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Beyond the Rocks

Play trailer Poster for Beyond the Rocks 1922,  1h 21m,  Romance/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Theodora Fitzgerald (Gloria Swanson) doesn't love Josiah Brown (Robert Bolder), but she agrees to marry the older millionaire so he can provide for her father and two sisters. Just as the young socialite has consigned herself to living in a loveless marriage, she meets the suave and handsome Lord Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino). Although she falls madly in love with Bracondale almost immediately, Theodora tries to resist his charms, but she can quell her love for only so long.

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NYT Staff New York Times Nov 8, 2019
Can the result be called an interesting photoplay? Not by those who want a little character and a little truth in their entertainment, anyhow. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Nov 8, 2019
It has all of the requisites for the female picture fan. Go to Full Review
Tom Beer Time Out Sep 23, 2006
For contemporary audiences, it's a welcome reminder of silent cinema's lively magic. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia May 8, 2026
6/10
A silent melodrama that enjoys some chemistry between Valentino and Swanson, but whose narrative sometimes remains in a comfortable zone about love, glamour, and class tensions. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Harriette Underhill New York Tribune Nov 8, 2019
No one seemed to take the picture very seriously excepting the hero and heroine, and we are not sure that they did. Go to Full Review
Eric Monder Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
A great example of the burgeoning star system at work and a form of diversion that delighted audiences in earlier times. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Sam Wood

Director

Gloria Swanson

Theodora Fitzgerald

Rudolph Valentino

Lord Bracondale

Edythe Chapman

Lady Bracondale

Alec B. Francis

Captain Fitzgerald

Robert Bolder

Josiah Brown

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Beyond the Rocks

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Movie Info

Synopsis Theodora Fitzgerald (Gloria Swanson) doesn't love Josiah Brown (Robert Bolder), but she agrees to marry the older millionaire so he can provide for her father and two sisters. Just as the young socialite has consigned herself to living in a loveless marriage, she meets the suave and handsome Lord Bracondale (Rudolph Valentino). Although she falls madly in love with Bracondale almost immediately, Theodora tries to resist his charms, but she can quell her love for only so long.
Director
Sam Wood
Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
Screenwriter
Jack Cunningham
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Genre
Romance, Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
May 7, 1922, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 15, 2009
Runtime
1h 21m
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