Beyond the Rocks (1922)

1922 · Silent film · 22 min · dir. Sam Wood

• Drama
• Romance
• Adventure

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Synopsis

Love, duty, and the scent of narcissus. Theodora, a young and penniless aristocrat, marries a much older man, self-made millionaire grocer Josiah Brown, so that her father and spinster sisters can live comfortably. Soon after the wedding, she finds herself falling in love with Hector, the Tenth Earl of Bracondale, a playboy she encounters on the social circuit of the very rich -- in the Swiss Alps, Paris, London, and the English countryside. Hector is attracted to her as well. Theodora must…

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Details

Director

Sam Wood

Writer

Elinor Glyn

Cinematography

Alfred Gilks

Studio

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Released

1922-05-07

Running time

22 minutes

Cast & crew

• Sam Wood Director
• Rudolph Valentino
• Gloria Swanson
• Edythe Chapman
• Alec B. Francis
• Robert Bolder
• Gertrude Astor
• June Elvidge
• Mabel Van Buren

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