Beyond the Rocks
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 11, 2006
- Originally Released: 1922
- Label: Milestone Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rudolph Valentino & Gloria Swanson | |
Performer: | Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Gertrude Astor, June Elvidge, Mabel Van Buren & Helen Dunbar | |
Directed by | Sam Wood | |
Screenwriting by | Jack Cunningham | |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky | |
Director of Photography: | Alfred Gilks |
Entertainment Reviews:
It's heady fare....Both leads are febrile and expressive...
Sight and Sound
[Featuring] the sheer exhilaration of cinematic technique. The faces of the stars glow with life.
Entertainment Weekly
A great example of the burgeoning star system at work and a form of diversion that delighted audiences in earlier times.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 3/5 --
The new beautifully melancholic score by Henny Vrienten greatly adds to the atmosphere.
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Film-Forward.com
No one seemed to take the picture very seriously excepting the hero and heroine, and we are not sure that they did.
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New York Tribune
A marvelously overripe 1922 silent melodrama starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino.
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New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
It is the only film in which two of the great stars of the era -- Gloria Swanson and Rudolf Valentino -- appeared together. If only to see their on-screen chemistry, no film buff should miss it.
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Miami Herald
Product Description:
Considered by many to be a gem of the silent film era, BEYOND THE ROCKS was previously thought to be lost, with only a one-minute portion preserved in the Filmmuseum Amsterdam. While sorting through inventory, the preservationists at the museum were shocked and thrilled to find the film's missing reels. Originally released in 1922, the Sam Woods-directed film stars Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino as a romantic pair. It was unusual at the time for studios such as Paramount to use two of their major stars in one film, as the idea was usually to spread star talent out across many films in order to attract the largest audiences. Some discrepancy remains over whether Swanson wanted to do the film or not. Some records suggest that the producers of the film cast Swanson opposite Valentino to punish her for diva-like behavior; in fact she was personal friends with Valentino and secretly thrilled to be working with him. Based on a novel by Elinor Glyn, who was known for writing about scandalous romances, the film has Swanson and Valentino meet in the vacation spot where Swanson is honeymooning with her older husband. Fully restored, the film also includes a fresh musical score by Dutch composer Henny Vrienten.
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Product Info
- UPC: 784148010243
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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