Beyond the Rocks (film)
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Beyond the Rocks is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood, starring Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson. It is based on the 1906 novel of the same name by Elinor Glyn. Beyond the Rocks was long considered lost but a nitrate print of the film was discovered in the Netherlands in 2003. The film was restored and released on DVD by Milestone Film & Video in 2006.
Poster for the film.
On the set of Beyond the Rocks (1922). Top row, L-R: Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, unknown, Edythe Chapman, director Sam Wood, Alfred Gilks, Osmond Borradaile (Bottom row) All unknown except Alec B. Francis (far right)
Theodora Fitzgerald (Swanson) looks into the eyes of Lord Hector Bracondale (Valentino) who returns her handkerchief in Beyond the Rocks
Theodora Fitzgerald and her father Captain Fitzgerald (played by Gloria Swanson and Alec B. Francis) talk to Lord Hector Bracondale (Rudolf Valentino) in Beyond the Rocks
Sam Wood
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Samuel Grosvenor Wood was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Pride of the Yankees, and For Whom the Bell Tolls and for his uncredited work directing parts of Gone with the Wind. He was also involved in a few acting and writing projects.
Wood directing Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Jackie Coogan and director Sam Wood; publicity shot for Peck's Bad Boy (1921)
Edythe Chapman (actress), Sam Wood, Alfred Gilks (cinematographer) & Osmond Borradaile (cameraman), on the set of Beyond the Rocks
The Marx Brothers on the A Day at the Races set with Wood