title of a silent movie featuring Rudolph Valentino.
a film, based on a
novel of the same name,
released in 1922 and featuring famous
American silent film actor Rudolph Valentino (1895- 1926). Blood and Sand is a tragic story about Juan Gallardo (Valentino), an
apprentice shoemaker who becomes a valiant bullfighter. During his
rise to fame, he marries his childhood sweetheart, Carmen, but is unfaithful to her when he meets a
rich widow. Carmen finds out about his affair and rejects him. Driven to drink and dissipated, he is fatally gored in the arena and is carried away, leaving a trail of blood in the sand. The now disinterested widow sits in the
stands laughing and joking with another (wealthy)
man, as Carmen rushes to Juan's side and he dies in her arms, saying, "I
love only you."