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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.
Paris-educated Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan (Rudolph Valentino) provides brides for wealthy Arabs. The high-spirited Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres), learning that the sheik will be in the city of...
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- Romance, Drama
Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana (Ayres), so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released.
Aug 18, 2022 · One of the great sensations of the early 1920s screen, The Sheik (1921) is the kind of silent film that’s almost too easy to mock: it’s melodramatic, it’s cheesy, it’s based on a florid romance novel, and it features plenty of that exaggerated acting people always think was common back then (there was plenty of naturalistic acting, I promise…!).
Aug 15, 2017 · The Sheik ( 1921) Video Item Preview ... movies. The Sheik ( 1921) by pARAMOUNT. Publication date 1921-01-02 Topics silent feature Language English. Shiek-Valentino. Addeddate 2017-08-15 02:24:00 Identifier TheSheik1921_201708 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 . plus-circle Add Review.
Just when she realizes she loves him, she gets kidnapped by a desert bandit who "desires" her for himself. Ahmed the Sheik to the rescue, even at the risk of his own life!
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.
There are moments of true heartbreak and tragedy mixed with wild road stories and the Iron Sheik's trademark over-the-top personality. Rated: 8/10 Dec 3, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews...
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The Sheik is a 1921 silent movie. It was directed by George Melford. It stars Rudolph Valentino. The movie was based on the book The Sheik by Edith Maude Hull. The movie is about a British lady who is captured by an Arab chieftain (a sheik). She is held in his camp, and grows to love him.
