Beyond the rocks
(DVD)

Based on the novel by Elinor Glyn.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1922; restored in 2005.

Bonus features: introduction by Martin Scorcese; The delicious little devil (short film with Rudolph Valentino and Mae Murray, 54 min.); stills gallery from Gloria Swanson's collection; 85 minute wire recording of Gloria Swanson from 1955; interviews, articles and videos detailing the restoration process; alternative audio track with more sound effects.

Bonus material and artwork c2006.

"Festival de Cannes official selection"--Title frames.

Camera, Alfred Gilks ; new score by Henny Vrientan ; restoration production, Frank Roumen ; restoration, Giovanna Fossati.

Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Robert Bolder, Gertrude Astor, Mabel Van Buren, Helen Dunbar, Raymond Brathwayt, Frank Butler, June Elvidge.

A young woman is tricked into an arranged marriage with an older millionaire by her female relatives, and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman as she honeymoons in the Alps and Paris. Discovering that his wife loves another, the husband rushes off to the Sahara. In 2003, Beyond the rocks was rediscovered at the Nederlands Filmmuseum, after being considered lost for decades. The nitrite print was virtually complete, and had Dutch intertitles. It was restored, a new score was composed and new English intertitles added, based on the original continuity script.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD.

Silent film with music and English intertitles; optional French or Dutch subtitles.