Dark LoverEmily Leider traces the extraordinary journey by which Rodolfo Guglielmi became Rudolph Valentino a silver screen legend who forever changed America's idea of the leading man. Valentino wasn't just a star; he was a phenomenon, adored by women and despised by men. On screen, he offered American women a dangerous sexuality unlike anything on offer from their husbands or lovers. In private, his first wife, a lesbian, refused to consummate their marriage.