Monday, February 2, 2015
1923 Valetnino Picturegoer Magazine
This is a wonderful magazine out of the UK called Picturegoer. The magazine is dated September 1923. The cover depicts Valentino as his personal spirit guide, Black Feather. It is not common to see Valentino on the cover of a magazine not depicted from a film or a movie studio photo. This makes this magazine a very unique item. I'm sure many fans at the time did not get this photo or was maybe confused that Valentino was going to be an American Indian in an upcoming film. You have to remember that this was when Valentino was having contract problems with Famous Players-Lasky, it was also when he published Daydreams. So, at the time he was selling himself instead of a specific film at the time. This is a great magazine, still looking for this one myself.
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I would love to own this one! I know that many sources have labeled this photo as from an "untitled never-released film" and it's just not the case. Ah well. It's still so lovely!
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ReplyDeleteHe actually did a whole photoshoot dressed as Black Feather. The photos are not to hard to find, it's just rare to see them on a magazine published while he was still alive.
ReplyDeletehe also did extra work at the beginning of his career dressed in such Indian costume
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