Beyond the Rocks (film)

Beyond the Rocks
Poster for the film.
Directed bySam Wood
Written byJack Cunningham (scenario)
Based onBeyond the Rocks: A Love Story
by Elinor Glyn
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
StarringRudolph Valentino
Gloria Swanson
CinematographyAlfred Gilks
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 7, 1922 (1922-05-07)
Running time
80 minutes
(2005 alternate version)
76 minutes
(DVD edition)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles
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)

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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Beyond the Rocks". Silent Era. Retrieved July 5, 2009.