RUDOLPH VALENTINO

Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, professionally known as Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik. An early pop icon, a sex symbol of the 1920s, he was known as the "Latin Lover" or simply as "Valentino". He had applied for American citizenship shortly before his death, which occurred at age 31, causing mass hysteria among his female fans and further propelling him into icon status.

Jesse Lasky intended to capitalize on the star power of Valentino, and cast him in a role that would solidify his reputation as the "Latin Lover". In The Sheik (1921), Valentino played the starring role as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film was a major success and would go on to define not only his career but his image and legacy.

1. Rodolfo Valentino

• a ) was defined the Italian Stallion
• b)    symbolizes  the “Latin Lover”
• c)    was the symbol of the Italian culture
• d)    was the symbol of the Italian gastronomy

2. When he dead

• a)    no one remembered him
• b)    some of his men fans killed themselves
• c)    there was mass hysteria among his women fans
• d)    was buried in Greece

3. The film “The Sheik”

• a)    solidified his reputation as Latin Lover
• b)    destroyed his reputation as “Latin Lover”
• c)    solidified his reputation as a big singer
• d)    destroyed his reputation as actor