The Valentino Collection

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Known as The Sheik" and The Great Lover," Rudolph Valentino was thought to be the first sex symbol of film. Women adored the dashing silent film star and this box set compiles four rare Valentino cinema treasures. Includes A Society Sensation (Carmel Myers. 1918/50 min.), Stolen Moments (Marguerite Namara. 1920/35 min.), Moran of the Lady Letty (Dorothy Dalton. 1922/68 min.) and The Young Rajah (Fanny Midgley. 1922/54 min.). 2 DVDs. B&w/NR/fullscreen.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: All
• Number of Discs: 2
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Silent, PCM Stereo
• Encoding: NTSC
• Screen: Color, Tint, Black and White
• Subtitle: English
• Features:
  • All new speed-corrected film transfers and new digitally recorded music for all featured films and silent shorts
  • Five vintage bonus films: rare silent shorts featuring new music scores by Bob Mitchell at pipe organ, including A Trip to Paramountown, Screen Snapshots, and Character Studies ; in addition, two more sound films: Round About Hollywood, and early Cinecolor travelogue, and Rudolph Valentino, an early memorial tribute film
  • Additional rare footage: unique Valentino (and Valentino-related) film clips, including a newly-uncovered, original 35mm tinted nitrate fragment from Stolen Moments (courtesy of Dixie Canyon)
  • Valentino in Memoriam: an exceptional collection of rare images and vintage audio recordings, including an exclusive audio interview with the original "Lady in Black," Ditra Flame
  • Valentino Landmarks: Explore significant locations of Valentino's life in Hollywood, featuring an interactive video tour of his Falcon Lair estate, slide shows of his Whitley Heights residence and personal belongings, and historic descriptions of the Formosa Apartments and Lasky Studios
  • Valentino Forever: a new short film by author and historian Tracy Ryan Terhune documenting the Valentino memorial services and the history of the "Lady in Black"
  • A Friend Remembered: a fascinating collection of over 75 captioned "behind the scenes" and candid images (many never-before-published) photographed by Valentino's close friend, Paul Ivano (courtesy of Francis Lacassin)
  • Who's Who in Hollywood: over 80 pages of biographical information and unique photographs of the major performers and technicians involved with the four featured Valentino Collection films, as well as key persons in Valentino's life
  • Virtual "Scrapbook": over 175 historical documents from the four featured Valentino Collection films including lobby cards, poster art, advertisements, production stills, and other surviving promotional materials
  • Two Remarkable Slide Show Presentations: Valentino the Athlete and Valentino and His Beloved Pets feature two different sides of the Valentino persona
  • New booklet essay: DVD introduction by Emily W. Leider, author of Dark Lover - The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Phil Rosen, James Vincent, George Melford, Paul Powell

• Screenwriter:

  June Mathis

• Play Author:

  Althea Luce

• Book Author:

  John Ames Mitchell

• Screenwriter:

  Monte Katterjohn

• Cinematographer:

  Bert Glennon, William Marshall

• Presented by:

  Jesse Lasky