Blood and Sand (1922 film)

Blood and Sand
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFred Niblo
Screenplay byJune Mathis
Based onSangre y arena
1908 novel
by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Blood and Sand
1921 play by Thomas Cushing
Produced byFred Niblo (uncredited)
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringRudolph Valentino
Lila Lee
Nita Naldi
Rosa Rosanova
Walter Long
CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
Edited byDorothy Arzner (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 5, 1922 (1922-08-05) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
9 reels (8,110 feet or 2,471 meters)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Box office$1,250,000 (US/Canada)[1]
Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and Nita Naldi. It was based on the 1908 Spanish novel Sangre y arena (Blood and Sand) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and the play Blood and Sand by Thomas Cushing which was adapted from Ibáñez's novel.


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