en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Sand_(1922_film)
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August 5, 1922 (1922-08-05) (United States)
The August 5, 1922 U.S. release date does not match major film-reference records. AFI lists the film’s release date as September 10, 1922, with Los Angeles premiere/opening activity on August 6–7, not August 5.
Full reasoning
The article gives August 5, 1922 as the U.S. release date, but the American Film Institute Catalog records "Release Date: 10 September 1922" for Blood and Sand (1922). The same AFI entry also lists "Los Angeles premiere: 6 Aug 1922; Los Angeles and New York openings: 7 Aug 1922."
So August 5, 1922 is inconsistent with AFI’s documented chronology in two different ways:
- It is not the AFI-listed official release date (which is September 10, 1922).
- It is earlier than the AFI-listed Los Angeles premiere on August 6, 1922 and the Los Angeles/New York openings on August 7, 1922.
That makes the specific date August 5, 1922 incorrect.
1 source
- AFI Catalog: Blood and Sand (1922)
DETAILS Release Date: 10 September 1922. Premiere Information: Los Angeles premiere: 6 Aug 1922; Los Angeles and New York openings: 7 Aug 1922.
Blood and Sand premiered at the Rialto Theater in Los Angeles on August 22, 1922.
The Los Angeles Rialto premiere date is wrong. AFI documents a pre-release opening at the Rialto in downtown Los Angeles on August 6, 1922, not August 22.
Full reasoning
This sentence gives the Los Angeles Rialto premiere as August 22, 1922, but the AFI Catalog’s history and details for Blood and Sand place that event earlier.
AFI states that "At a pre-release opening in downtown Los Angeles, CA, on 6 Aug 1922, Blood and Sand 'broke all records for attendance at the Rialto Sunday'" and separately lists "Los Angeles premiere: 6 Aug 1922; Los Angeles and New York openings: 7 Aug 1922."
So the article’s claim that the film premiered at the Rialto in Los Angeles on August 22, 1922 is contradicted by AFI’s documented premiere information, which places the Rialto Los Angeles opening/premiere on August 6, 1922.
1 source
- AFI Catalog: Blood and Sand (1922)
At a pre-release opening in downtown Los Angeles, CA, on 6 Aug 1922, Blood and Sand 'broke all records for attendance at the Rialto Sunday' ... DETAILS: Premiere Information: Los Angeles premiere: 6 Aug 1922; Los Angeles and New York openings: 7 Aug 1922.