An Adventuress (1920)

Director:

Fred J. Balshofer

Writers:

Fred J. Balshofer (writer)
Thomas J. Geraghty (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 1920 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Melodrama

Cast

Julian Eltinge	...	Clifford Townsend
Frederick Ko Vert	...	Lyn Brook (as Fred Covert)
William Clifford	...	Dick Sayre
Leo White	...	Prince Halbere
Virginia Rappe	...	Vanette
Rudolph Valentino	...	Jacques Rudanyi (as Rodolph Valentino)
Stanton Heck	...	Grand Duke Nebo
Charles Millsfield	...	Pom Pom
Alma Francis	...	Eunice
Lydia Knott	...	Clifford Townsend's mother
Frank Bond
Fontaine La Rue
Frank Gastrock
William Pearson
Frederick Heck		(as Fred Heck)

Also Known As:

Over the Rhine (USA) (working title)
The Isle of Love (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Trivia:

The original film featured the then unknown Rudolph Valentino. To cash in on his rise to stardom, it was re-edited to feature more of him. Various shots were repeated several times; long shots were blown up into close-ups and inter-cut with other footage; some scenes were projected on a loop, so that Rudolph Valentino repeated the same motions several times over; one scene was used as a flashback; and out-takes from the original were inserted into the new film. In addition, the locale of the new picture was switched from World War 1 Germany to a desert island by the simple expedient of inserting shots of bathing beauties on a palm-fringed beach throughout the film.

Early Valentino film available in archive.

This early Valentino film made in 1920, his fourth year in Hollywood, is one of six completed and released that year. Three of the six are among the lost. This film does exist in the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY as a 16 mm print. Valentino's filmography for the years 1919/1920 is sketchy - out of 13 films, 7 are lost.