The Sheik (1921)

Directed by

George Melford

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Englishwoman travels through the Arabian desert where she is kidnapped by a handsome Arab sheik. They develop a complex and stormy relationship as she tries to understand him.

romanticdramaticold-fashionedexoticpassionateescapistmelo-dramaticsilent-era

What happens

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 film was a box-office hit and helped propel Valentino to stardom. In the 1926 sequel The Son of the Sheik, Valentino played both the Sheik and his son, while Ayres reprised her role. A third film in the series, She's a Sheik, was produced in 1927 by Paramount and starred Bebe Daniels in a comedic role reversal of the original film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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