Moran of the Lady Letty

Moran of the Lady Letty is a 1922 American silent adventure drama film directed by George Melford and stars Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton. Medford and Valentino has previously worked together on the box office hit The Sheik, in 1921. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Frank Norris and was adapted for the screen by Monte Katterjohn.

On the heels of The Four Horsemen and The Sheik, Moran was another vehicle to portray a strong, masculine character, here a San Francisco playboy who is transformed into a masculine, sunburned sailor. In the climax of the movie, Valentino fights the villain played by Walter Long, whom Valentino had earlier dealt with in The Sheik in the ships rigging. Though the female love interest, Moran, tells him initially that she is not made for men, they do kiss in a happy ending. As did Laredo, so does Morans character changefrom an independent, sexually ambiguous person to a more feminine, definitely heterosexual woman at peace with her estrogen. The choice of Dorothy Dalton was criticized in a review in Variety. The film was described in April 1922s edition of Photoplay as More or less pure hoakum that youre almost ashamed of yourself for enjoying. Whether it is the presence of two sparklers such as Valentino and Dorothy Dalton, or whether it is the original power of the Frank Norris novel, we dont know but its good strong entertainment. Sea stuff fights love. Rodolph as usual Dorothy with bobbed hairyum yum. Youre bound to like it.

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