The Passing of Rudolph Valentino

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

784-2

Date Released

6 Sep 1926

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1London’s Whirring Wheels
2. 2The Passing of Rudolph Valentino
3. 3'Hastings Calling’
4. 4London. ‘All-Blacks’
5. 5Llanymynech. ‘Tally-Ho’
6. *Worcestershire. Motoring Thrills
7. *Day of Remembrance
8. *Big Battleships Visit Scarborough
9. *Civic Week Celebrations at Bury
10. *Civic Week Celebrations at Bury

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Intimate glimpses of the great star in private life hitherto unpublished." Valentino with a companion at a railway station. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Lying-in-state: first day - huge crowds throng to pay last respects despite atrocious weather". The enormous crowds being controlled by mounted police. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Third day: the endless human stream still flows on". A further shot of the crowds, and a very brief shot of the body lying in state.

Keywords

Performing arts; Funerals

Length of story (in feet)

115

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Film Archive

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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