Rudolph Valentino, TANGO DANCING

[johnkimbalb]

I MUST get this accordion version of this song, what is the exact performance I really want an MP3 of this version it's so fantastic!

[Zutiquee]

¡Rodolfo Valentino!

[SoothingChime15]

Yes...I read that back then, this was like watching Rudy do a sex scene. The tango truly was considered a sexual dance. When this movie first premiered, all of Hollywood came to watch and were shocked and silent over this scene. Rudy already had a reputation as a hot lover club dancer and this was just wild to them. Many Hollywood ladies wanted him, especially after this movie.

[plupi0609]

@Emmers57 I can believe. The dance waa consider to be low and a trashy type of dance.

[aureusyarara]

@plupi0609, @Emmers57

Of course it was vulgar and trashy. It prostitutes danced it with men at bars to pick up customers.

[poolplayeroneeye]

its very good but i liked gene kelly's verson in the movie anchors aweigh with frank sinatra

[belkys13]

@poolplayeroneeye gene kelly danced tango?

[leo84881]

Do you know the name of the artist of the song. I wanted this exact song, but I can't find it. All the others don't sound half as good as this one does.

[ChaosButterfly8]

1:23 ...

(smile)

[emmers57]

Hard to believe, but the tango was considered pretty obscene back in the 20's

[MollyAnn2009]

Valentino was actually a professional dancer long before he became an actor. Thanks for posting.

[defelice33]

Useful for historical value. This bouncing up and down is hilarious.

[asderso]

albertdiner, thank you.

[idycodington]

Many of the odd looking steps that they are doing are ragtime tango steps done in America in the teens and twenties

[eccellenellecce]

Grande ballerino, anzi, peri tempi straordinario. Peccato che le immagini siano poco nitide. Comunque un mito!

[TheIxtlan]

I read Valentino is gay, that is the rumors. Anyway what is the long spike sticking in behind his hills? That could hurt someone.

[pauline5248]

@TheIxtlan You mean "heels". That is a spur, used to dig into the side of a horse to make it run faster. Valentino is dressed as a gaucho, or Argentinian horseman.

[TheIxtlan]

@pauline5248 I never seen spur like that.  Its looks so pointed that it can puntured a flesh deep.

[Siriuzz]

What is the name of the song that starts at 2:41 ?

[thoxbui]

@Siriuzz that short blip is "por una cabeza"

[Siriuzz]

@thoxbui Thank you.

[bilos4]

nu te vom uita niciodata

[LoveAj03]

Handsome Rudolph!

[Sissiaraujo]

Timeless...

[Kyuki87]

Favoloso...

[buhorojo1]

El instrumento que suena no es un bandoneón, es un acordeón

[albertdiner]

@buhorojo1 correcto

[buhorojo1]

Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (uruguayo) compuso "La cumparsita" precisamente, para un evento de los estudiantes de Montevideo. Pero estaba en otro compás. El maestro Roberto Firpo, le corrigió y agregó otro tiempo más. El debate seguirá. Para mí, el germen es uruguayo. Y te lo digo como argentino que soy.

[renardeargent]

no importa lo que digan! Rodolfo es un genio! le entraba bien al tango ! la negri parece medio desmayada nomás jaja ! muy bueno el bandoneón! :)

[TitoMoraga]

El bandoneonista es muy bueno ... Valentino le pega la gotan y me parece que para ser italiano lo hacía muy bien ... el marinero con gorra y curao que toma cerveza es Goyeneche cuando todavía no cantaba ... y el otro curado que ve marepotos en el vaso es Piñera cuando era estudiante ... creo yo.

[buhorojo1]

Si esta película es de 1921 y Goyeneche nació en 1926 es imposible. Será el padre del "Polaco"?

[SantaMariadeBuenAyre]

what an ugly people !! jaja! she is horrendous! good God!!I mean nothing gracious,and is a desastrus dancer,anyway don't want she come in my dreams to punish me x this! jaja!

Thing about the gaucho clothes is simple,A tango embrace Argentinian folklore like another way of identify Argentinian Culture,2 expresions people fell proud of, Valentino was cute,and made a couple of good moves there,but she..was from zombiland!!!!!!! aahhh..

[petithelene]

mmmm...lucky Pola Negri!

[pacogirl2]

the most sensual tango

[4Topwood]

Knew all the hype about Valentino's charisma before I ever saw him in a movie.

WOW! He was such a fresh, vital presence that he instantly made everyone else look static and stale. Whatever "it" is, he had it--and then some.

[Aceclub63]

he was Rudolph Valentino was adored in his day, he was a dancer before he became an actor. wiki him.

[Prishtinaification]

I hate the girls dancing! Her position and legs look retarded!But him!!! God he was born to dance!!!

[IrishEyez01]

I'm thinking I read somewhere the name of the tango Valentino is doing in this scene is called "El Choco"? Am I thinking correctly? Correct or not he's such a great mover!...so smooth! I love watching him dance!

[kangadillo]

I just looked up "choco" on line and it means dark red, chocolate colored or swarthy and dark. I adore watching Rudy dance and I wish I could see more. He danced in "A Sainted Devil" but it's a lost film (unless there's a copy hidden away in some unknown collector's vault).

[IrishEyez01]

Oh kangadillo if only someone would step forward with that movie!! I'm thinking I read somewhere though it was half done, they didn't finish it but who cares even a few minutes of it would make me happy! I'd like to also see footage of him dancing on the mineralava tours too! I wish someone would've captured more of that

[niquequito]

This tango is called "La Cumparsita". There's another classical tango called "El Choclo".

[IrishEyez01]

Thanx :) But you know what, I've seen a couple of tango vids here on youtube (amateur) that have claimed they were doing La Cumparsita but it looked nothing like what rudy's doing here, and one that looks like what rudys doing calling it El Choclo. I guess the video makers either didn't know what they were talking about??  Thats why I was confused on the two.

[niquequito]

Uhm, be aware that "La cumparsita" and "El choclo" are not dances, but musical themes. Search for either in youtube and you'll get more versions, both old and modern.

[IrishEyez01]

TY so much for clearing that up! I've just started watching tango vids but honestly didn't know they were referring to musical themes instead of the actual dance itself. Learn something new everyday eh? :)

[niquequito]

You are welcome. I'm from Argentina, so I should know about this =)

[IrishEyez01]

:) Yes, you, I'm sure are more familiar with the subject than I am :) I'm thinking about taking tango lessons and learning more. I find it to be a very sensual and fun way to express passion and dance!

[ilconte1963]

A 1,50 charles buckosky !!!!!!!!

[Siberiaeterna]

You guy who give us the chance to watch at this wonderful scene,THANK YOU!!

[LittleMongoosie]

Best tango ever! I love Rudolph Valentino!

Thanks for sharing this!

[bihram]

For me it's just very funny

[thekingofmoney2000]

That's because it's not really authentic tango dancing...real tango dancing from Argentina is danced very differently...

[lilanma]

Now it is. This is more like what it would have been like in the actual time they are depicting.

[belkys13]

americans have always been masters at making BAD tango scenes. i can see it goes way back. and goes to show how little they know about other cultures -gaucho costume for a tango dancer!

[thinmanx]

Your point is in no way diminished by the fact that the director of this film was Irish, and the star Italian.

[thinmanx]

Read better.

[thinmanx]

Sigh. belkys13 commented about Americans making bad tango movies. I poked fun at the statement, pointing out that neither the star nor director of the particular film in question were, in fact, American. You, apparently unable to parse the ironic construction of my comment, blathered on about nobody-cares-what. You didn't hit a nerve. You just failed to comprehend what I wrote. So I repeat: Read better.

[thinmanx]

I see. So you correctly took my meaning to be, "Using this film as a springboard for America-bashing is undermined by the fact that its principal creators weren't American." Then you chose to pretend to misinterpret me as saying, "This is indeed a bad American tango film, and it is made no less bad by the fact that its star is Italian." And your purpose in doing so was to provide us with meandering "factual" suppositions about how Valentino learned to tango? Well, that explains it!

[thinmanx]

And for the record, my douchiness is totally genuine.

[sandimadame]

Valentino and the tango are one. Fabulous!

[enattino]

La Cumparsita was originally composed as a march by the uruguayan Gerardo Matos Rodríguez and then converted into a tango by the argentine Roberto Firpo, who performed it for the first time in 1917 at the Café La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay. Therefore, both Uruguay and Argentina share this world famous composition.

[jadeamazon]

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[jadeamazon]

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[xxladyfairxx]

agreed very beautiful

[RroseGreenEyes]

1:04--->that's are not the acordes of the original tango!!! La Cumparsita (si supieras) was composed in 1924. Music: Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Lyric: Pascual Contursi / Enrique Maroni.

And sorry but NO, Valentino was a patetic tango dancer... a real Hollywood legend, but tango was not for him... maybe this is good for Ucranians.. . but for Argentine people like me, this is just crap, not tango. And I live in the city where the tango born: ARGENTINA! ¬¬

[albertdiner]

I know there is a big debate concerning

LA CUMPARSITA. Some say it originated

in URUGUAY others in ARGENTINA.

I chose this melody because Valentino liked to dance this tango with Pola Nagri.

Argentinian dance tango slower and

more passionate. Valentino was overall

a very good dancer.

[RroseGreenEyes]

Originated In Uruguay?!??! maybe the author (Gerardo Matos Rodríguez) was born in Uruguay but he create that in ARGENTINA! Tango is from Argentina. I'm tired of people saying that tango is from another places thanks to Hollywood. TANGO IS A TIPICAL MUSIC FROM ARGENTINA! To understand the tango you need to "feel" Buenos Aires... That's NOT tango. And as I say, that are not the original notes of the song. BTW it's a awesome video/document & Valentino was a very good dancer, but no for tango.

[musicologo1able]

@albertdiner Valentino ,like most queers was a rather good dancer,but little else.

[wagnerfan27]

@musicologo1able You are nuts....Valentino was a silent actor who evolved greatly in his all-too-short career. And he was straight.

[asderso]

@albertdiner there is NO debate !!! Gerardo Hernan Matos Rodríguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948) born in Montevideo, Uruguay composed this masterpiece in 1916, so it's URUGUAYAN originated.

[Galaxio0]

Increíble.. como tango es patético, como bien decís. Ni la mano le toma bien.. y vestido de gaucho!!! jajaja!!! Es fantástico, pero como documento histórico de cuánto los americanos sabían de nosotros incluso en aquel entonces, cuando Argentina estaba en sus años dorados.. // ALBERTDINER, thanks for posting it, but as RroseGreenEyes has said, truly it's not tango dancing, it's not the proper dressing (for him... is a "gaucho" not a "compadrito") and it's not the real tango scenery..

[Boabyo]

Aw, missed out the bitchslap at the start of the scene :[

[flmngo17]

what version of the tango is this? who is the artist?

[albertdiner]

It´s an accordeon version of the tango

LA CUMPARSITA. I will look up the

artists and let you know.

[robert3984]

@albertdiner What is the recording of the song in your credits? I love it! Is it available anywhere?

[peskysushi]

I liked the gold fish doing the Tango in the fishbowl - call it Sushi Tango!

[kangadillo]

That's FUNN-EEEE! Thanks!

[Snowee]

I'm 19 years old.... this came out way before my time but this is where the true good music reigned where music had meaning. Rudolph Valentino, a legend, a ladies man, an actor and a sex symbol... I hope for another Rudolph Valentino in this age.

[FedericoSalgado]

However, despite being a ladies man.. in his time he was regarded soewhat of a dandy.. and rumors had him as bi sexual.. he was a pretty boy..

[MonroeSmile]

there will never be another, what is it 80 odd years?? and we still cant get enough of Rudyy. Mesmerising in every sense of the word. Look at him throw her across the dancefloor with such passion and power!

[navajo777]

i saw the movie valentino with  Anthony Dexter He was very good

[MasterMark123]

I wonder then if they knew we would be viewing them still in 2009....

[rarivas]

Same question: how will WE be remembered 80, 85, 100, etc. years from now? What books, memoirs, belongings, of ours will be found and someone will be wondering "what was this person like?"

[JoseEduardoNZ]

that's correct MasterMark123. Certain things are timeless.

Who knows in a hundred years time someone behind a powerful computer will be checking upon our comments here on youtube. What do you reckon?Aren't we timeless too?

[ekocentric]

Has anyone seen actor Anthony Dexter play the title role in the movie: VALENTINO?

He was great!

[matkapolka2222]

where did you see it?

[ekocentric]

On TCM. It was obviously not too factual, but Mr. Dexter was great.

[Hillbillypoet76]

I love Rudy and his dance to the Tango.

Is there a version of Anthony Dexter's Tango from the movie in 1952 entitled Valentino (The Life and Times of Rudolph Valentino)?

[CorieFaulkner]

I read "Dark Lover" most awsome bio ever. Rudy was THE BOMB. nuff said

[brushstrokesrock]

I'm so in love with tango right now, and Rudy is just as mesmerizing as tango itself :-)

[GraefinVonSalamanca]

What a great dancer - he move like a cat, like a panther - nobody is dancing the tango like Rudi - so sensual, very manly, he is soooo desirable - 82 years after his dead...

[stacyblue1980]

A lovely man with lovely moves.

5*****

[joelok48]

Valentino-shoo in winner of Dancing With The Stars. Love to see it !!!!!

[dreamgrammy]

Beautiful man. Feet of fire and he left way too soon. He is as thrilling today as he was 70 years ago.

[dreamgrammy]

How I wish he had lived longer. He was so beautiful and graceful and so masculine even in the make up and costumes of his ea. He was one in a million....Feet of fire.....

[nandoferrer]

Valentino was born in Castellaneta,in the province of Taranto, in the region of Puglia,in southeastern Italy, and not in Sicily,which is, anyway, an Italian island.His mother was French and his father an Italian veterenarian.Voilà!

[SirCliffRichards]

I thought he was born in Caltanissetta, which is in Sicily rather than Italy?

[americanerik]

@SirCliffRichards What is this, the mid-nineteenth century? SICILY IS ITALY! Italy has been a unified country for nearly 150 years since the Garibaldi lead the il Risorgimento in the 1860's. Tuscany, Umbria, Calabria, Sardinia, Sicily, etc, etc. - it's all Italy buddy!

[DawdyMissClaudey]

Did you travel over to Naples and see the Romani camps where the Italian Government are bulldozing and burning people's homes? No? Thought as much.

[OrontesRM]

Those were illegal camps, and for every shack destroyed they gave them a *real* house. For free.

Oh, you didn't know this? Thought as much.

Happy that your account has been closed,

and verify before writing prejudicial c-rap like this.

[xoxclaudia101xox]

no one danced like rudy. i visited his hometown of castellaneta, italy, last week, theyv got a statue deidcated to him. thanx for uploading

[SirCliffRichards]

The actual official version is that Rudolph's father travelled extensively with the circus. It is strongly rumoured that Rudolph's father was really a Romani Gypsy, but because of the racial prejudice, Rudolph claimed to be Italian. After leaving the circus and settling in a permanent location, his father worked as a Vet, mainly with horses. Valentino was an excellent horseman and dancer. Romani do it better!

[gwynlacy]

Viva, Rudolfo! You graced this world for 31 years. And at a time when keeping the beat in a silent film had to be imposed, and every emotion had to be put across to the viewer with out sound or special effects-you were splendid. In remembrance, Rudolfo Guglielmi Valentino 1895-1926. You died much too young.

[cortonese]

Oh man alive. Valentino could work it like a maniac. (Note how small his partner is, a little monkey woman--all the better to throw her around in those hot tango moves.)

[DancingEwok]

The woman is ugly as sin but Valentino is like sex on a stick :D

[kangadillo]

Man, he was sleek as a fox!

[flynnfan52]

You should be able to buy this movie at TCM. They have a huge store. Or look for it on ebay. I just finished watching it on TCM.

[krolkier]

where i can find thah whole movie??

[jewelcat9]

Valentino was not Polish, He was 1/2 Italian and 1/2 French. (His father was Italian and his mother was a frenchwoman), however the music in this video sounds like a polka, perhaps that is where the confusion is!!

[patriciaoday]

Good dancing.

The drunk was funny trying to interrupt them.

Hey did you know the Golden Silents dot com web site is having an essay contest where you can write about your favorite star and win a lot of free films? Go check it out, if you love Valentino you might win. He has a lot of fans there!

[xoxclaudia101xox]

whoeva it is who writes that valentino was polish on every single valentino video plez shutup, u sound stupid and ur gettin borin

[POLAXW]

rodolfo valentino is from castellaneta italy....is not polish at all !!!

[monnalisaoriginal]

viva Rodolfo Valentino e via l'ITALIA!!!

[vobiscum2007]

I'm wet!

[aninterpreter]

Thanks for uploading this entertaining tango scene. Don't forget Carlos Gardel if you want the most authentic source of Argentine Tango.

[krooliQuuu]

..ok...so i from Italy too, thanks

[krooliQuuu]

maybe you don't know, but he's from Poland :)I'm glad

[albertdiner]

Valentino is from Italy. His last girl friend

was Pola Negri, from Poland, a famous actress at that time.

[Serenity113]

God, that was hot. I can see why they called him the Great Lover.

[MEGABLOC33]

Formidable !!!!!

[paulostroff99]

La Cumparsita is alive and well and living on You Tube!

[paulostroff99]

Lovely tango- with or without Hernando!!

[akarpowicz]

Lovely to watch. thanks.

[shimmymoon]

Valentino--smoother and stronger than most!  Fine!

[bristow615]

Of course he could do the tango (he did it for a living before films) but how many can do it with those long boot spurs?? Amazing. It's funny that most of know this music as "Hernando's Hideaway" from "The Pajama Game"....ty.

[paulostroff99]

This not the song Hernando's Hideaway.This is not you know a dark secluded place.A place that no one knows your face. etc.This is a very well known latin tango dance called La Cumparsita.Parts of Hernando's Hideway may well have been taken from this famous tango.

[bristow615]

Gee, 'paulostroff99', ya think?...DUH....coulda sworn I just said that...oh,yeah...I DID say that most people recognize this tune because they used it for "Hernando's Hideaway" in "Pajama Game"...can I figure out that it was a well-known tango before that?? THINK SO...but thanks for quoting the lyrics anyway, "Poopsie"...(Can you name the original star on Broadway, too, gay-boy?) Like it matters...off-topic.

[paulostroff99]

La Cumparsita,and not HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY is the name of this song.Sorry for your credibility!

[bristow615]

ONE MORE TIME...I think I know that a tango used for a silent film from the 1920's predates the spoof song to the same tune from a Broadway musical from the 1950's!!!

Are we NOT both writing in English here???

[SurabayaJohnny000]

pobre mujer !! le va a partir la espalda!!!si eso es tango, la musica militar es musica....

[shelayne4]

Its always so appreciated to see Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!!!!