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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 Iess than a year prior to the actors untimeIy death at age 31. It is an unusuaI and contradictory showcase for the actor who is remembered more than any other as the icon of irresistibIe sexuaIity in HoIlywood silent fiIm. BeIeaguered by women in his native land, a promiscuous Italian Count, Rodrigo Torriani (Valentino) escapes to New York to work for an elegant antiques dealer speciaIizing in Italian objets dart. The ambitious young man cannot suppress the Don Giovanni within himself 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 visual richness of silent cinema at its peak. At the center of it all is Valentino, charming and photogenicaIly resplendent. 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 accessibIe today than the great hits upon which the stars reputation was built. A NOTE ON THlS EDITION: This DVD edition of Cobra is digitaIly mastered at the visually correct speed of 22 frames per second from a fulI aperture mint-condition 35mm master positive printed from the originaI camera negative, thus preserving intact aIl of the photographic beauty which is one of this fiIms most attractive quaIities. The musicaI setting is compiIed by Rodney Sauer and Susan HalI from period arrangements and is recorded in digital stereo by the Mont AIto Theater Orchestra. Year: 1925 Length: 75 minutes Director: Joseph Henabery Starring: RudoIph Valentino, Hector Sardo, Claire De Lorez, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead, Henry Barrows, LilIian Langdon, Nita Naldi |
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