This Is Documented and Not a Fabrication

If I could construct a mile high bill board big enough for the world to see, I would post some of Tracy Terhune's vicious, terrifying eight years of blog posts about us and accompany that with David Bret's death-laden, sick sexual images about me which he has churned out non-stop with Terhune's support for over ten years... and my purpose in doing so? 

Well it would be to ensure every last person in the world knows that these two men are exactly what they accuse us of being... liars, bullies and snarky under-handed, conniving sadists. (no exaggeration according to ten years of screenshots) 

I would ensure the world knows how they chuckle while counting down to the day of our deaths with their “tick tock, tick tocks"... while they conspire and plot to remove our books from sale and convince trusting people to hate us; and all while convincing people they are sharing their Valentino expertise and telling the truth. Well here is a news flash for my mythical billboard...They are not experts and do not tell the truth. (according to ten years of screenshots).

I guess I would have to regularly change that billboard image, perhaps it would have to be a slideshow of images on a very long loop... because Terhune and Bret have posted ten solid years of lavishly illustrated and vile abuse about my husband Renato and I.

So why the billboard? Why do people not know this is going on?

Because Terhune and Bret hide their hands in their dirty deeds. Renato refers to Tracy Terhune as...”Throw the stone and hide the hand”... so consequently those followers on his forum, We Never Forget...believe Tracy Terhune is telling them the truth. In regards to us and our work and many, many things about the life of Rudolph Valentino... he's not.

How can he act the expert when he denies and suppresses our exciting and new Valentino documentation? And how could any of his followers know he is telling the truth at all about us or the life of Valentino...when he deletes any mention of our work on his forum and selectively metes out self-serving snippets from his ton of Valentino artifacts? Why does he not share it all? I allege because a great deal of it is contrary to his and Bret's tired, old agenda. Do his followers not realize that he most probably does this to gain and retain favor with the Alberto Valentino family and is just a loyal servant to their false narrative which we have so changed. To mention just a few changes we have made to that heavily-guarded false narrative:

We discovered Valentino did not arrive in the U.S. poor and fact...he was welcomed by two wealthy benefactors. This has been documented and is not a fabrication.

Our research confirmed Valentino's heterosexuality and this has been documented and is not fabrication.

We proved that Valentino hired a trusted business manager in George Ullman who was exonerated on all charges and was an honest man of high integrity. And that has been documented and is not fabrication.

That Frank Mennillo, the stalwart godfather... was an honest man, highly respected. And that has been documented and is not fabrication.

That Andre Daven was not Valentino's lover, but fact...he was a con artist who ripped him off for tens of thousands of dollars. And that has been documented and is not fabrication.

And here are a couple more factoids for that billboard which I feel relevant:

Evelyn Zumaya is an honest woman. And that has been documented and is not fabrication.

Renato Floris is an honest man. And that has been documented and is not fabrication.

Sometimes I feel pity for people as Terhune and Bret as they  must be miserable to behave like that and terribly insecure. But those are fleeting moments and most of the time I feel no sympathy for them in this at all and this because of the pain they continue to inflict on us every day.

Thank you for reading this friend.

Stay safe.

UPDATE: I believe Tracy Terhune is wrong in identifying the woman in the image he posted as Maria. To me this is Ada, Valentino's sister-in-law. Same woman. And I add that despite my carefully citing to the actual court records about the Mennillo, Ullman and Maria note issue... Terhune and Constable continue to contort the truth into their false narrative. Their allegations were not true when they cited it all a few months ago and those allegations are not fact and are still false. I say Ada and not Maria. 

 

I Respond to Simon Constable's Moratorium Against Me

May I ask what is that drip, drip, dripping I hear? Could it be beads of sweat sliding off the forehead of Simon Constable? I would say that is exactly what it is... What is the expression... “Never let them see you sweat”... oh brother he sure forgot about that old adage this past week when he posted this blaring headline (below) on his Facebook forum which he calls affectionately, “Mad About the Boy”:

Well in my opinion it does not take a rocket scientist to fill in the blanks here on that hateful equation....and see what he was responding to. It really seemed quite obvious members of his forum were mentioning my name! I wonder what would be The Constable's limit as far as having my name mentioned...ten times? Or one? How snappish was he in this sweeping order issued as a moratorium on me!

The Constable's scream for order in his court... “Stop saying Evelyn Zumaya's name!!”... was proof of everything I have been saying for years. There it was; the open admission of censorship, the hateful banishing of not only a book but it's author and the demand to his followers dictating exactly what they could speak about. There it was, courtesy of The Constable and in living color (actually green) and for the world to see & download & for free; absolute proof of what I have been saying is going on with these strange people.

I have to wonder how thrilled The Constable's followers were to realize their conversational input in a discussion had been shut down. I would leave a place like that and slam the door on the way out. Who needs oppression these days... at all? There are plenty of civil and informative and intellectually honest forums dedicated to Rudolph Valentino which would be far more welcoming I am sure. When Renato sent a request to join The Constable's group he snarled back at him saying, “Your fame precedes you. Go Away!” He then threatened to report Renato to Facebook if he did not go away.

And I would be remiss if I did not respond to The Constable saying I am the, “smell that won't go away”? I say to him directly:

Young man, a gentleman never comments on or insults a lady by saying she smells. Do you know why? Because in doing so you demonstrate a willful intent to hurt the lady and in the process you reveal yourself as a tremendous asshole. In response to your insult of my being a bad smell, I post the following for your consideration:

                                             Oh and this too.

Calling a woman/ in this case me...a smell... a persistent and bad smell... is a sexist, physically invasive, vicious, pitiful insult which was in very poor taste and wildly misogynistic.

And in regards to your slapping your hand across your forum members mouths to keep them from uttering my name... (once, twice?) to suppress the absolute truth about Rudolph Valentino...Let's just say that adults do not appreciate being told what to say.

And people who censor ruthlessly and ban books are always, always, always on the wrong side.

Vanquishing the Horror

The documents I share below are public record included in the defamation case I filed v. David Bret and won. These documents are excerpted from my original case filing petitioning the Court of Asti, case N. R. G. 4130/2014. The entire case as submitted, the evidence filed and the Court's complete verdict in my favor, in Italian and in English are available for view at https://www.zumayawinslawsuit.com/ .

I add that this is a court translation and every word is verified by supporting screenshots. It is true.

I do not share this to rehash something long past because it is still going on. I post this to vanquish the horror that continues to befall me and mine as a result of my publishing Affairs Valentino.

Me

Long ago... me with my hippie hair (see below) around 1973. My dog and his "wife" had a litter of puppies and these were the last two to be placed. The "Mr. & Mrs.", whose names were Tata and Rosemary... were Airedale Terriers and the puppies were adorable. #nicememories #mytruth #longhair

A Worthy Read

A very well written review of David Bret's bio on Errol Flynn. Worth a read IMO. 

https://www.errolflyn.com/2012/02/flynn-library-errol-flynn-satans-angel.html

Rudolph Valentino's Women

Vilma Banky died in 1991, the year Michael Morris published Madam Valentino. She was ninety years old. Michael often lamented he did not get to interview her in time before she died and said he was told she was bitter in her old age because she felt forgotten; no one came to interview or visit her. I share this photograph of her which was sent to me some time ago and just found in my files. I would say it was taken in the 1940's and find it fascinating.

Perhaps from an ageist's point of view she is dowdy and middle-aged. For me this lady was always on fire and I am sure she was her entire life. George Ullman played it safe and wrote that he did not think Vilma and Rudy were lovers but he said then again they could very well have been. It is obvious watching them together as co-stars, their chemistry is legendary and I include Vilma Banky as one of Rudolph Valentino's women.

This woman was electricity around Valentino and he gave every impression he enjoyed being zapped.

In Witness Whereof

According to this precious document, (see below) the President of United Artists, Joe Schenck and Rudolph Valentino were not to be mistaken for being “partners”.... see line # 704. I wonder if this is a normal inclusion in a contract such as this and if not... then whose idea was it? Did Valentino include this to demonstrate to his wife Natacha Rambova how his power in the production of the United Artists' films was limited? Was this his acknowledgment he was but an employee? Or did Schenck include this to establish his role as sole authority?

I think I have made it well-known how I feel these documents merit all respect and attention. I will soon be archiving all 1000 pages online and hope they generate much discussion. These are the court records I discovered/recovered which vindicate George Ullman as filed with the California Court of Appeals in his case v. Alberto Valentino, et al. 

This past week I was made aware that more Valentino documents are being sold off into oblivion. I was contacted by the person who made the many purchases and as happy as they were, I felt certain sorrow as a researcher. A few more pieces of Valentino's history are essentially lost forever. This one stands tall however, as excerpted from Valentino's United Artists' contract,

Regarding Those "Keepers of the Myth"

This three page document (see below) is housed in the archive of Valentino biographer, Irving Schulman. This document is his draft of an "Author's Note" which he included in his biography which was published in 1967. It is an intriguing piece to me, not just because of its personal nature but as it hints at some much broader story which he does not quite tell. But boy I can sure read between the lines from my own experience.

In reference to his, “ keepers of the myth and their big fat mouths“, remark which I have outlined on page 2....I have to ask...

Has nothing changed? Is this situation without remedy in the Valentino World? I hope not. I really do.

This was written fifty-four years ago and I find it ever so thought provoking.

In the mean time...

In recent posts I mentioned how I have been receiving messages from people for years about Tracy Terhune's banning them if they question his tenent that Valentino was gay. I have redacted the sender and share this one as it proves this is his long-standing agenda and not just something wielded to attack me. Again I add that e-mails are preserved on both sender and recipient's servers. 

 

Some Good Tidings

Into the festivities of this strange season, top left to right: Fur babies #1, #2 and #3, bottom left to right: dinner with a crystal ball, aboard the Grandi Veloci Navi and a crystal heart and loved ones. Thank you for reading my blog. Greatly appreciated & best wishes!