Sadly though, that was also the year Swanson and Somborn got divorced as a result of her numerous affairs with men like Rudolph Valentino, Cecil B. DeMille and Marshall Neilan.

Photo provided by Milestone. Milestone announced Monday that it will release the rediscovered silent film, “Beyond the Rocks,” a lost movie starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino.

Hundreds of silent movies were filmed on the idyllic islands of California starring luminaries such as Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, ...