âŠadapting Vicente Blasco Ibåñezâs novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for the screen (released 1921). By that time Mathis had already gained enough influence with Richard Rowland, the head of Metro, to have the then-unknown Rudolph Valentino cast as the lead; the film instantly established Valentino as Hollywoodâs romanticâŠ
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