After writing a stinging rebuke on the many errors and calling out the horiffic and outrageous "A Forewarning" in the front of the book. Affairs Valentino author responded by posting this on Twitter
"I must have done a great job on Affairs Valentino..."
- Evelyn Zumaya August 12, 2018
Un-believeable!!
Is Affairs Valentino fan fiction? Reams of quotes and dialogue were created by the books author Evelyn Zumaya. She does not source her quotes or where she has relayed what people were thinking in their minds back in the 1920's. Yet, that doesn't stop the author from presenting fictional dialogue as true quotes.
As I have pointed out in a previous post she used "quotes" but admitting (later) that she faked the quote of Rudy on the dock. In the true Ullman manuscript the quote was "I hope I never see him again" In her book Affairs Valentino, Zumaya altered the quote to read "I hope I never see the bastard again" She used "quotes" in both books. Serious red-flag here.
Now on page 457 of Affairs Valentino the author Evelyn Zumaya purports to tell us not only that Rudy was "dreaming" on his death bed, she EVEN TELLS US WHAT HE WAS DREAMING ABOUT!
In the literary world this kind of writing is called fan fiction.
Valentino death bed "dream"
in Affairs Valentino Page 457
in Affairs Valentino Page 457
She claimed Rudy frolicked at the Marion Davis Beach house. Wrong! It was built 2 years after Valentino's passing.
She claimed the slave bracelet was welded to his wrist. Wrong! I proved that was not true.
She didnt know how to spell the name of the street he lived on.
She thought the Lasky Ranch was Jessie Lasky's personal ranch.
She bungled the Disneyland lawsuit by Jean Valentino
She got the time of day he died wrong!
She got the date wrong on the Valentino/Jean Acker divorce
She wrongly stated Rex Ingram was an "unknown" when directing the 4 Horseman
How many examples of errors will I have to post to prove the vast lack of Valentino knowledge of the author of Affairs Valentino. The simplest of details are lost upon the author.
