Rudolph Valentino lived to see the transition from silent movies to talkies

Fenestella

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Rudolph Valentino, the icon of the silent era, died in 1926, a year before the advent of talkies.

If he lived well into the 1930s, what would his career in the new era look like?
 
Well, I would saw his Hollywood acting fame fade away in a sweeping manner in the 1930s, would try his luck in either directing in Hollywood or retiring from the industry to concentrate on real estate before Federico Fellini rediscovered him in the late 1940s while he was vacationing (and assisting the reconstruction efforts) in Italy.
 

Fenestella

Banned
Well, I would saw his Hollywood acting fame fade away in a sweeping manner in the 1930s, would try his luck in
I'd love to see him in the late 30s co-starring with my favorite pin-up Florence Rice in two B+movies: a transatlantic romance, Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937), playing John Beal's role; and a transalpine romance, Paradise for Three (1938), playing Robert Young's role.
 
Well, the important things to keep in mind are what his voice sounded like, because that in and of itself ended many silent film stars' careers (see Singin' in the Rain and the life of John Gilbert, who did not have the right kind of voice at all) and his age. I think he wouldn't be in so many leading man roles in the sound era, just as large supporting ones.
 
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