The Sheik (1921)

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1921 Wide

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This romantic costumed adventure is the film that cemented Rudolph Valentino's reputation as a legendary screen lover. Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan (Valentino) takes Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayers) to his camp when he finds the beauty in the desert. Although drawn to the Sheik, Lady Diana is able to resist his amorous advances. When his former French school chum Raoul de Saint Herbert (Adolphe Menjou) convinces him to let Diana go free, she is kidnapped by the villainous Omair (Walter Long), who

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: George Melford

Written By: Edith Maude Hull, Monte M. Katterjohn

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1921 Wide

On DVD: May 28, 1992

Cast

Agnes Ayres
Diana Mayo
Rudolph Valentino
Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Adolphe Menjou
Raoul de Saint Hubert
Walter Long
Omair
Lucien Littlefield
Gaston
George Waggner
Yousaf
F.R. Butler
Sir Aubrey Mayo
Patsy Ruth Miller
The serving girl
Loretta Young
Arab Child
Rodolfo Valentino
Frank Butler

Critic Reviews for The Sheik

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Landmark film that was never all that hot with a solution so jaw-droppingly racist that it's hard to believe.

September 4, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's one of those films that should be seen by film buffs and those interested in films as history.

April 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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A predictable romance drama, with some adventure. It's pretty good, but the ending was bad if you ask me, I didn't care for it, it was silly.

January 3, 2011

AJ Verser

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Rudolf Valentino died at the age of 31, he became a greater star than ever--or rather, something greater still than a star, a cult. There's no one quite like him for whispering sweet, silent nothings into his heroine's ears, or blowing smoke rings... As for the film The Sheik (directed, for the record, by George

September 1, 2009