Blood and Sand

Dir. Fred Niblo.
1922. U.S. 72 mins.
Color-tinted B&W (with soundtrack)

An immortal icon of brooding sexuality, Rudolph Valentino has become one of silent cinema's most enigmatic and entrancing performers.

In Blood and Sand, Valentino stars as Juan Gallardo, a young Spaniard who achieves his boyhood ambition to become a celebrated toreador. But with fame comes temptation and treachery, and the triumphant Juan finds himself the victim of his own desires and the sinister charms of the exotic Doņa Sol (Nita Naldi). Powerful, sensitive and dramatic: one of Valentino's best films.

Available in 35mm & 16mm