Evelyn Zumaya Floris' Affairs Valentino Official Blog

Saturday, July 4, 2026

New Book: Reading Rudolph Valentino's Final World

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6TBQZJK

One hundred years after the death of Rudolph Valentino, the story of his final months remains obscured by legend and rumor.

Drawing upon decades of archival research by Renato Floris and Evelyn Zumaya Floris, Reading Rudolph Valentino's Final World presents ten illustrated folios examining the people, places, documents and events which surrounded the actor during the last year of his life.

From a contested will and family claims to financial realities, the making and release of The Son of the Sheik, to the myths which arose after Valentino's death, each folio combines rare images and documentary evidence, inviting readers to step inside Valentino's final world and examine the surviving record for themselves.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

A Meaningful Event

A note of thanks to Aurelio Miccoli, who recently shared an image from an event in Castellaneta in which actor Lino Guanciale, receiving a Valentino-related honor, concluded the evening with a reading from Il Mio Diario Privato, excerpted from the opening passage describing a journey back to his roots.

It is always meaningful to see this material continue to find a voice and an audience, particularly in Italy, where so much of this history still resonates and where Renato Floris' work in translating and preserving the integrity of these texts remains part of that ongoing record.

My thanks to Aurelio for passing this along.

The article maybe be read here: https://www.viviwebtv.it/articolo/aracnea-film-e-book-festival-lino-guanciale-incanta-la-platea-sotto-il-segno-di-rudy_107848

The Image via Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=910085498511168&set=a.255542903965434