Valentino slipped

Sep 28, 2024 | theankler.com | Joe Pompeo |Valentino slipped

Joe Pompeo writes about Hollywood history every other Saturday. His first column revisited Marilyn Monroe’s fatal overdose, dark echoes of which resonate in the Matthew Perry media frenzy. He can be reached at [email protected], and you can sign up for his personal Substack if you like what you read here. On Aug. 22, 1926,Rudolph Valentino — the biggest movie star of the silent era — lay on a hospital bed in Manhattan, the life rapidly fading from his body. His pulse raced.