Moran of the Lady Letty

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Audience Member Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) Another Rudolph Valentino silent film. This movie is another effort to make Valentino a more macho character rather than his lithe effete self. Maybe not as good as The Sheik (1921) or Blood and Sand (1922), but Moran of the Lady Letty is almost a swash buckler. Ramon Loredo (Valentino) is a bored, rich, socialite who is tired of the throngs of love-sick debutants and cotillions. He longs for something else. Ramon was late getting on board a yacht on the San Francisco bay is shanghaied and brought to a square-rigger smuggling ship run with an iron fist by Captain Kitchell (Walter Long). Our tomboy heroine, Moran Sternerson (Dorothy Dalton) is the fellow crew member with her Captain Father on board their ship the Lady Letty. On their way sailing south their ship's cargo of coal catches fire. Ramon rescues Moran and the Captain Kitchell tries to salvage Moran's ship as it burns up. Captain Kitchell has got some plans for Moran. Maybe selling her into white slavery to his Mexican partner, Pancho (Cecil Holland). Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Moran Of The Lady Letty is a good introduction to the films of and the legend that was Rudolph Valentino.Based on the novel by Frank Norris, casts Valentino as Ramon Laredo, a pampered aristocrat who is shanghaied in contemporary San Francisco by Captain Kitchell (Walter Long), the brutal commander of a smuggling schooner bound for Mexico. The Moran of the title is a beautiful young woman (top-billed Dorothy Dalton) who's as good a sailor as any man; the Lady Letty is her ship, which is taken over by Kitchell and his men. Ramon, naturally, has fallen for Moran (her name is even an anagram of his) and defends her honor in a brawling showdown with the lustful captain. I liked this film because so much story was stuffed into the film and there was little room left for extreme sentimentality or schmaltz. It tells the story briskly and well--something not found in many silent films. For the genre (silent action/adventure films), this is a very good example. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a 1922 film with Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton. I highly recommend it! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good. I cant' criticize silent movies, I love them all. Theres just that old world feel and you just can't help but imagine what it was like to be excited to see these movies at the cinema back in the 1920's. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A simple and mildly enjoyable (thanks to Valentino) rare silent film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member decent silent movie with the sheik! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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