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Rudolph Valentino in COBRA (1925) presented by Silents, Please! STL

April 8 : 7:00 pm 9:00 pm

This film is presented by Silents, Please! STL and will feature a special introduction from SPSTL’s Kate Stewart.

“At the height of his beauty, Rudolph Valentino enjoys his finest hour” – Alt Film Guide

Count Rodrigo Torriani is a legendary womanizer whose playboy antics have left him flat broke. He finds financial salvation when he befriends Jack Dorning, who hires him into his blue-chip antique business. Rodrigo hides his true feeling for beautiful socialite Elise, when Jack falls for her. Elise is in love with Jack’s fortune, and the two are soon wed. When Rodrigo learns that Elise has repeatedly betrayed her husband, he is tortured with the notion that revealing the truth to his best friend, will crush his trusting heart. Rudolph Valentino’s animal magnetism is evident in this 1925 Ritz-Carlton production, Cobra, which is graced with the spectacular set designs of William Cameron Menzies. Valentino would appear in only one more motion picture, The Son of the Sheik (1926), before his tragic untimely death the same year at the age of 31, plunged legions of adoring female fans worldwide, into hysterical grief.

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