Valentino Articles
Provocative, Controversial Director Ken Russell Dead at 84: THE DEVILS, WOMEN IN LOVE, TOMMY
Director Ken Russell, best known for his movies featuring sex-starved nuns, nude male wrestling, "offensive" religious symbolism, and kaleidoscopic musical numbers, died Sunday, Nov. 27, in the United Kingdom. Russell had suffered a series of strokes. He was 84. Now hardly as remembered or admired as, say, '70s Hollywood icons Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, or Martin Scorsese, Russell not only was — more than — [...]
Marsha Hunt Discusses Anthony Dexter
In his blog, Allan Ellenberger speaks with Marsha Hunt about Anthony Dexter, who played Rudolph Valentino in the 1951 biopic Valentino (right), and with whom Hunt co-starred in a stage production of The King and I. Here are a couple of quotes: "Of course I remember Valentino. By the age of eight I had already seen The Sheik and his films with Vilma Banky. Valentino [...]