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Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
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Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino Hardcover - 2003

by Leider, Emily W


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From the author of B"ecoming 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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  • Title Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino
  • Author Leider, Emily W
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 592
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Date 2003-05
  • ISBN 9780374282394
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