Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
by Emily W. Leider

Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
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Author: Emily W. Leider
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-05-06
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 592
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Book Review: Intoxicating
Summary: 5 Stars

This book outlines the life of Valentino behind the scenes and in the public eye to a point where you feel like you are walking hand in hand with the legendary silent star...emotionally striking, especially towards the closing...a story which has been unparalleled by any other biographer I have yet encountered on this remarkable soul with profound talent and beauty. It has not only become one of my favorite biographies, but favorite pieces of literature overall.

Summary of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

From the author of Becoming Mae West?an in-depth look at the Silver-Screen legend who forever changed America?s idea of the leading man

Tango pirate, gigolo, powder puff, Adonis?all have been used to describe the silent-film icon known as Rudolph Valentino. From his early days as a taxi dancer in New York City to his near apotheosis as the ultimate Hollywood heartthrob, Rudolph Valentino (often to his distress) occupied a space squarely at the center of controversy. In this thoughtful retelling of Valentino?s short and tragic life?the first fully documented biography of the star?Emily W. Leider looks at the Great Lover?s life and legacy, and explores the events and issues that made him emblematic of the Jazz Age. Valentino?s androgynous sexuality was a lightning rod for fiery and contradictory impulses that ran the gamut from swooning adoration to lashing resentment. He was reviled in the press for being too feminine for a man; yet he also brought to the screen the alluring, savage lover who embodied women?s darker, forbidden sexual fantasies.

In tandem, Leider explores notions of the outsider in American culture as represented by Valentino?s experience as an immigrant who became a celebrity. As the silver screen?s first dark-skinned romantic hero, Valentino helped to redefine and broaden American masculine ideals, ultimately coming to represent a graceful masculinity that trumped the deeply ingrained status quo of how a man could look and act.

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