Beyond the Rocks Movie Review 1922

Sam Wood's 1922 silent film stars icons Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, and was until recently thought to have been lost forever. One surviving print was found in a Dutch archive, which has been given an impressive restoration and a new sound track. Zany rescues abound: Lord Bracondale (Valentino) rescues Theadora Fitzgerald (Swanson) after her rowboat capsizes off the British coast, and again later in the Swiss Alps after a mountaineering accident. Well worth seeing for the craft involved in creating early film.

Distribution

Movies Unlimited, 3015 Darnell Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154, Phone: (215)637-4444, Toll-free: 800-668-4344, Fax: (215)637-2350, Email: movies@moviesunlimited.com, URL: http://www.moviesunlimited.com

Available on DVD
Running time 81 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Silent Films, Marriage, Romantic Drama, Romantic Triangles, Honeymoon

Screenplay

Jack Cunningham

Cast

Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Gertrude Astor, Mabel van Buren, June Elvidge, Robert Bolder, Helen Dunbar, Raymond Blathwayt, F.R. Butler

Cinematography

Alfred Gilks

Director

Sam Wood

Producer

Jesse L. Lasky, Paramount