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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini's work shows how their popularity, both political and erotic, largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors. Beyond the democratic celebrations of the Jazz Age, the promotion of their charismatic masculinity through spectacle and press coverage inaugurated the now-familiar convergence of popular celebrity and political authority. This is the first volume in the new Cinema Cultures in Contact series, coedited by Giorgio Bertellini, Richard Abel, and Matthew Solomon. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)-a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org.

Publicity --- Mass media and publicity. --- Communication in politics. --- Celebrities in mass media. --- Motion picture industry --- History --- Valentino, Rudolph, --- Mussolini, Benito, --- Mass media --- Political communication --- Political science --- Publicity and mass media --- Advertising --- Propaganda --- Public relations --- Mousolini, Benito, --- Mo-so-li-ni, --- Duce, --- מוסוליני, ביניטו, --- موسوليني، بنيتو، --- Valentino, Rodolfo, --- Guglielmi, Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto, --- ヴアレンチノルドルフ, --- Rudolph, --- Signor Rudolph, --- Rodolfo, --- PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. --- ambassadors. --- america. --- american climate. --- authoritarian. --- benito mussolini. --- charismatic masculinity. --- consumerism. --- democratic celebrations. --- democratic expansion of civil rights. --- dictator. --- isolationism. --- italian born star. --- italy. --- jazz age. --- journalists. --- male power. --- nativism. --- political popularity. --- post world war 1. --- public opinion. --- publicists. --- rodolfo valentino. --- united states. --- Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea,

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Italian Silent Cinema: A Reader explores the largely forgotten world of Italian silent cinema, including its historical epics, comedies, serials, and romance melodramas. Thirty essays by leading scholars examine topics such as pre-cinema, international distribution, stardom, acting styles, literary adaptation, futurism, nonfiction filmmaking, and local exhibition. This groundbreaking and richly illustrated volume introduces scholars and students alike to a wealth of films, archival documents, and critical research.

Silent films --- Motion pictures --- Motion picture industry --- Films muets --- Cinéma --- Cinéma --- History and criticism. --- History. --- History. --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Industrie --- Histoire

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Film --- National characteristics in motion pictures --- Motion pictures --- Nationalism in motion pictures --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Caractère national --- Cinéma et politique --- Nationalisme --- Au cinéma

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