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Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D'Antonguolla . Rudolph Valentino. By Fernando Ortiz. Rudolph Valentino. 1895-1926 I immigrated to the United States in 1913. Castellaneta, Italy. Reasons. I was unemployed in Italy Looking for a better life.
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Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D'Antonguolla Rudolph Valentino By Fernando Ortiz
Rudolph Valentino • 1895-1926 • I immigrated to the United States in 1913
Reasons • I was unemployed in Italy • Looking for a better life
Ellis Island • Ellis Island was myport of entry at age 18 on December 23, 1913
Occupation/Role upon arrival • Ispend time on the streets • Odd jobs such as busing tables in restaurants and gardening. • Iworked as a taxi dancer at Maxim’s
Religion • I was raised Catholic as was the custom Italy at the time, he was never much interested in religion, yet he would attend church to make his devote mother happy
Place of Settlement New York City
Film career • In 1917, I joined an operetta company that traveled to Utah where it disbanded. • Then I joined an Al Jolson production of Robinson Crusoe Jr., travelling to Los Angeles.
Valentino • I was a sex symbol of the 1920s. • Iwas known as the “Latin Lover” • My nicknames- The Great LoverThe Sheik The Latin Lover