Vicente Ibáñez wrote the book, Tom Cushing the play - so it was only a matter of time before this came to a big screen - and Fred Niblo and a really rather dead-behind-they eyes Rudolph Valentino went to work. They recreate a tale that follows the rags to riches toreador ("Juan") from Seville, who marries his childhood sweetheart "Carmen" (Lila Lee) but is soon infatuated with the stunning, wealthy, electric "Doña Sol" (Nita Naldi) and his world comes crashing about his ears thanks to his behaviour, and to his somewhat hypocritical, and puritanical, fellow citizens. There's something of the "s…
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