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BEYOND THE ROCKS (1922/2005)

Movie picture

Cannes Classics
Directed by :
Sam WOOD 
Country:
USA
Year:
1922
Duration:
81.00 minutes

Synopsis

The discovery of the classic Beyond the Rocks (Sam Wood, 1922) was one of the Filmmuseum Amsterdam's highlights of 2004. This long-lost film about an impossible love affair is the only film in which the legendary Rudolph Valentino plays opposite film diva Gloria Swanson. It was very rare that two stars of such magnitude as Swanson and Valentino were paired together in a silent film. Usually, by casting just one major talent per release, the studios tried to maximize the number of bankable films they produced each year. When Paramount approached Swanson to star with Valentino, the studio intended the assignment to be "punishment" for her demands for greater control. Swanson never let on that the two actors often rode horses together in the Hollywood hills and that she was actually delighted to costar with such a close friend.

For their project, Paramount chose a well-loved novel by popular author Elinor Glyn whose romantic pot-boilers often featured strong women and virile men in exotic locales. Sam Wood, was assigned to direct the production. Wood went on to have a long and respected career that included such superior films as Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Devil and Miss Jones, Kings Row, Pride of the Yankees and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
After a complex restoration process, the 'tinted' film will have its international premiere during Cannes Classics. Henny Vrienten (Discovery of Heaven, The Vanishing) has written the new soundtrack.
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Production

FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY (UNITED STATES) - FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY (UNITED STATES) - FILMMUSEUM (PAYS-BAS) - NEDERLAND FILMMU - FILMMUSEUM (PAYS-BAS)

International press

FILMMUSEUM AMSTERDAM - Jan van den Brink - T : +31205891469 - F : +31206833401 - jbrink@filmmuseum.nl - www.filmmuseum.nl

Foreign sales

The Official Selection 2005

Cannes Classics