The Sheik : The son of the Sheik.

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Call Number: DVD Silent-Film Sheik
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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From the Blackhawk Films collection.
New digital stereo music scores, plus alternate soundtrack with vintage score for The son of the sheik.
Special content of this edition, artwork and summary c2002 Film Preservation Associates.
The sheik originally released as a motion picture in 1921.
Original credits: Jesse L Lasky presents George Melford's production, from the novel by Edith M. Hull; adaptation by Monte Katterjohn; photographed by William Marshall.
The son of the sheik originally released as a motion picture in 1926.
Original credits: Emil C Jensen presents a George Fitzmaurice production, from the novel by Edith M. Hull; directed by George Fitzmaurice; produced by John W. Considine; adapted by Frances Marion; photographed by George Barnes.
Music notes by Eric Beheim.
Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Montague Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Binunsky Hyman.
Lady Diana Mayo is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftain, who takes one look at her and wants her, right then and there.
The son of a sheik is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful girl. When he escapes, he kidnaps the girl and they fall in love and ride off into the sunset together.
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Rudolph Valentino submitted by willow on August 31, 2015, 12:56pm The Sheik is a silent movie based on a romance novel, with a very convoluted plot involving a headstrong white woman named Diana (played by Agnes Ayres), living in Biskra, Algeria, who dresses as an Arab in order to see what's going on inside of a casino: the prize is new wives. She initially is chosen but, on revealing herself, she is excused. There is a long series of events involving the Sheik and near ravishings of the lovely Diana (rape not being acceptable for inclusion in a film, whereas in the book, she is clearly raped by him); At the end, it is revealed that the Sheik (played by Italian-born American actor Rudolph Valentino) is in fact white after all -- and that explains his large hands! Indeed. (Yes, that explains everything.)

In The Son of the Sheik, Valentino plays both the Sheik and his son! It was released just after his death at the age of 31, and includes cast members Vilma Banky as Yasmin, and Bull Montana as Ali the Mountebank.