Thursday, April 19

1918 All Night

All Night is a fine French bedroom style farce:  A down-on-their-luck married society couple (Dorian and Warren) persuade an unmarried pair (Valentino and Myers) to take their places at a party while they pretend to be the servants to impress a man of means who may give them money and assistance.


In contrast to the screen persona of "The Great Lover", Valentino's character of Richard Thayer is shy and insecure. For this film, he performed several scenes of physical comedy and pratfalls, including falling from a window into a barrel of water, all of which he relished. He was originally billed in the film as Rodolpho de Valentina.

We're proud to be the first to bring this complete restored copy of "All Night" - Valentino's rare second film to YouTube. Thanks to Gen at CinemaVintage for generously donating this rare film to The Internet Archive, where so many people get their upload material but never seem to credit as their source..Thanks again, Gen, and we'll see everyone at The Archives! - Max at CinemaVintage 

Watch, below, on YouTube or directly from The Internet Archive.