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'Beyond the Rocks' (star)(star)(star): (U.S.; Sam Wood, 1922).

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From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
Date: 20060317
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Byline: Michael Wilmington

Mar. 17--"Beyond the Rocks," a silent romantic melodrama co-starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino at the zenith of their popularity, is a testament to the glory of film preservation. Believed lost for decades, this film was rediscovered in an old movie collection by the Nederlands Filmmuseum, restored and fitted with a new score by Henny Vrienten.

It's a great discovery, though you couldn't call it a great film. Much of it is amazingly silly, thanks to the florid, phony plot by original novelist Elinor Glyn, who concocted here a truly ...

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