I recently came across a made for television “movie” that I had not seen before and thought I would watch it and provide a review. This is a heavily fictionized story of silent film actor Rudolph Valentino, and Metro Pictures screen writer June Mathis. June Mathis is finishing the script for “The Four Horsemen” and Valentino was caught robbing her home. It was then, she realized the potential this young man had to become a great actor. Through her mentorship June guides her discovery into becoming one of the screens most gifted actors of his time.
The movie’s casting players were all wrong for the roles they played. For example, Franco Nero was a bad choice for the starring role in playing Valentino. Both his look, mannerisms and speech are over dramatic and exaggerated. Susanne Pleshette’s look for the movie was too glamourous and nothing like June Mathis. While she was semi-believable the make-up artists and wardrobe needed to downplay her appearance into a more semblance of what June Mathis might have looked like. Both Yvette Mimieux as Natacha Rambova and Alicia Bond as Nazimova are not even close to the original stars.
I read the original reviews of this made for television trash and I agree this is one that should have never been made a complete waste of both time and money.
All About Rudolph Valentino 
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