Did he date Ramon Novarro and what about that art deco dildo?
That whole sentence sounds silly! Novarro was actually brought in by Alice Terry and Rex Ingram to ‘replace’ Valentino as Ingram had a deep hatred (and jealousy) of Rudy for outshining him on the few films they made together. He was sure it was HIS work that had made Rudy a star, so he took Ramon and decided to prove it. Actually he was very wrong: his copycat films with Ramon flopped hard (including one titled The Arab). Ramon was a very talented, gay, Mexican actor but his success came later, when he wasn’t copying Rudy. Ramon probably never met Rudy more than a few seconds. By Ramon’s own account he only met Valentino once and didn’t have much to say about it. This entire stupid rumor started in Hollywood Babylon. In it Kenneth Anger claims that when Novarro was murdered a black art deco dildo was found shoved down his throat, a gift from his ‘friend’ Rudolph Valentino (other versions say it had Valentino’s signature, or was modeled on Valentino’s own appendage). No such gift ever e
