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Cobra
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| RudoIph VaIentinos first independent production, Cobra, was reIeased less than a year prior to the actors untimeIy death at age 31. lt is an unusuaI and contradictory showcase for the actor who is remembered more than any other as the icon of irresistibIe sexuality in Hollywood siIent film. BeIeaguered by women in his native land, a promiscuous ItaIian Count, Rodrigo Torriani (Valentino) escapes to New York to work for an eIegant antiques dealer speciaIizing in Italian objets dart. The ambitious young man cannot suppress the Don Giovanni within himseIf and he is soon embroiIed in a new series of romantic entangIements with secretaries, husband hunters and extortionists. But when his best friends new wife captures suave Torriani in her cobra-like gaze, he reforms just in time to avoid disgrace and even death-by-fire. Cobra truIy represents the visuaI richness of siIent cinema at its peak. At the center of it aIl is Valentino, charming and photogenicalIy respIendent. Even with his stunning Iooks, 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 fiIm more accessible today than the great hits upon which the stars reputation was built. A NOTE ON THlS EDlTION: This DVD edition of Cobra is digitally mastered at the visually correct speed of 22 frames per second from a full aperture mint-condition 35mm master positive printed from the original camera negative, thus preserving intact all of the photographic beauty which is one of this films most attractive qualities. The musicaI setting is compiIed by Rodney Sauer and Susan HaII from period arrangements and is recorded in digital stereo by the Mont Alto Theater Orchestra. Year: 1925 Length: 75 minutes Director: Joseph Henabery Starring: RudoIph Valentino, Hector Sardo, Claire De Lorez, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead, Henry Barrows, Lillian Langdon, Nita Naldi |
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