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Title Cobra / Ritz-Carlton Pictures Inc. presents ; directed by Joseph Henabery ; as produced by Lawrence Weber ; produced for video by David Shepard
Published Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (75 min.)
Summary Rudolph Valentino's first independent production, Cobra, was released less than a year prior to the actor's untimely death at age 31. It is an unusual and contradictory showcase for the actor who is remembered more than any other as the icon of irresistible sexuality in Hollywood silent film. Beleaguered by women in his native land, a promiscuous Italian Count, Rodrigo Torriani (Valentino) escapes to New York to work for an elegant antiques dealer specializing in Italian objets d'art. The ambitious young man cannot suppress the Don Giovanni within himself and he is soon embroiled in a new series of romantic entanglements with secretaries, husband hunters and extortionists. But when his best friend's new wife captures suave Torriani in her cobra-like gaze, he reforms just in time to avoid disgrace and even death-by-fire. Cobra truly represents the visual richness of silent cinema at its peak. At the center of it all is Valentino, charming and photogenically resplendent. Even with his stunning looks, Valentino's appeal as the Great Lover, enacted according to conventions of the 1920s, is often difficult for modern audiences to fathom. By contrast, his far more restrained performance in Cobra makes this film more accessible today than the great hits upon which the star's reputation was built. A NOTE ON THIS EDITION: This edition of Cobra is digitally mastered at the visually correct speed of 22 frames per second from a full aperture mint-condition 35mm master positive printed from the original camera negative, thus preserving intact all of the photographic beauty which is one of this film's most attractive qualities. The musical setting is compiled by Rodney Sauer and Susan Hall from period arrangements and is recorded in digital stereo by the Mont Alto Theater Orchestra
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017)
Adapted from a play by Martin Brown
Performer Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Cast Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Hector Sardo, Claire de Lorez, Casson Ferguson, Gertrude Olmstead, Henry Barrow
Notes Silent; intertitles in English; musical accompaniment
Subject Brown, Martin, 1884-1936 -- Film adaptations
SUBJECT Brown, Martin, 1884-1936. fast (OCoLC)fst01956394
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Friendship -- Drama
Sex addiction -- Drama
Italians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
Nobility -- Italy -- Drama
Friendship.
Italians.
Man-woman relationships.
Nobility.
Sex addiction.
Italy.
New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Romance films.
Silent films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Films muets.
Films de fiction.
Films d'amour.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Form Streaming video
Author Henabery, Joseph, 1887-1976, director
Weber, L. Lawrence, approximately 1872-1940, producer
Shepard, David, producer
Flicker Alley (Firm), distributor
Ritz-Carlton Pictures Inc., production company, presenter