Concerning Valentino, if we accept his suit measurements as truthful, then his height would be 5ft10in - 6ft. Without knowing the camera position, angle and distance from where the scenes were shot it is difficult to estimate accurately his height from just looking.
We will probably never know for sure. Even nowadays it is difficult if not impossible to know with absolute certainty the height or weight of celebrities. They and the studios are very protective of their privacy.

I wouldn't know why anyone would even care about such stuff.

If you're a fan of an actor, especially a long dead legendary one, wouldn't you be interested in knowing if someone you admire or liked was one or another? Are you a Valentino fan?

Concerning Valentino, if we accept his suit measurements as truthful, then his height would be 5ft10in - 6ft. Without knowing the camera position, angle and distance from where the scenes were shot it is difficult to estimate accurately his height from just looking. We will probably never know for sure. Even nowadays it is difficult if not impossible to know with absolute certainty the height or weight of celebrities. They and the studios are very protective of their privacy.

I guess I was wondering why there are discrepancies in his height and coming across that bit of trivia surprised me as I assumed Valentino or the studio merely tweaked his height. But I don't know why these 2 tailors would lie about his measurements or if it was likely that they would.

PS. BTW, I'm confused on how to categorize these threads, I made 2 threads on the Rudolph Valentino board and put them under General. What's the difference between that and Content Issues? Do my General threads appear on the Valentino board? I'm just making sure that I'm not making threads and putting them in the wrong place.

Don't worry! You posted it right. Always post in general. I don't know why the other options are even available. Don't use content issue please.

If you use the report button it will automatically create a thread in content issues on the film/tv/person entry and it will appear in the content issues section on the support forums. That way moderators can easily handle the reports!

Oh ok, that's good to hear! I'm new here and nervous about doing things wrong. It took me 2 years of perusing the IMDB boards before I registered for my first post! LOL!

I found more contradictory info on Rudy's height from the site below:

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According to Valentino's London tailors Anderson & Sheppard, their ledger states that Valentino was measured by them on 21 November 1925. His overcoat length was 62," his inseam was 32," with a high waist rise of 10," and a jacket length of 31."

Now I'm 5'7" female and my inseam is about 31" (to my ankles) but I have long limbs, my brother at 6'2" is 33" I think. But based on his coat measurements, he seemed to have a long torso, my coat measurement based on his style of suit is only about 27".

I'm not quite sure how you can gather one's height from these measurements. If you sum just the inseam and the coat measurement, he has 5" on me, so 5'11" may be right?

But based on Valentino's pics with Jack Dempsey who is almost 6'1", Dempsey looks about 4-5" taller than him.

Valentino with Dempsey

PS. Yes, I know I'm obsessing over this but I'd like to have an idea on his height. 5'8" & 5'11" is a big difference. I'm also curious about his voice, lol!

PPS. I just measured my father who is 5'11 3/4" and his inseam is 32" with a coat measurement of 31" as well.

This probably isn't at all the reason for the discrepancy, since you're referring to length, which the indicated measurements are in inches. But perhaps there's a difference in the European vs. American sizing indications? I know that European clothing sizes (by which I mean basic label sizes) do differ in numbering from the corresponding American sizes. I don't offhand remember what the actual specific sizing differentiation is, just know that there is a difference in the two systems. It's been years since this was something I had occur to me, though it pertained years back when I was doing a lot of traveling, and did occasional clothing shopping abroad.

Another thing, that may or may not be an issue, is measurements conversion. Europe uses the metric system, whereas the U.S. uses inches. Perhaps the London measurements were originally in metric, and they were eventually converted to inches for American record-keeping, and the conversion may have wound up a bit off (or some measurements slightly rounded up)? I'm just throwing out some ideas, in case anything may sound like an actual possibility.

If I recall the UK used the Imperial System when Valentino's suits were made. The USA had their own US Customary System which was derived from the Imperial System after Independence. They both used feet and inches then, and the differences between a UK inch and a US inch would be more like in the one thousandth than the one tenth. The UK introduced the Metric System in the late twentieth century. So it would be all feet and inches then, unless you go to a French, Italian or German tailor.

If I recall the UK used the Imperial System when Valentino's suits were made. The USA had their own US Customary System which was derived from the Imperial System after Independence. They both used feet and inches then, and the differences between a UK inch and a US inch would be more like in the one thousandth than the one tenth. The UK introduced the Metric System in the late twentieth century. So it would be all feet and inches then, unless you go to a French, Italian or German tailor.

Thank you for all the detailed replies. I knew that the US & UK had different clothing sizes and measurements, but I didn't know that the UK once used feet and inches too. Still, I had not taken it to mind that there might be variations in measurements and assumed it would be standard inch and feet based on the information above.

I'm from the Philippines so our clothing sizes are very different from the US but we too use feet and inches. But what difference is there between a 1/10th of an inch to a 1/1000 of an in inch? Also I used a measuring tape to measure myself and my father's sizes btw.

@vicky_lc2001 said:

But what difference is there between a 1/10th of an inch to a 1/1000 of an in inch?

Just saying that the difference between the UK and the US inch is so small, that it wouldn't make any substantial difference if they were mixed up when determining the height of Valentino, which as I read the comments above seem to vary between 5ft8in and 6ft.

Another thing is that a little too often records or sources simply show wrong specifics. I'm very actively into genealogy, and there's no end of erroneously indicated details in past people's official record-keeping. If a primary document, recording the facts of a particular event, isn't contemporary to it, it could easily be in error.

Regarding varying recorded Valentino measurements, that well could be what's happened, is that there are some credible, detailed tailor measurement: Those probably can be considered fully reliable. But anything throughout the years stated in a book or article - secondary sources - could easily have gotten something wrong. I'm guessing that certain books or articles about Valentino throughout the years probably just got some of his measurement details a little off. This or that person who knew Valentino, may have been interviewed by an author, could have spoken from "memory," and their memory be very good, but just not necessarily precisely fully spot-on.

Another thing is that a little too often records or sources simply show wrong specifics. I'm very actively into genealogy, and there's no end of erroneously indicated details in past people's official record-keeping. If a primary document, recording the facts of a particular event, isn't contemporary to it, it could easily be in error. Regarding varying recorded Valentino measurements, that well could be what's happened, is that there are some credible, detailed tailor measurement: Those probably can be considered fully reliable. But anything throughout the years stated in a book or article - secondary sources - could easily have gotten something wrong. I'm guessing that certain books or articles about Valentino throughout the years probably just got some of his measurement details a little off. This or that person who knew Valentino, may have been interviewed by an author, could have spoken from "memory," and their memory be very good, but just not necessarily precisely fully spot-on.

True but the tailors who did Valentino's suits must have kept accurate records and the details are unlikely inaccurate in that these same tailors were themselves used to make the 4 suits worn by the actor who portrayed Valentino in the 1977 film.

Very true. Hmmm..... I can't think of any other possible reasons for the measurements discrepancies.

I just watched Cobra and despite the problems they had in making it, i really enjoyed it! I feared the worse but it took a different unexpected turn, it resolved in a manner I had not initially anticipated! The soundtrack was atrocious though!

Anyway, he's costar in the film is Nita Naldi who I found out is 5'7 1/2" and his second wife Natacha Rambova is 5'8". So supposedly his same height if he is 5'8". In many pics Natacha doesn't wear too high heels, just about an inch and Valentino wears flat shoes with little heel in it. On the shoulders they looks the same height, with her 1" heel, but Valentino's head looks half an inch to an inch taller than her. So at the very least he should be 5'9"-5'10".

naldi-valentino-rambova

valentino & natacha 1

valentino & natacha 2

valentino & natacha 3