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#67
Rudolph Valentino
(1895—1926)
Valentino's exotic, naturally Art Deco looks for some reason don't readily translate to our modern tastes; he is remembered as a silent-movie icon, but few pant over him as they continue to do over Marlon Brando or James Dean, whose heydays came 30 years after Valentino's. During his time, he was derided as a pansy by jealous male movie-goers, and it's easy to see why—his delicate features and style do read as somewhat feminine.
But that's part of what I find to be so alluring in him—like all great icons, he represents the male and the female and has a singular aura, like a great star at the center of a universe.
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Sexy Sampler
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), The Conquering Power (1921), Camille (1921), The Sheik (1921), Moran of the Lady Letty (1921), Beyond the Rocks (1922), Blood and Sand (1922), The Hooded Falcon (1924), Monsieur Beaucaire (1924), The Eagle (1924), Cobra (1925), The Son of the Sheik (1926)
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