#170 The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Rudolph Valentino was an star from the early years of Hollywood, but his elegant, randy years in New York City should not be forgotten. They helped make him a premier dancer and a glamorous actor. And on August 23, 1926, this is where the silent film icon died.

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0:00.0	Episode 170 of The Bowery Boys.
0:02.8	The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino.
0:06.5	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
0:08.0	Hey.
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0:25.5	Hi there, welcome to The Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:28.1	And this is Tom Myers.
0:29.7	Tom, welcome back to New York and to the recording studio.
0:32.7	Thank you. I love what you've done with it here.
0:34.7	But seriously, thank you to our listeners who reached out
0:38.2	and shared their well wishes.
0:39.7	And thank you to you, Greg, for making the track all the way over to France
0:42.8	to be part of the wedding.
0:43.8	Oh, it was my pleasure.
0:45.6	And what did you go for your honeymoon?
0:47.3	We went down to Greece.
0:48.6	We spent a week on the island of Crete and in Athens
0:51.9	running around tracing some really old history.
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