Timeline Sunday 30 October 1921

Events on Sunday 30 October 1921 1

• 1921 The Sheik released Rudolph Valentino film becomes a defining silent-era sensation The silent film "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, opened in the United States and became one of the year's biggest box-office successes. It cemented Valentino's status as a leading romantic idol of the silent era. The film's desert-romance formula was widely imitated in the years that followed.