Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Monkeywess This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind

blanche-2 I welcome any opportunity to see Valentino, and "Moran of the Lady Letty" from 1922 is Valentino in action, aimed at getting the men interested in him as well as women.Based on a play, the story concerns a wealthy young playboy, Ramon, with no purpose in life who is shanghaied and put into service on a ship of smugglers. Life on the sea and working turns out to be a good and enjoyable thing for Ramon. One day, the crew sees a boat that has suffered a coal fire and looks empty, so the men climb aboard to steal what they can. They find one crew member alive, who turns out to be a woman, Moran Letty (Dorothy Dalton), the daughter of the burned ship's captain. Ramon protects her from the evil captain (Charles Brinley) and falls in love with her.Differences in class were the major topic of stories, plays, etc. in the '20s into the early '30s. This is no exception. Seen today, the facial expressions are big and obvious, and the dialogue cards are open to a different interpretation nowadays - Letty has no use for men, doesn't like them, and wished she had been born a man! Dorothy Dalton is exotic-looking and good as Letty, and Valentino is very handsome and effective as Ramon. The film is loaded with stereotypes, including the likable character Chopstick Charlie, played by Japanese actor George Kuwa.This is all to be expected in an 88-year-old film. We only have a fraction of silent films available when you look at what has been made versus what has been lost. It's not the greatest Valentino film, but don't pass this up if you have a chance to see it.

henri sauvage Valentino does a quite creditable job of portraying a bored San Francisco society swell, whose life is turned upside down when he gets shanghaied by a villainous arms smuggler. His performance is refreshingly naturalistic (for a silent) as he discovers unexpected pleasure in his rough-and-tumble life as a smuggler -- at least, until the more sinister side of his captain's nature emerges. Walter Long makes a good heavy, and Dorothy Dalton is passable as the love interest.What captivated me, though, were the locations: That harbor chock-full of tall ships, just at the end of the era of commercial viability for sail. And especially the two merchant ships on which most of the action takes place. When you see a sailing ship in a movie it's usually a replica of a warship from the 18th Century or earlier. I found those little details of actual workhorse merchant vessels from the late 1800s/early 1900s -- the zenith of commercial sailing -- fascinating.For instance, there's a pretty authentic sequence in which the Lady Letty's cargo of coal spontaneously combusts -- a bad enough prospect when you're at sea, but much, much worse when you're at sea on something as inflammable as a ship constructed out of very dry wood. After the captain and a couple of men are overcome by fumes while trying to fight the fire, the remaining crew panics and abandons ship, leaving the captain's daughter behind, easy prey for vultures like Capt. "Slippery" Kitchell.Whether you're a seafaring history buff or not, this is still an entertaining example of an action film from the heyday of the silents, and for my taste one of Rudolph Valentino's most watchable performances.

Michael_Elliott Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Somewhat entertaining silent melodrama from director George Melford who went on to do the Spanish version of Dracula. A rich playboy (Rudolph Valentino) is liquored up and kidnapped onto a rough shipping boat with a no nonsense captain (Walter Long). The two feued at first but they quickly become friends until they rescue a woman (Dorothy Dalton) at sea and the captain has rather mean plans including rape. This was my first film with Valentino and after hearing so much about his legendary looks, I must say I didn't get much of a romantic feel so at first I'm a little puzzled over his reputation as a ladies man. Perhaps he just didn't have any chemistry with the leading lady who really wasn't all that interesting here. The film runs a short 71-minutes and includes a wonderful, action filled fight but outside of this everything is rather bland. The film is certainly watchable and entertaining but nothing much comes out of it. Long is certainly the scene stealing and you might remember him from some later day Laurel and Hardy films as well as playing the rapist, in blackface, in The Birth of a Nation. On another note, it's quite clear that several scenes here influenced the much better Captains Courageous.

MartinHafer I liked this Rudolph Valentino movie. Perhaps this was because unlike his usual "latin lover" persona, this film features him as a rich guy who becomes an action hero! Hardly what you'd expect from this actor.The film begins with Valentino at a high-class party. He's rich and bored with the lifestyle--longing for something different. Well, his wish is unexpectedly granted when he is shanghaied aboard a rough and tumble ship skippered by tough-guy, Walter Long. Despite his background, it seems that Rudy is a natural seaman and takes to the life of a sailor.Later, they happen upon a derelict ship that is smoldering. It seems that the crew abandoned the ship and refused to try to save her despite pleadings from the ships' captain's daughter, Moran. When Walter Long and his crew board this stricken ship, Moran is the only one left alive. Rudy is warned NOT to let Long know the person rescued was a woman, as Walter is anything but a gentleman! In fact, at one point he seems poised to rape her and at another he tries to sell to to a band of bandits! In fact, Long is such a dirt bag that he plans not only to sell her, but murder his crew and replace them with bandits! Well, the crew discovers this and Rudy leads them in defending the ship. The marauders are killed, but no one on board knows that Walter Long slipped back aboard during the mêlée. Later, when the ship reaches home, Rudy goes to see his old friends. Moran and the crew think he's gone for good to resume life in high society, but he returns in time to see Long trying to molest Moran. In a climatic fight, Long gets whipped and Rudy gets the girl! Hooray! I liked this film because so much story was stuffed into the film and there was little room left for extreme sentimentality or schmaltz. It tells the story briskly and well--something not found in many silent films. For the genre (silent action/adventure films), this is a very good example.