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The Son of the Sheik is a 1926 American silent adventure drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky. The film is based on the 1925 romance novel The Sons of the Sheik by Edith Maude Hull, and is a sequel to the 1921 hit film The Sheik, which also stars Rudolph Valentino. [2]
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The Son of the Sheik, American silent film, released in 1926, that was a sequel to the hit film The Sheik (1921), which gave actor Rudolph Valentino perhaps his most memorable role and ensured his status as a legendary heartthrob of Hollywood.
In the deserts of Algeria, Ahmed (played by Valentino) is captured and held for ransom by the evil father of the beautiful Yasmin (Vilma Banky). In retaliation, he kidnaps the girl, and an unexpected romance develops between them.
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The symbolic images found in The Son of the Sheik are so important to film lore that the movie takes on a resonance that it may not otherwise deserve. The first film had cemented Valentino’s image as the exotic lover, and the second movie—one of the first high-profile film sequels—was designed to give audiences another opportunity to swoon over Valentino. The follow-up was a more polished production than its predecessor and possessed tongue-in-cheek humour not found in the original.
The film took on a legendary status in a tragic and unexpected way: it was Valentino’s last screen appearance. He died from peritonitis at age 31 shortly after the film opened. More than 80,000 fans mobbed his funeral, proving that Valentino was larger than life even in death.
•Studio: United Artists
•Director and producer: George Fitzmaurice
•Writers: Frances Marion and Fred De Gresac
•Running time: 72 minutes
•Rudolph Valentino (Ahmed/The Sheik)
•Vilma Banky (Yasmin)
•George Fawcett (André)
•Montague Love (Ghabah)
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Definition. The Son of the Sheik is a 1926 silent film that is a sequel to the 1921 film The Sheik, featuring the popular star Rudolph Valentino.
Five years after Valentino first galloped across the desert, Joe Schenck at United Artists bought the rights to E.M. Hull’s sequel Sons of the Sheik as a vehicle for the actor’s comeback. By 1926 studio heads were relying on dependable film formulas more than ever.
The Son of the Sheik was one of the first high-profile film sequels. While The Sheik had cemented Valentino’s image as the exotic lover, the sequel was designed to give audiences another opportunity to swoon over Valentino.
Ahmed (Valentino) falls in love with dancing girl Yasmin (Banky). He gets kidnapped by Ghabah (Love), the leader of a group of thieves, who tells the sheik's son that Yasmin has betrayed him. After his escape, Ahmed takes revenge by kidnapping Yasmin. Eventually, all the misunderstandings are resolved.
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Valentino reportedly enjoyed strolling the backlot in his bearded, elder sheik state, unrecognized. “The Son of the Sheik” is a pure romp, a twenties orientalist fantasy. Produced at the peak of the silent era, it is a wonderful balance of action, romance, and humor -- with gorgeous cinematography, to boot.
