A FATALLY FLAWED ROMEO; He was hailed as the world's greatest screen lover, yet behind the glittering image, Rudolph Valentino was a fantasist, gigolo and thief whose marriages to two lesbians destroyed him.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | August 31, 2002| | Copyright

Byline: ALISON BOSHOFF

JEAN ACKER, a rising starlet with the Metro studio, slammed the door of her suite at the Hollywood Hotel and chained it shut. Outside was her husband of a few hours, who - brimming with joy after their impulsive wedding - had just tried to carry her over the threshold to consummate their whirlwind courtship.

But, five days after the romance began, she was insisting that it was over.

She had leapt from his arms and barricaded herself inside.

Crying tears of rage and frustration, Rudolph Valentino pleaded in vain to ...

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