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Beyond the Rocks
From: The Village Voice
Date: 20060802
Author:Hoberman, J
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A minor miracle, this newly restored, long-lost 1922 silent was discovered a few years ago, nearly complete, in a Dutch collection. Beyond the Rocks was based on a novel by chick-lit pioneer Elinor Glyn and directed by Cecil B. DeMille's then protégé Sam Wood, but what makes the occasion is the dream pairing of Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentine. Queen of the Paramount lot, Swanson was by far the bigger star at the time and, although only 25, does seem a bit of a hard-faced floozy for the role of the ingenue; Rudy, who had just made The Sheik, is ...
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