Jun 09, 2015 the sheik is a 1921 american silent romantic drama film produced by famous playerslasky, directed by george melford and starring rudolph valentino, agnes ayres, and adolphe menjou. Mar 15, 2012 the sheik is best remembered as the movie that rocketed rudolph valentino to superstardom. Burning sands, tents of allah, felix the cat shatters the sheik, and rex ingrams the arab, which starred ramon novarro. Lady diana mayo is an adventurous woman whose curiosity gets her abducted by sheik ahmed ben hassan. Of course, it is a bit corny and several parts are in such fast motion that they are comical. The plot of the sheik is very different from that of our modern. It was composed in response to the popularity of the. Watch and discuss classic and vintage movies on line free. Shes a sheik, a 1927 film starring bebe daniels with a genderreversed plot sheik, a song on zz tops album tres hombres. The owner of this website is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon properties including, but not limited to,,, or. Sheik ahmed valentino desperately desires fiesty british socialite diana ayres, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tentpalace. Publication date 19210102 topics silent feature language english. The sheik is a 1921 american silent romantic drama film produced by famous playerslasky, directed by george melford, starring rudolph valentino and agnes ayres, and featuring adolphe menjou.
Clean red cloth boards with black lettering and single line border on cover. With rudolph valentino, agnes ayres, ruth miller, george waggner. Jun 07, 2009 this record at least 88 years old the story goes that paul whiteman had a hand in helping clyde doerr create his orchestras sound and naming the band. May 19, 2012 one of rudy valentinos break out roles in the early 20s, the portrayal of arabs would be considered racist by todays standards, but its still a very well made and watchable movie. The great silent screen lover rudolph valentino is captured in his most famous role in this special double feature. Sheik right now is by going to and downloading the free version. The sheik 1921 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The sheik with agnes ayres and rudolph valentino, movie poster, 1921. The film is based on the 1925 romance novel of the same name by edith maude hull, and is a sequel to the 1921 hit film the sheik, which also stars rudolph valentino.
The title of the oswald the lucky rabbit cartoon the shriek 1933 is a parody of the sheik. The sheik 1921 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Rudolph valentino, appears in his most iconic roles in the sheik 1921. The sheik, a 1921 silent film starring rudolph valentino, based on the novel. Aug 01, 2016 first a novel, then a movie, finally this song hit. The sheik is a 1921 american silent romantic drama film produced by famous playerslasky. The film was a boxoffice hit and helped propel valentino to stardom.
This record at least 88 years old the story goes that paul whiteman had a hand in helping clyde doerr create his orchestras sound and naming the band. The sheik with the son of the sheik dvdr 1921 flicker. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does diana realize how much she has grown to love ahmed, who comes to her rescue in. It was nothing like the book, valentinos sheik was a pretty nice guy all things considered. Hull, the sheik was the precursor to the modern romance novel. It was composed in response to the popularity of the rudolph valentino feature film the sheik.
Smith and francis wheeler, with music by ted snyder. I purchased the son of the sheik and, after seeing it several times, am captivated by his charisma just like thousands before me through the years. The sheik is a 1921 american silent film romantic drama film produced by famous. First a novel, then a movie, finally this song hit. The free spirited diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. A charming arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It was based on the bestselling romance novel of the same name by edith maude hull and was adapted for the screen by monte m. Paramount acquired the rights but knew that the material would have to be handled carefully if it was to pass censor boards. Publication date 1921 0102 topics silent feature language english. The sheik with agnes ayres and rudolph valentino, movie. The story involves london socialite lady diana mayo agnes ayres setting off on an adventure across the desert.
Dec 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and. The son of the sheik is valentinos final film and was released nearly two weeks after his death from peritonitis at the age of 31. The movie was based on the book the sheik by edith maude hull. Today, this film would have been considered very sexist, with the hidden message you, woman, will end up badly if you dont follow your role in society, and your happiness lays under a strong mans arms protection. It holds up rather well within the context of its story. George melford, polly ann young, frank butler, loretta young, takeshi kaneshiro, sally blane, adolphe menjou, lucien littlefield. Women fainted in the aisles when the sheik 1921, 86 min. Project gutenberg offers 61,596 free ebooks to download. This image might not be in the public domain outside of the united states. The film, nonetheless, does have a number of exciting action sequences that help it rise above the average film fare of 1921. Information from its description page there is shown below. The sheik of araby is a song that was written in 1921 by harry b. Yes it can be seen as cold blooded in the relationship between the sheik and the woman he carried off and married eventually, but it was written in a different time line where history was different and people reacted differently to life and to this kind of sheik romance.
Agnes ayres and rudolph valentino in the sheik 1921. The free spirited diana recoils from his passionate embraces and. The sheik was the movie that catapulted rudolph valentino to stardom. The movie is about a british lady who is captured by an arab chieftain a sheik.
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