
Rudolph Valentino as Ramon Laredo, Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
Moran of the Lady Letty is a 1922 silent film adventure produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The picture reunited director George Melford and star Rudolph Valentino after their monumental success with The Sheik in 1921. Though Valentino is the assumed star today, the actual star of the film is the female lead Dorothy Dalton an actress popular during World War I and whose star was waning when this film was made. [Plot] A young Spaniard is shanghaied(forced to sail on ship) by the Captain of the ship. While on board he meets and falls in love with a female member of the crew who is initially dressed as a man.
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