This is a vintage original 8x10 in. U.S. single-weight glossy photograph from the classic silent film adventure/romance, THE EAGLE, released in 1925 by United Artists and directed by Clarence Brown. Rudolph Valentino stars as Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II (Louise Dresser). He spurns her advances and flees and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff (James A. Marcus), and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter, Mascha (Vilma Banky). He is after vengeance but instead falls in love with Mascha.

The image showcases the beautiful sets that were created for this film and depicts an interior long shot of Lt. Vladimir Dubrovsky (Rudolph Valentino) in a heated exchange with Kuschka (Albert Conti) as Kyrilla Troekouroff (James A. Marcus) watches the two men. The lighting is especially attractive and creates bright highlights around the left edges of the actors and on the floor. Printed on single-weight stock with a glossy finish, this vintage original photograph is in very fine- condition with a light trim along the right border and surface paper loss on the remainder of the right border. There are no pinholes, tears, stains or other flaws and the image quality is razor-sharp with fine detail and beautiful rich contrast.

The film was originally titled The Black Eagle but was changed when it was discovered that Douglas Fairbanks was producing the similarly-titled The Black Pirate (1926). In the scene where the camera moves along the banquet table, the table used had to be specially designed to move apart so that the camera could travel backward. Valentino wanted to project a more "butch" image in this film, so in order to establish his masculine bona fides with the cast and crew, he sent home stunt double Nicky Caruso and did the spectacular opening stunt - leaping onto a horse and chasing down a runaway carriage - himself.