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Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor. He was born in 1893 at Cardiff and died in 1951. During the silent movie era,
Ivor Novello was an immensely popular matinee idol and one of the most handsome men in British theater, often considered as the successor to Rudolph Valentino as the great screen romantic lover.
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Rudolph Valentino was an Italian actor. He was born in 1895 at Castellanata and died in 1926 of blood poisoning following a perforated ulcer. He is best known for his starring role in silent films including the 1926 film 'The Son of the Sheik'.
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Agnes Ayres (real name Agnes Eyre Henkel) was an American actress. She was born in 1898 at Carbondale, Illinois and died in 1940 of a cerebral haemorrhage. She was an extremely popular silent film star of the early 1920s. Her popularity was enhanced when she co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 film 'Sheik' and the 1926 'Son Of The Sheik'. She made her screen debut at Essanay Studios in 1915. She was still at the height of her popularity until the advent of sound when she disappeared from the screen altogether returning one more time with a bit part in 'Souls At Sea' in 1937.
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