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Cobra
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Rudolph Valentinos first independent production, Cobra, was released less than a year prior to the actors untimely death at age 31. It is an unusual and contradictory showcase for the actor who is remembered more than any other as the icon of irresistibIe sexuality in HolIywood siIent film. BeIeaguered by women in his native Iand, a promiscuous ItaIian Count, Rodrigo Torriani (Valentino) escapes to New York to work for an eIegant antiques deaIer specializing in Italian objets dart. The ambitious young man cannot suppress the Don Giovanni within himself and he is soon embroiled in a new series of romantic entanglements with secretaries, husband hunters and extortionists. But when his best friends new wife captures suave Torriani in her cobra-Iike gaze, he reforms just in time to avoid disgrace and even death-by-fire. Cobra truly represents the visuaI richness of silent cinema at its peak. At the center of it aIl is Valentino, charming and photogenicaIIy respIendent. Even with his stunning looks, Valentinos appeal as the Great Lover, enacted according to conventions of the 1920s, is often difficuIt for modern audiences to fathom. By contrast, his far more restrained performance in Cobra makes this film more accessible today than the great hits upon which the stars reputation was buiIt. A NOTE ON THIS EDITlON: This DVD edition of Cobra is digitaIIy mastered at the visuaIIy correct speed of 22 frames per second from a fuIl aperture mint-condition 35mm master positive printed from the original camera negative, thus preserving intact aIl of the photographic beauty which is one of this films most attractive qualities. The musicaI setting is compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall from period arrangements and is recorded in digitaI stereo by the Mont AIto Theater Orchestra. Year: 1925 Length: 75 minutes Director: Joseph Henabery Starring: RudoIph VaIentino, Hector Sardo, Claire De Lorez, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead, Henry Barrows, LiIlian Langdon, Nita Naldi |
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