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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 .
- under $200,000
- Irving Berlin (1970s reissue)
- Fred Qrimby
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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- George Melford
- Passed
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert. 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 ...
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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 Biskra ...
- (19)
- Rudolph Valentino
- George Melford
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
The Sheik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_(film)) is the movie that catapulted Valentino to stardom. It set many box office records and became an in...
- 79 min
- 27.5K
- Silver Classics in Colour