Production Background
Blood and Sand proved very successful at the boxoffice. The film was also the source of legendary football player Johnny "Blood" McNally's nickname - he started playing professional under an alias to protect his remaining college eligibility. He and a friend passed a theater where Blood and Sand was playing. Suddenly, McNally exclaimed to his friend, "That's it. You be Sand. I'll be Blood", playing his Hall of Fame career under the name "Johnny Blood".
The film was parodied by Stan Laurel in Mud and Sand (1922) and by Will Rogers in the Hal Roach short film Big Moments From Little Pictures (1924).
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