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Quite moving & heartwarming! A huge THANK YOU to all those involved! Great work, everyone! KUDOS!

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Rudy ❤❤❤

Great actor very handsome and charismatic. We will never forget Rudy never ❤❤❤❤

Pickfair was no architectural gem and rambled like an undisciplined cattle herd. However, it WAS iconic and a part of the overblown era of Hollywood we shall never see again. I mourn its loss!

Thank you so much ❤I watched live from Austria … and cried! A wonderful memorial! Rudy 🌹

This was so great to watch live, I'm grateful to see what I missed the first time. Well done, Tracy.

Thank you so much for posting ❤

Thank you for showing what was salvaged from the "Sainted Devil." I am now watching "All Night.

Thank you for doing this. Rudy will never be forgotten.

I plan to visit the resting place of Valentino in the spring of 2026. I love him. ❤️

Marvelous montage of music of images! Thank you VERY much for uploading for us to enjoy! Kudos & Congrats!

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing! 😮

It was a hit job. It is strongly rumored that Joseph Schenck poisoned him for the million dollar life insurance Policy. When he passed away, Joseph did not even so much as buy his client a tombstone. A million dollars back then was about $3.5 million today. Rudy was incredibly famous and had American women going absolutely crazy. Their husbands were taking that pretty bad instead of just going along with it. A latin like verbtype appears out of nowhere and sweeps American women off their feet through his silent movies!

I love Rudy and it was wo😢to see him honored.

You know, I recently drove by that building and thought what a beautiful old time building for an electrical wholesale and supply store….???

Very interesting video! (I think you meant "stationery" when referring to the letterhead...)

Rudy was married... She was a set and costume designer But her biggest role was that of "A Beard for Rudy"

A very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. ❤

Sorry to put in a second comment, I don't know if that's bad TH-cam manners, but I looked at your site and saw your devotion to Valentino. I just wanted to mention that I think you did such a good job it would be so worthwhile to see you expand and give this treatment to other stars of the era.

I thought this was particularly well done with all the different pictures explained. I never knew that Valentino had a book of poetry. In anticipation of the sound era, he had recorded a couple of songs, and you can find them on TH-cam. I don't know what exactly happened to Pickfair and why it was demolished, except that the commentators are saying that Pia Zadora is to blame. It does look lovely and should have been preserved the way it was when Doug and Mary owned it.

So very sad that Valentino died so young, and a shame that Pickfair was demolished...

He passed away to early. There was a rumor that Valentino was poisoned.

Beautiful images of a long ago era. Great job❗️👍🏻👍🏻

Pola Negri was one of the greatest stars of the Silent Film Era. Her acting was of great depth & filled with human nuances that went well beyond the superficial devices of the times.

Tempus fugit!

Pia had no choice but to tear Pickford down, she tried restoring it but it was horribly haunted and her children were nightly confronted by screaming and laughing ghosts. While I mourn the loss of Pickfair too, it had to go.

That man at the far right in the photo of Swanson , mary, Douglas and henry os Joseph schenck. He was one of the Valentino managers and the one who took out a $2 million dollar life insurance policy on Valentino. The talk is that Joseph poisoned Valentino to collect the cash which he fid and did not wven purchase a tombstone for Rudy. He killed Valentino!

Those cherubs are absolutely beautiful! I love the gate and I wonder if there is any part of the pond left. It’s wonderful the new builders left those columns and cherubs. 😊❤

Infinitamente grazie dall'Italia. Maria Castagna ❤😘🥀

Thank you for all the information....I just loved that way of life...with the stars

My Grandparents visited LA in the late 30's and I have photos of Pickfair that they took. I can just imagine them, living in the Midwest, coming out to CA doing the tourist thing, and seeing this magnificent home. In those days you could just walk right up to the property. This was a lovely video, thank you, and I still get so angry every time knowing the house was destroyed.

20 years ago, I staged our Hollywood Underground annual dinner in the Cathedral Mausoleum. Valentino's crypt and stained-glass window were illuminated by tealights. :-)

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This is absolutely terrible. Know one plays a youtube to read the entire time. You're lazy to make this play in this manner.

Thank you for the kind comment. Here is the list of people at the table. Its like a "who's who" of the Silent era in Hollywood. Left to right: Natalie Talmadge, William S. Hart, Norma Talmadge, Hiram Abbrams, Douglas Fairbanks, Mrs. Talmadge, Allan Forrest (standing), Buster Keaton, James McFarlan (standiing), Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Charlotte Pickford, Joseph Schenk, Natacha Rambova, Rudolph Valentino, Connie Talmadge, John W. Considine, Lottie Pickford. The only 2 I dont know, are the man next to Lottie and the man to the right of Valentino.

I wish we had a legend to show us who all the individuals at the "stately dinner" are. I believe I recognize William S. Hart, Douglas, Mary, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Valentino, but my old eyes are not what they used to be, and I cannot identify any of the others. No doubt some were spouses of those in the photo. It might take some research to see if the information is found in a book somewhere. Thanks for the very interesting video, and the music is absolutely OUTSTANDING!

I used to be the guy who took care of the indoor plants when Pickfair was owned by Jerry Buss - he was so kind, let me wander around for hours, told me where the secret rooms were...what an astonishing place. Buss spoke of "sitting in history" -on his bed with his toupee in his hand...is there still time to send Pia Zadora to Siberia?

Pia Zadora.... destroyed ,& demolished Pickfair.... She said she saw Ghosts..at the end of the stairs..... Her husband was away.....So she went into action & killed a Landmark building..... She sounds like an intelligent & smart woman..... NOT likely........

Guessing 'Marebanks' didn't work? Surely 'Dougpick' or 'PickDoug' was a thought 🤔...

Beautiful. His crypt is near that stunning stained glass window.

Tremendously informative showcase of the Golden Era of Hollywood. Much obliged! ❤

This is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us !!!

Beautiful memories of the passed. I'm Cuban American, my parents arrived in the 1960s as political refugees to Los Angeles. My dad found a job with a a man who did Upholstery for the stars.It was in Los Felix blvd back then he met alot of stars from the past, they only did antique furniture. Bruno was the mame of the owner he helped my dad alot.My father was born in 1912,in Cuba and he told me that when Valentino died his sister cried so much.He was a young teen ,his sisters where older then him.He also told me his sisters wrote fan letters to Valentino and other stars in Spanish, I wonder if the stars received them we will never know,but he told me some girls killed themselves when this happened even in Cuba.He said all the guys wanted to look like Valentino. Even him lol,but he told me his favorite was Charlie Chaplin. I loved to speak to my father of the old times.He has passed but I still love to see and read about these golden years.Liked the video very much .Thank you

This was so touching. The image of Valentino after he fell over. That smile. Incredible. I will never forgive Pia Zadora for destroying Pickfair. Thank you for sharing. :)

Sad and beautiful. 😢😊

He had a lot of dear friends here in America. 🇺🇸

this was depressing. and after reading rex ingrams spiteful words on valentinos death i can only conclude he deserved better. i will never understand that vile ny funeral. open casket. days of viewing, undertakercomments, people grabbing for hair... should never have been allowed

Excelente video!!👏👏.....su recuerdo intacto..🌹

Valentino was in amazing physical condition for an actor