Rambova had been sent to New York by the studio before Valentino's jailing, and was informed at a stop in Chicago.

The evidence was flimsy at best and after a few days in jail, Valentino's bail was lowered from $ 10, 000 to $ 1, 500.

They married on May 13, 1922, in Mexicali, Mexico, which resulted in Valentino's arrest for bigamy since he had not been divorced for a full year, as required by California law at the time.

Valentino's funeral Mass in New York was held at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, often called " The Actor's Chapel ", as it is located on West 49th Street in the Broadway theater district, and has a long association with show business figures.

Over the years, a " woman in black " carrying a red rose has come to mourn at Valentino's grave, usually on the anniversary of his death.

The pair moved in together less than a year later but had to separate ( or at least pretend to ) as the divorce proceedings for Valentino's marriage to Jean Acker began.

In 1926 Weyman appeared at Rudolph Valentino's funeral and attached himself to his grieving lover Pola Negri as a personal physician.

Although Hotel Imperial reportedly fared well at the box office, her next film Barbed Wire ( 1927 ) and a number of her subsequent films performed poorly in the United States due to the poor publicity surrounding her behavior at her former lover Rudolph Valentino's New York funeral and her rebound marriage to Georgian prince Serge Mdivani, although internationally her films continued to fare well.

Negri then met Rudolph Valentino at a costume party held by Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst at the San Simeon estate, and was Valentino's lover until his death in 1926.

Negri caused a media sensation at his New York funeral in August 24, 1926, at which she " fainted " several times, and, according to actor Ben Lyon, arranged for a large floral arrangement, which spelled out " P-O-L-A ", to be placed on Valentino's coffin.

At some point in 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy had seen Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of the Rome-based fashion editor of American Vogue and Valentino's friend Consuelo Crespi, wearing a two-piece ensemble in black organza at a gathering.

Festivities started on Thursday, July 5, with a dinner for Valentino's assistants and employees at Ristorante Gusto, and ended on Sunday, July 8, with the launch of a perfume and a brunch at the French Academy of Villa Medici.

* July 6, 2007 at 7: 30 pm: Inauguration of the exhibit " Valentino in Rome, 45 years of style ," designed by Patrick Kinmonth and Antonio Monfreda at the ancient sacrificial altar Ara Pacis and showcasing Valentino's most important creations from the past 45 years.

The collection referenced many of the leitmotifs revealed in the retrospective at Ara Pacis and was a tour de force of the flawless and unmatchable techniques that Valentino's brilliant workrooms.

* 1991 – To celebrate his 30th year in the fashion business, an exhibition entitled " Valentino: Thirty Years of Magic " is organized in Valentino's honor by the Mayor of Rome at the Capitole Museum, while the Accademia Valentino presents a retrospective of his designs.

* 1995 – Valentino's return to Italy is celebrated on January 14 in Florence with a fashion show at the Stazione Leopolda, more than 30 years after his first show at the Palazzo Pitti.

* 2010 – December 15: Valentino's early works are exhibited at Valentino, Retrospective: Past, Present and Future

Recently it was revealed on Serena Valentino's LiveJournal page that she intended to end the individual issue release of the series, in favour of releasing a series of complete graphic novels at an undisclosed time.

From the time he died until the 1960s, Valentino's sexuality was not generally questioned in print.

A Sainted Devil flopped, this time damaging Valentino's career to the point where reviewers dubbed he had lost his great lover title to John Gilbert.

Valentino's international debut took place in 1962 in Florence, the Italian fashion capital of the time.

For the first time after 16 years, Valentino's haute couture fashion show will not take place in Paris during the HC fashion week, but in Rome.

Famous Players was sure the film would be a hit, being Valentino's first screen appearance in two years.

During Valentino's strike from Famous Players, she still intended to make money herself, and never mentioned her parents as a source of income.

In 1921, after dishwashing at Famous Players-Lasky, Monte became Rudolph Valentino's sole makeup artist.

Despite the paltry salary, Lasky had personally sought a vehicle for Valentino's Famous Players debut ; and on the advice of his secretary picked The Sheik.

Valentino's final film for Metro was the Mathis-penned The Conquering Power.

His leading role in Moran of the Lady Letty was of a typical Douglas Fairbanks nature, however to capitalize on Valentino's bankability, his character was given a Spanish name and ancestry.

Valentino's reasons for striking were financially based.

In late 1922, Valentino met George Ullman, who would soon become Valentino's manager.

Valentino's next film was a pet project titled The Hooded Falcon.

After three months, they headed back to the United States, where Valentino's new beard, which he had grown for the film, caused a sensation.

Due to the Valentinos ' lavish spending on costumes and sets, Ritz-Carlton terminated the deal with the couple, effectively ending Valentino's contract with Ritz-Carlton.

Valentino's contract with United Artists provided $ 10, 000 a week for only three pictures a year, plus a percentage of his films.

Valentino's acceptance of the terms caused a major rift in his marriage to Rambova.

" Men may have wanted to act like Fairbanks, but they copied Valentino's look.

Valentino's sex symbol status and his untimely death was a biographical part in Dos Passos ' 42nd parallel in the U. S. A Trilogy.

The recordings were not released until after Valentino's death by the Celebrity Recording Company ; Brunswick did not release them because Valentino's English / Spanish pronunciation was subpar.

Many of Valentino's friends disliked Rambova and found her controlling.

On August 18 his doctors gave an optimistic prognosis for Valentino and told the media that unless Valentino's condition changed for the worse there was no need for updates.

Polish actress Pola Negri, claiming to be Valentino's fiancée, collapsed in hysterics while standing over the coffin, and Campbell's hired four actors to impersonate a Fascist Blackshirt honor guard, which claimed to have been sent by Benito Mussolini.

Valentino's hometown of Castellaneta, Italy has created several services in his honor.

An earlier feature film about Valentino's life, also called Valentino, was released in 1951, starring Anthony Dexter in the title role.