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The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou. It was based on the bestselling 1919 romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull and was adapted for the screen by Monte M. Katterjohn .
The Sheik: Directed by George Melford. With Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner. A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- George Melford
- 1921-11-20
Sep 17, 2020 · By the late 1920s, “sheik” began to be a catch-all term for a matinee idol, with stars as diverse as Ronald Colman, Buddy Rogers, Nils Asther, and Gary Cooper all being pegged as sheiks. But the term finally began to fall out of favor, especially once talkies became the norm.
Aug 18, 2022 · The Sheik officially made the young actor a phenomenon, one of the biggest stars of the 1920s–and biggest names in film history in general. And while his first major starring film might be hard for 21st century audiences to take seriously, it also has a kitschy charm that’s hard to forget.
Feb 4, 2008 · The Sheik, starring a smoldering Italian immigrant named Rudolph Valentino in the title role, helped make Valentino Hollywood's first sex symbol — and introduced an exotic, erotic character...
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Sheik, The (1921) -- (Movie Clip) Cultured English Girl In the Sarahan city of Biskra, feisty English tourist Lady Diana (Agnes Ayres) sneaks into a marriage fair overseen by Sheik Ahmed (Rudolph Valentino), their first meeting in The Sheik, 1921.
Feb 14, 2019 · The popularity of her tale of the intrepid, boyish and beautiful Diana who ventures into the Sahara before being captured by her desert rapist-cum-lover sheik was enhanced by George Melford’s...
