On 13 Aug 1925, Rudolph Valentino filed articles of incorporation at the Los Angeles County Clerk Office to form Rudolph Valentino Production, INC. of Los Angeles. At the time of filing, this was not considered national news since Valentino as company director signed article papers as Rudolph Guglielmi versus his on-screen name. Rudolph Valentino formed his own production company to give him creative control over any future motion pictures made. Besides motion pictures, personal appearances, musical compositions, general phonographic, music reproduction apparatus were added. The corporation has $25,000 of capital stock and out of this money $300 has been subscribed for by the directors.
Rudolph Valentino Productions was located at 7200 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA. This address was where you could write to Rudolph Valentino. At one time, this location was home to Pickford-Fairbanks Studio, King Vidor Productions, United Artists, Norma Talmadge Productions. Two of his pictures were made under his production company and George Ullman was listed as both secretary and treasurer. In 1930, it showed they made $500,00 for the Valentino estate. In 1933, his production company was sued by the federal government for back taxes for years 1926, 1927, 1928. The amount totaling was $67, 500.
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