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Blood And Sand

1922

Features Rudolph Valentino in Ibanez's classic romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador. This is a digest version, part of the "Silents Please" tv series, has a musical score and narration. You can find more information regarding about the full version of this film on its IMDb page.


| runtime = 80 minutes<br>9 reels (8,110 feet)
| country = United States
| language = Silent film<br>English intertitles
| budget =
| gross = $1,250,000 (US/Canada)
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Blood and Sand (1922 in film) is an cinema of the United States silent film drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and Nita Naldi.
The film was based on the Spanish novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1909) and the play version of the book by Thomas Cushing.

Plot

Juan Gallardo (Valentino), a village boy born into poverty, grows up to become one of the greatest matadors in Spain. He marries a friend from his childhood, the beautiful and virtuous Carmen (Lee), but after he achieves fame and fortune he finds himself drawn to Doña Sol (Naldi), a wealthy, seductive widow.
They embark on a torrid affair with rather sadomasochism overtones, but Juan, feeling guilty over his betrayal of Carmen, tries to free himself of Doña Sol. Furious at being rejected, she exposes their affair to Carmen and Juan's mother, seemingly destroying his marriage. Growing more and more miserable and dissipated, Juan becomes reckless in the arena. He is eventually killed in a bullfight but does manage to reconcile with Carmen moments before he dies.
There is also a subplot involving a local outlaw whose career is paralleled to Juan's throughout the film by the village philosopher: Juan's fatal injury in the bullring comes moments after the outlaw is shot by the police.

Cast

  • Rosa Rosanova - Angustias
  • Leo White - Antonio
  • Rosita Marstini - Encarnacion
  • Rudolph Valentino - Juan Gallardo(billed Rodolph Valentino)
  • Lila Lee - Carmen
  • Charles Belcher (actor) - Don Joselito
  • Fred Becker - Don Jose
  • George Field (actor) - El Nacional
  • Jack Winn - Potaje
  • Harry Lamont - Puntillero
  • Gilbert Clayton - Garabato
  • Walter Long (actor) - Plumitas
  • Nita Naldi - Doña Sol
  • George Periolat - Marquis of Guevera
  • Sidney De Gray - Dr. Ruiz

Production notes

The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and Paramount Pictures, and distributed by Paramount. June Mathis, who has been credited as discovering Valentino, adapted the novel for the screen.<></>
Dorothy Arzner worked as the film's editor. Arnzer, who would later become one of the first female film directors, used stock footage of bullfights filmed in Madrid interspersed with close-ups of Valentino. Her work on the film helped to solidify her reputation of being a resourceful editor as her techniques also saved Paramount money. She would later say that working on the film was the "first waymark to my claim to a little recognition as an individual."<></>

Reception

Blood and Sand premiered at the Rialto Theater in Los Angeles on August 22, 1922. The film was a box office hit and was one of the top grossing films of 1922.<></> The film, along with The Sheik (film) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film) (both 1921), helped to establish Valentino as a star and was one of the most successful films of his career.<></><></>

Other adaptations

An earlier version of Blood and Sand was released in 1916 in film, and filmed by Blasco Ibáñez himself, with the help of Max André. This earlier version was restored in 1998 by the Filmoteca de la Generalitat Valenciana (Spain).

Blood and Sand has also been remade twice; a Blood and Sand (1941 film) was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and stars Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Rita Hayworth. The 1989 Blood and Sand (1989 film) was directed by Javier Elorrieta and stars Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent.

In popular culture

The film was the source of legendary football player John McNally's nickname - he started playing professional under an alias to protect his remaining college eligibility. He and a friend passed a theater where Blood and Sand was playing. Suddenly, McNally exclaimed to his friend, "That's it! You be Sand. I'll be Blood".</> Will Rogers also parodied Blood and Sand in the Hal Roach short film Big Moments From Little Pictures (1924).<></>
The film gave its name to a popular Prohibition-era cocktail, the Blood and Sand (cocktail).



Category:1922 films
Category:1920s romantic drama films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Bullfighting films
Category:Famous Players-Lasky films
Category:Films based on Spanish novels
Category:Films directed by Fred Niblo
Category:Paramount Pictures films
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