Valentino (1951 film)

Valentino
Directed byLewis Allen
Written byGeorge Bruce
Produced byEdward Small
StarringEleanor Parker
CinematographyHarry Stradling Sr.
Edited byDaniel Mandell
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 10, 1951 (1951-03-10)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.3 million
Box office$1,550,000 (US rentals)

Valentino is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Anthony Dexter and Eleanor Parker. It is a romantic biopic of the actor Rodolfo Valentino, or Rudolph Valentino as he is better known, who arrives in the United States from Italy and soon becomes a movie star, falls in love with an actress, and dies at an early age.