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Circa: 1926
Hollywood idol antique scrap book of The Sheik, Rudy Valentno, The Meteor Of Love. This private fan devotinal tribute to the silver screen legend and of great historical interest. 52 Fifty two pages full of newspaper and magazne clippings and famous pictures. Some of these are; King Edward VII, Agnes Ayres, Society Kid Hogan,Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Beatrice Dominguez, Jean Acker , Natacha Rambova, and many more leading ladies and starlets.
Born May 6 at 3 pm 1895 , his last words I want the sun lght to greet me, August 23 1926
The Latin lover started his career with his Tango in The Four Horsemen and skyrocked into stardom unmatched celebrity to this day. His funeral ery well depicted in this journal was attended by untold numbers of mourners. The world round mourning remembrance services were thronged with disressed women. His home in Beverly Hills was reported haunted and again the world over seance were held. Hs Horse Jadaan, also spelled Jedaan, riden in The Son Of The Sheik was also a sbject of spiritual investigation. His bigamy case well discussed globlly. His last will and tesiment made headlines for days.
Like old Scrapbooks? Our sister site Maidens Memoirs offers many significant Victorian and Hollywood scrap books, journals and diaries.
Rudy's casket was a monumental silver and bronze affair with over $50,000 worth of flowers upon it. Considering the day, that was serious cash.
Tear Drop Memories offers fine Postmortem photography, rare funeral collectibles and interesting cemetery art and death related books. Please visit our other two Tias web shops ; North Fork Pets And Antiques, a great shop for antique Victorian bird cages and vintage animal collectibles and Maidens Memoirs, the place for old Love letters, Victorian scrap books and vintage diaries. Email us for our phone number we are dying to hear from you!
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