The Sheik
A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!
Rating: 5.9 out of 10TMDB(63 votes)
Overview
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $200K budget
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Based on
Based on The Sheik
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Filming locations
Filmed in Arizona and California
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Setting
Set in Algeria
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Collection
Part of The Sheik Collection
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Music
Music by Irving Berlin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Paul Ivano and William Marshall
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Edith Maude HullNovel
- Monte M. KatterjohnWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 20, 1921
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- The Sheik Collection
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In the United States
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Cast
Rudolph ValentinoSheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Agnes AyresLady Diana Mayo- Ruth MillerZilah - A Marriage Market Prospect
George WaggnerYousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
Frank ButlerSir Aubrey Mayo
Charles BrinleyMustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)
Lucien LittlefieldGaston - French Valet
Adolphe MenjouDr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Walter LongOmair - the Bandit
Sally BlaneArab Child (uncredited)- Earl Gordon BostwickSuitor (uncredited)
- Rafael NegreteViolinist (uncredited)
Natacha RambovaArab Dancer (uncredited)
Loretta YoungArab Child (uncredited)
Polly Ann YoungArab Child (uncredited)
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