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Severin Carrell and Andrew Johnson. "Lost Swanson and Valentino classic is found." The Independent on Sunday (London, England). Independent Print Ltd. 2004. HighBeam Research. 4 Nov. 2012 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
Severin Carrell and Andrew Johnson. "Lost Swanson and Valentino classic is found." The Independent on Sunday (London, England). 2004. HighBeam Research. (November 4, 2012). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1843721.html
Severin Carrell and Andrew Johnson. "Lost Swanson and Valentino classic is found." The Independent on Sunday (London, England). Independent Print Ltd. 2004. Retrieved November 04, 2012 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1843721.html
Two of the greatest stars of the silent movies - Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino - will be seen on screen again for the first time in more than 80 years, after their only film together was rediscovered.
The movie, a melodrama called Beyond the Rocks and made in 1922, is regarded as one of the most important "lost" movies of early cinema. Only a one- minute fragment of the film was previously thought to have survived. Its historic value for movie buffs is immense, since it was the only time that Swanson and Valentino, two of the greatest icons and best-paid stars of the silent era, played opposite each other.
News of its rediscovery by film archivists in …
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