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On the evening of November 28, 1923 Madison Square Garden was transformed from a sports arena packed with rowdy boxing fans, to a gala venue with the George White orchestra performing and an audience dressed in gowns and tuxedos awaiting the entrance of silent film icon, Rudolph Valentino and his "Eighty-Eight American Beauties". A national beauty pageant was underway as the culmination of a year of local contests which were part of Valentino'...

Fictionalized versions of Rudolph Valentino's story plagued the star even before his death. His employers in the motion picture industry contributed to the problem by issuing stock press releases of his life story, carefully crafted as marketing. In the months prior to his death in 1926, Valentino became determined to have his true story told. Working with Spanish journalist Baltasar Fernández Cué, he launched a project to pen his authorized a...