Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Lila Lee

Rudolph Valentino's star power burns through this adaptation of Vicente Blasco Ibanez's exotic melodrama of an Andalusian peasant boy who becomes the greatest matador in all of Spain. The swaggering b...( read more  read more... )ut sincere Valentino marries good Catholic girl Lila Lee, a coy innocent with bow-tie lips, but is seduced by voracious vamp Nita Naldi, a high-society man-eater who decides to add a bullfighter to her list of conquests. Journeyman director Fred Niblo (the 1925 version of Ben-Hur) mounts this grand piece of romantic nonsense with little subtlety but plenty of spectacle, and in the best Hollywood tradition celebrates the macho glamour of the sport while decrying its cruelty. While it lacks the grace or style of Rouben Mamoulian's 1941 color remake, Valentino's charisma and confidence and smoldering eyes give the film a simmering, sultry life that no remake has been able to capture. --Sean Axmaker

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Unrated, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Dorothy Arzner, Fred Niblo

Release Date: August 5, 1922

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DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005

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  • September 2, 2008
    Although full of cliches I couldn't help but to be stunned by this beautiful silent film. I have little experience with silent films but I was quite fascinatined by this one. I think eyes are very important in silent movies and in this movie they handle it perfect. Rudolph Valent...( read more)ino moves gracefully and proves that he's not just a pretty face. The two women leads (Lila Lee and Nita Naldi) do a great job and both are beautiful. Developing more the character Don Joselito (Charles Belcher) could've been a plus to the movie.
  • January 26, 2008
    Rudolph Valentino is FANTASTIC!! :D The music was well done. I was moved :) Love it!!!! Based on the tale by Blasco Ibanez.
  • November 23, 2007
    Oh boy, this man is incredible.
  • May 28, 2007
    sharon stone is awasome
  • January 20, 2007
    This is the first Valentino movie I ever saw. The scenes with Nita Naldi and Valentino are breath-taking...
  • December 2, 2006
    this is the old version but i'm rating the new version in 1990's

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