The Sheik poster

The Sheik( 1921)

TV-MAAdventureDramaRomance
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A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!

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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Rudolph Valentino

      Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

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      Agnes Ayres

      Lady Diana Mayo

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      Ruth Miller

      Zilah - A Marriage Market Prospect

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      George Waggner

      Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)

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      Frank Butler

      Sir Aubrey Mayo

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      Charles Brinley

      Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)

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      Lucien Littlefield

      Gaston - French Valet

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      Adolphe Menjou

      Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert

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      Walter Long

      Omair - the Bandit

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      Sally Blane

      Arab Child (uncredited)

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      Earl Gordon Bostwick

      Suitor (uncredited)

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      Rafael Negrete

      Violinist (uncredited)

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      Natacha Rambova

      Arab Dancer (uncredited)

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      Loretta Young

      Arab Child (uncredited)

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      Polly Ann Young

      Arab Child (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    I was actually quite disappointed with this film. It has all the ingredients, all right, but somehow it just doesn't rise! Agnes Ayres is the feisty, determined "Lady Diana Mayo", a non-nonsense British aristocrat who visits Algeria where she meets the eponymous "Sheik Ahmed". She isn't much bothered about him, either way, but he falls hook, line and sinker and secrets her away to his oasis home. She rejects his, to be fair, rather kindly and indulgent advances and wants no truck with his desert ways and traditions (and, in her mind, the humiliation of being his chattel, however well intentione...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • silent film