The True Rudolph Valentino by Baltasar Cue

https://www.amazon.com/True-Rudolph-Valentino-Baltasar-Fern%C3%A1ndez/dp/B0GZCTQJ7Q/

Fictionalized versions of Rudolph Valentino’s life circulated even before his death, shaped in part by studio publicity. In early 1926, Valentino set out to correct the record, collaborating with Spanish journalist Baltasar Fernández Cué on what was intended to be an authorized autobiography.

Cué was granted rare access to Valentino’s private world and became a close observer of the actor’s final months. Before departing for New York, Valentino entrusted him with personal letters and documents, expecting to return and complete the work. His sudden death left the project unfinished.

Determined to fulfill that intention, Cué completed The True Rudolph Valentino from his firsthand experiences and materials, producing a vivid account of the actor’s life, relationships and final days. Published in Spanish in 1927 in serialized form in the fan magazine Cine-Mundial, the work reflects both the immediacy of its moment and the mythology Valentino sought to dispel.

Presented here for the first time in English, and translated by Renato Floris, this edition restores a rare and revealing document to the historical record, accompanied by reproductions of the original Cine-Mundial illustrations.

Rudolph Valentino by Jeanne De Recqueville

https://www.amazon.com/Rudolph-Valentino-English-Jeanne-Derecqueville/dp/B0GZFZ4YQJ

“Fifty-one years after his death and because the practice of massacring Valentino continues with impunity, some facts should be restored to their proper measure. The reader should be given an update based on more serious sources of information than those of gossip peddlers and the imaginative yet noticeably ill-intentioned.”

Jeanne DeRecqueville – Rudolph Valentino, 1978

“Jeanne DeRecqueville devoted her life to the worship and defense of Rudolph Valentino. She has been interviewed in recent months on numerous occasions to defend the memory of her hero as a recent film places him back in the news. Indeed, Rudolph Valentino has survived the test of time and his legacy, fifty years after his death, retains as much fascination and inspires as much devotion as during his lifetime.”

Cercle de la Librarie, Collection Cinema Theatre, 1978

“In translating this book, I carry Jeanne DeRecqueville’s torch forward to illuminate the path of knowledge for the sincere lovers of the great ‘Il Divo’, Rudolph Valentino.”

Renato Floris, Translator & Publisher