Rudolph Valentino Symbolism

Rudolph Valentino:The First Male Sex Symbol
Started from the bottom now he is here this Rudolph Valentino everyone.Rudolph Valentino grew up poor and helped his family when his father passed away. Moved to America at the age 19. Valentino appeared on stage after immigrating to America ,became an iconic sex symbol in cinema, and saddened America with his tragic death. Valentino appeared on stage for the first time, lead him to road to fame. Valentino was a dancer before he started to work in the film world. Gregg says, “He got a job at Maxim’s Restaurant as a dancer. Went on tour but soon got tired of dancing so he turned to farming”. (Gregg 17) He was first appeared in a play named The Masked Model and toured around the west coast but unfortunately it closed down but Valentino got paid with a ticket to go to San Francisco. When he arrived to San Francisco he met a producer that encouraged him to try out as an actor . Valentino became an extra in many films in 1917. Valentino then started to be in more films and demanded a raise, the it was declined. Valentino shortly exposed people to his good looks. Gregg says, “Valentino was the frist sex symbol of the dangerous kind” (Gregg 19). When women were in the same presentes as Valentino they would faint because of how good looking he is. Valentino was the screen lover of the 1920’s, he became an idol for millions of people. Valentino early life inspired a lot of people.
Valentino was jailed for bigamy but his fans honored him more .Valentino let his beard grow out and his producers wanted to boycott his films if he did not cut it (Gregg 19). Many people questioned his sex because his producer was not very good at picking out films for him. They would make him look more feminine. Valentino's personal life made people's love for him grow