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

Astral Affairs Rambova

Following her separation from Rudolph Valentino in August 1925, Natacha Rambova entered a lesser-known chapter of her life; one immersed in spiritualism. Astral Affairs Rambova examines this time in her life. Through her art and relentless vision, Natacha Rambova forged a life of uncommon purpose, beyond the distortions of public narrative. 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GY865ZCM

The Rudolph Valentino Case Files

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVB6MHZJ

This volume is the backbone of the Sovereign Act archive, restoring key documents and records central to the Valentino narrative. 

The S. George Ullman Memoir

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSL6X6MP

George Ullman’s memoir has now been restored to circulation under the Sovereign Act imprint. The text remains unchanged from the original edition; only the cover and imprint have been updated.

This volume, written in 1975, is presented alongside the complete text of Ullman's earlier book titled, Valentino As I Knew Him. Ullman was silent film star Rudolph Valentino's business manager, confidant and close personal friend during the height of Valentino's career.

His unique position offers a firsthand view of Valentino's professional life, his working methods and private character as well as the realities of the silent era film industry behind the scenes.

The 1975 memoir, which was unpublished in Ullman's lifetime, expands on his earlier account with greater reflection, personal detail and historical distance. It includes candid observations, professional correspondence and recollections written near the end of Ullman's life; providing a rare perspective unavailable in contemporary sources.

The manuscript was preserved by Ullman's children who granted exclusive authorization for its publication. Author and historian Evelyn Zumaya Floris publishes the memoir together with Ullman's original 1926 text, allowing readers to trace the content and the evolution of the account across fifty years. This edition restores an important primary source to the historical record and offers scholars, film historians and general readers a direct voice from Valentino's inner circle.

Publisher's Note

The titles currently appearing under Sovereign Act Publishing are restored editions of works originally published under the imprint Viale Industria Pubblicazioni, established by Renato Floris. 

Following Renato's passing, the catalog is being reissued under the Sovereign Act imprint in order to restore availability and maintain continuity of publication. 

Unless otherwise noted, the texts remain the same as the earlier editions, with occasion corrections, updated design or additional material where indicated. 

Additional titles will be restored and added to this catalog as they become available. 

Affairs Valentino - Legacy Edition

Affairs Valentino: Legacy Edition preserves Evelyn Zumaya Floris' complete, unaltered 2011 text of the groundbreaking investigation which exposed the hidden history surrounding Rudolph Valentino. With new introductory essays and a sixty-four-page Addendum of archival letters, commentary, and restored documents, this commemorative volume stands as both a definitive research edition and a record of the book’s own survival.

This detailed Legacy Edition embodies the culmination of more than two decades of scholarship by Zumaya Floris and her late husband, Renato Floris.

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