Souvenir token from Rudolph Valentino film The Eagle: Museum Object and Cultural History
Souvenir token from Rudolph Valentino film The Eagle: date made: 1925. Associated Name: Valentino, Rudolph. Object Name: token.
The object in the museum catalogue
Metal coin token from the premiere of the 1925 United Artists film The Eagle, starring Rudolph Valentino. The gold-colored token features an image of Valentino in character as Vladimir Dubrovsky and reads "Rudolph Valentino in 'The Eagle.' " Verso of coin reads "World Premiere/ Nov. 8, 1925/ Mark Strand Theatre." These coins were distributed to audience members at the Strand Theatre in New York, and Valentino is said to have thrown these from his car window in an effort to distract the crowd of fans at the premiere.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1925
- Associated Name: Valentino, Rudolph
- Object Name: token
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 3/32 in x 1 1/4 in; .254 cm x 3.175 cm
- Associated Place: Russia
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Souvenirs
- ID Number: 2017.0131.02
- accession number: 2017.0131
- catalog number: 2017.0131.02
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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