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Then and Now: Valentino in Spokane
A crowd gathers on the sidewalk outside the Liberty Theater, 718 W. Riverside Ave., to see “The Sheik,” starring Rudolph Valentino. The 1921 film, which reached Spokane in November of that year, built Valentino a legion of fans, mostly female, around the …