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Moonlight and Valentino
Have been in a Valentino mood of late. Rudy is giving that intense gaze that only he can give. 8×10 oil on wood panel.
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Remembering Valentino, making new friends
The highlight of my recent Hollywood adventure had to be the annual Valentino Memorial Service, an event that pays tribute to the life of Rudolph Valentino on the anniversary of his death, August 23, 1926. Not only was I there this year, I also had the honor of speaking about the friendship of Valentino and…
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Mae Murray Biographer, Michael G. Ankerich, to Speak at Valentino Memorial Service this Friday, August 23
I’m making my way cross country tomorrow morning. Not the crack of dawn, friends, but the butt-crack of dawn. I will arrive in LA in time to speak at the annual Valentino Memorial, set for Friday, August 23, at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, in Hollywood, at noon. I will talk briefly about Rudy’s friendship with Mae Murray,…