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The Son of the Sheik (1926) 7.0
The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge. Director:George FitzmauriceWriters:Edith Maude Hull (based on the novel by), Frances Marion (screen adaptation), 3 more credits » |
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Cast
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| Rudolph Valentino | ... |
Ahmed /
The Sheik
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| Vilma Bánky | ... |
Yasmin
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George Fawcett | ... |
André
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Montagu Love | ... |
Ghabah
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Karl Dane | ... |
Ramadan
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Bull Montana | ... |
Mountebank
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Bynunsky Hyman | ... |
Mountebank
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Agnes Ayres | ... |
Diana - Wife of the Sheik
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Men and women, fathers and children. Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. Among the cutthroats is Ghobah, a villainous Moor to whom Yasmin is promised. In ruins near Touggourt, the city where Yasmin dances, she and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom. Will Ahmed believe that Yasmin set him up for capture? Even if true love finds a way through webs of deceit, what will the vigorous and imposing sheik say about his son consorting with a dancing girl? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 September 1926 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
O Filho do Sheik See more »Company Credits
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1.33 : 1
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(1926)
Music by Ted Snyder
Lyrics by Billy Rose
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Rudolph Valentino personally picked Vilma Bánky as his leading lady for this film, which would be his last. See more »Quotes
Title card: The night was young at Cafe Maure. Not a knife had been thrown - so far.See more »
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"That Night in Araby"(1926)
Music by Ted Snyder
Lyrics by Billy Rose
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In the south of Algiers, in a camp of outcasts, the Frenchman André (George Fawcett) leads a troupe of mountebanks and thieves. His daughter Yasmin (Vilma Banky) is the dancer of the group and is promised to the cutthroat Moor Ghobah (Montague Love). However, Yasmin meets Ahmed (Rudolph Valentino), who is the Sheik's son but she does not know, and they fall in love for each other. When the young couple secretly dates in the ruins of Touggourt, where Yasmin dances, the criminals attack Ahmed, beat up and capture him, expecting to ask for a ransom. Ghobah poisons Ahmed, telling that Yasmin is a bait to lure victims for them. Ahmed escapes, and he abducts Yasmin and despises her. When he knows the truth, he fights against the gang of criminals trying to rescue her from Ghobah.
"The Son of the Sheik" is the last movie of Rudolph Valentino and a delightful adventure with romance, action and drama. The cinematography is impressive, and I particularly liked very much the sequences when Vilma Banky dances in Touggourt beginning with a close and opening to the whole place, and when Ahmed chases Ghobah and Yasmin in the desert. Considering the equipment available in 1926, big, heavy and with serious limitations, it is amazing how these scenes were shot. Rudolph Valentino is fantastic in the role of the son of the Sheik, and his agility recalled me Errol Flynn, when he fights in the bar of Touggourt, jumping on the chandelier. The beautiful Vilma Banky dances magnificently well, shows a great chemistry with Rudolph Valentino and has also a great interpretation. The intense music of Arthur Gutmann gives a perfect dynamic to this wonderful underrated film. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "O Filho do Sheik" ("The Son of the Sheik")