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The Son Of The Shiek (1926)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: Sep 5, 1926 Wide

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The Son of the Sheik, Rudolph Valentino's last film, may well be his best. A sequel to (and vast improvement upon) Valentino's 1922 blockbuster The Sheik, the 1926 film casts the legendary Latin Lover in the dual role of the now-older Sheik and his son Ahmed. The latter falls in love with bejeweled dancing girl Yasmin (Vilma Banky), the daughter of a scurrilous thief, who in turn is in cahoots with Ghabah (Montagu Love), "whose crimes outnumber the desert sands." Captured, held for ransom and

Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance

Directed By: George Fitzmaurice

Written By: Edith Maude Hull, Frances Marion, Fred De Gresac

In Theaters: Sep 5, 1926 Wide

Cast

Rudolph Valentino
Ahmed/The Sheik
Vilma Banky
Yasmin
George Fawcett
Andre
Montagu Love
Ghabah
Karl Dane
Ramadan
Bull Montana
Ali
Agnes Ayres
Diana
Erwin Connelly
The Zouave
William Donovan
S'rir
Charles Requa
Pierre
B. Hyman
Pincher

Critic Reviews for The Son Of The Shiek

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)

It dated badly, but is worth seeing as an historical curio that shows how far we have come and far we must still go to overcome our stereotyped conceptions of Arabs.

July 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Engaging nonsense full of sex, homoeroticism, a little S&M and much derring-do%u2014but it's all nonsense that shows why Valentino is a legend.

November 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Silly, hammy, Valentino was never much of an actor

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Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

The film as a whole was entertaining and fun.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Eh it was ok. Nothing special about it, but it didn't bore me as most other silents do.

January 5, 2011

Lauren Donis

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***1/2 (out of four) The follow up to the 1922 hit film "The Sheik". This time Rudolph Valnetino plays the son of the character he played in the first. He even takes on both father and son here. I think the movie and Valentino himself is even better this time around. The young sheik falls for a young woman (Vilma

February 18, 2010

Steve Smith

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