable films – a new digital reconstruction of two “lost” films: The Young Rajah (1922) and Stolen Moments (1920), A Society Sensation (1918), and Moran of the Lady Letty (1922). The collection boasts an extensive assortment of bonus short films, rare audio recordings, previously unpublished photos, promotional materials, production photos and other rare items detailing several aspects of Valentino’s remarkable life and legacy, sure to fascinate film fans and scholars alike.
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VALENTINO
Valentino: Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film / 1918-1922 / 226 min. / B&W / Tinted / Color / Silent / Sound / 1:33:1
As one of the most iconic personalities of the silent film era, Rudolph Valentino achieved an unprecedented level of fame, due in part to his exotic good looks and a magnetic personality that leapt from the screen. His undeniable cultural resonance, coupled with his untimely death in August of 1926, has made him a recognizable and still-relevant figure throughout the world.
The Valentino Collection is the definitive DVD compilation featuring digital reconstructions and home video premieres of four previously unavailable Valentino films. A new digital reconstruction of two lost films: The Young Rajah (1922) and Stolen Moments (1920), featuring new musical scores by Jon Mirsalis, A Society Sensation (1918), featuring Bob Mitchell at the pipe organ, and Moran of the Lady Letty (1922), featuring a restoration of the film s original intertitle text and tinting and a new score by Robert Israel.
The collection boasts an extensive assortment of bonus short films (with new musical scores), rare audio recordings, previously unpublished photos, promotional materials, production photos and other rare items detailing several aspects of Valentino's remarkable life and legacy, sure to fascinate film fans and scholars alike.
Bonus Features
VALENTINO
Virtual Scrapbooks - Over 175 historical documents
Who's Who in Hollywood - Over 80 pages of photos and biographical information
Vintage Bonus Films - Rare silent shorts including A Trip to Paramountown, Screen Snapshots, and Character Studies; Round About Hollywood: An early Cinecolor travelogue; and : An early memorial tribute film, including unique Valentino footage never before seen.
Images
VALENTINO
"Rodolpho De Valentina" (as originally credited) and Carmel Meyers in a production still from A Society Sensation, 1918
Walter Long, Dorothy Dalon, and Rudolph Valentino on the set of Moran of the Lady Letty, 1922
The Young Rajah publicity photo featuring Valentino (wearing a costume designed by Natacha Rambova) and Maude Wayne as Miss Elsie Van Kovert
Valentino and actress Consuelo Flowerton, on the Metro lot while shooting Camille(1922)
Valentino photographed in the living room of his "Falcon Lair" home, 2 Bella Drive, Beverly Hills, CA
Photo of Valentino's wife, Natacha Rambova, taken by Valentino's close friend Paul Ivano, date and location unknown
An avid dog lover, Valentino poses with one of his many dogs, date and location unknown
Valentino boxing workout taken exactly one month before his death, July 23, 1926
Natacha Rambova and Valentino photographed from wihtin the Whitley Heights residence at 6776 Wedgewood Place, Hollywood, CA
Cover sheet to music of a "tribute" song by Valentino's first wife Jean Acker following Valentino's death
