FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER PUBLISHED BY HUTCHINSON, LONDON, UNDATED BUT RESEARCH SUGGESTS 1926. 224 PAGES AND ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTO PLATES.

A PORTRAIT OF THIS STAR OF THE SILENT SCREEN.....WRITTEN BY HIS WIFE

Those hoping the offer of an "intimate" portrait meaning Ms. Rambova will discuss the silent film star's sexual prowess -- or even his inclinations -- are likely to be disappointed. (Dancer and film star Rodolfo Alfonso Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella died Aug. 23, 1926. He and Rambova (nee Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy in Salt Lake City) had divorced in 1925 after a two-year marriage. Valentino's first bride, Jean Acker, was indeed a lesbian who locked him out of her bedroom on their wedding night. Rumors that both Valentino and Rambova were homosexual were denied by those who knew them.) 224 pp.

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