About this title: Tango pirate, gigolo, powder puff, Adonis--all have been used to describe the silent-film icon known as Rudolph Valentino. In this thoughtful retelling of Valentino's short and tragic life, Leider looks at the Great Lover's life and legacy, and explores the events and issues that made him emblematic of the Jazz Age. 84 photos.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780571211142ISBN:0571211143
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13:9780374282394ISBN:0374282390
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780571218189ISBN:0571218180
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780374282394ISBN:0374282390
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Clipped. Light wear to Book and Jacket. Aside from spine end wear and small edge wear to Dust Jacket, overall a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected with a new clear archival cover. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Edition: First Paperback Ed, First Printing.
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: May 2004
ISBN-13:9780571211142ISBN:0571211143
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780374282394ISBN:0374282390
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Collectible 1st Edition (pbk), 1st printing with 10 full numberline. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Minor shelfwear. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
"Great bio of the first male screen idol that was turned into a sexual icon by hordes of women (and men!) worldwide: before Dean, Redford, Cruise, Pitt & cie, there was Valentino, the Italian lover, whose short, tragic life is masterfully analyzed by Leider. She obviously did a lot of research, and it's hard not to be impressed by the result. But more than just the portrait of a mysterious seducer who still remains a fascinating figure, Leider evokes the world of Hollywood during the silent era, and the impact Valentino's image had on masculinity and on the male's psyche, with intelligence and subtlety."
"A brilliant examination of the life and death of the smoldering star of the silent screen: Rudolph Valentino. In this meticulously researched book Leider examines how Valentino may have been destined to be a part of the movies because he was born in 1895 and he was an Italian immigrant who came to America at a time when 'honest' labor was difficult to secure because of American's irrational fears of foreigners. Embedded within her connection of Valentino to America's fears and WW I is a discussion of how Valentino was the epitome of the changing face of the American experience. Women were going to work, definitions of masculinity were rapidly shifting and more and more Americans were becoming wrapped up in a society that celebrated exuberant levels of consumption of material goods. Leider captures the sordid and complex details of his life and how Valentino may himself have constantly battled to be seen as masculine even as he struggled with his own confused sexual desires. Ultimately what she captures is the tragedy of his life in the conjunction with the free form ideas of the period of cinemas birth as a global medium of communication."
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