Blood and Sand

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feature film silent drama film

Blood and Sand is a 1922 silent drama film starring Rudolph Valentino as a rising bullfighter whose fame leads to personal and moral downfall.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Blood and Sand (1922 film) 44 3
Blood and Sand (novel) 1 1
1922 film Blood and Sand 0 1
Juan Gallardo 1 0

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film →
silent drama film →
adaptationOf Spanish novel →
artDirectionBy Edward Snyder →
author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez →
basedOn Blood and Sand self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Blood and Sand (novel)
cinematographyBy Alvin Wyckoff →
costumeDesignBy Travis Banton →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
director Fred Niblo →
distributor Paramount Pictures →
era silent film era →
filmLocation Hollywood →
filmTechnique silent with intertitles →
format black-and-white film →
hasCharacter Carmen →
Doña Sol →
Nacional →
hasGenre drama film →
romantic drama film →
hasPosterTagline The supreme drama of the bull ring →
hasSetting bullfighting world →
mainCharacter Juan Gallardo →
notableFor Rudolph Valentino bullfighter role →
occupation bullfighter →
originalLanguage Silent film →
partOf Rudolph Valentino filmography →
producer Jesse L. Lasky →
productionCompany Famous Players Film Company →
surface form: Famous Players–Lasky
releaseDate 1922-08-05 →
releaseYear 1922 →
runtimeMinutes 80 →
screenwriter June Mathis →
setInCountry Spain →
setInPeriod early 20th century →
starring Charles Belcher →
George Field →
Leo White →
Lila Lee →
Nita Naldi →
Rudolph Valentino →
Walter Long →
theme fame and moral downfall →
infidelity →
tragedy →
title Blood and Sand self-linksurface differs →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nacional → appearsIn → Blood and Sand →
this entity surface form: 1922 film Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand → basedOn → Blood and Sand self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
this entity surface form: Blood and Sand (novel)
Fred Niblo → directorOf → Blood and Sand →
this entity surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
Lila Lee → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
this entity surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
Nita Naldi → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
Ray Rennahan → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
Rodolfo → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
subject surface form: Rodolfo Valentino
Rouben Mamoulian → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
Rudolph Valentino → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
Guglielmi → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
subject surface form: Rudolph Valentino
Tyrone Power → notableWork → Blood and Sand →
Nacional → partOfFictionalUniverse → Blood and Sand →
this entity surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
Blood and Sand → title → Blood and Sand self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Blood and Sand (1922 film)
Ray Rennahan → workedOn → Blood and Sand →