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OverviewAI-generated
The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romance film directed by George Melford and produced by Jesse Louis Lasky. The screenplay was written by Monte M. Katterjohn and Edith Maude Hull, based on Hull’s work. The cast includes Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolphe Menjou, and Walter Long. Irving Berlin composed the music, while Paul Ivano and William Marshall served as directors of photography.
Paramount Pictures distributed the black-and-white film, which was filmed in California and Arizona. The narrative is set in Algeria. The movie has a runtime of 86 minutes and an aspect ratio of 4:3. It is available on video on demand and is in the public domain. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.2 from 3,751 votes and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 79%.
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6.0Sheik 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...
Cast
- Rudolph Valentino as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
- Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo
- Ruth Miller as Zilah - A Marriage Market Prospect
- George Waggner as Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
- Frank Butler as Sir Aubrey Mayo
- Charles Brinley as Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)
Themes
- silent film
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
3,751 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
- Year
- 1921
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- 1 win
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Melford
- Written by
- Monte M. Katterjohn (adaptation)
- Based on
- The Sheik , by Edith Maude Hull
- Produced by
- Fred Quimby
- Starring
- Rudolph Valentino , Agnes Ayres
- Cinematography
- William Marshall
- Music by
- Irving Berlin (1970s reissue), Ben Model (2017 Kino Lorber reissue)
- Production company
- Famous Players–Lasky
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- November 20, 1921 ( 1921-11-20 ) ( US )
- Running time
- 80 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Silent ( English intertitles)
- Budget
- under $200,000
- Box office
- $1.5 million (US/Canada)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Based on
- The Sheik
- Director
- George Melford
- Screenwriter
- Edith Maude Hull
- Cast member
- Patsy Ruth Miller
- Composer
- Irving Berlin
- Producer
- Jesse Louis Lasky
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- William Marshall
- Narrative location
- Algeria
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 488429
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Sheik poster 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Sheik (film)
- publication date
- 1921-11-20
- title
- The Sheik
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- after a work by
- Edith Maude Hull
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- copyright status
- public domain
- different from
- sheikh
- capital cost
- 200000
- box office
- 1500000
- review score
- 79%
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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