Souvenir token from Rudolph Valentino film <i>The Eagle</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1925
name: label: Associated Name
content: Valentino, Rudolph
notes: label: Description
content: Metal coin token from the premiere of the 1925 United Artists film <i>The Eagle</i>, 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: Russia
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0131.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0131
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0131.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/32 in x 1 1/4 in; .254 cm x 3.175 cm