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Auction History Result 8b087 ALL NIGHT 1/2sh R21 Rudolph Valentino in 1st starring role in a romantic farce, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/16/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (likely 1921 or early 1922; see below) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) All Night, the 1918 Paul Powell silent mistaken identity romantic slapstick comedy farce (the movie would seem better suited to Buster Keaton than young Rudolph Valentino, because it is an elaborate comedy farce where Valentino and his girlfriend go to their friend's house so that he can propose to her, but their friends are expecting a crazy millionaire who may financially back them, and their servants, who have not been paid, quit, and they ask Valentino and his girlfriend to pose as themselves, while they will take the place of the missing servants, so that the millionaire won't realize how badly off they are!; after many gags about everybody pretending to be someone they are not, and much sexual innuendo, everyone confesses to the millionaire, who says he is impressed by their cleverness, and agrees to back them!) starring Carmel Myers, Rudolph Valentino (billed as "Rodolfo di Valentina"), Charles Dorian, Mary Warren, and William Dyer. Note that Rudolph Valentino was far from an overnight success! He had appeared in nine very minor roles between 1914 and 1918, and then he starred in this movie. Because he was born "Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla", the studio chose to bill him as "Rodolfo di Valentina". He would appear in thirteen movies in 1919 and 1920, billed under a variety of names, including as Rodolfo di Valentini, Rudolpho De Valintine, M. Rodolpho De Valentina, Rudolph Volantino, Rodolph Valentine, Rudolph Valentine, Rodolph Valentino, and Rudolph Valentine! Finally, in 1921, he had a massive success in his non-top-billed role in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", followed immediately by "The Sheik", and that made him a superstar. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster can't be from the first release of this movie in 1918, both because Valentino is top billed, and because he is billed as "Rodolph Valentino", which he was not called until 1920, and again in "The Sheik" in 1921. We think it incredibly likely this poster dates from exactly 1921 (or early 1922), right after his great success in "The Sheik" (it makes perfect sense that Carl Laemmle would re-release this movie, making it look like a brand new Rudolph Valentino movie)! We have never seen or heard of a 1918 poster or lobby card from this movie, and this half-sheet is the first and only 1921 re-release poster we have ever seen either (and it might well be many, many years before we see another!). Also note that this poster has never been machine folded! It is really not very fragile at all, but we feel it would be a mistake to attempt to roll it, because it might well cause it to become damaged, and that would be a shame, given how historic it is (it should be in a museum!). Therefore, we will ship it in a large flat package, unless the new owner insists on rolling it. Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It is really not very fragile at all, but we would hate to roll it just because of how rare and historic it is. It darkened unevenly in the top half, and you can see it in Valentino's face. It also has pinholes and smudges around the edges, with a few tiny scuffs scattered in the image. The poster's defects are not very distracting, and it certainly can be displayed exactly as it is, or one could choose to have any degree of professional restoration performed, with or without backing the poster. Either way, the new owner of this poster will have something incredibly rare and historic! Learn More about condition grades 
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