The Sheik (1921)
1921 · Silent film · 86 min · dir. George Melford
A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!
- Drama
- silent film
- Romance
Synopsis
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...
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- George Melford
- Writer
- Edith Maude Hull
- Cinematography
- William Marshall
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Released
- 1921-11-20
- Series
- The Sheik Collection
- Running time
- 86 minutes
Cast & crew
George Melford Director
Polly Ann Young
Lucien Littlefield
George Waggner
Sally Blane
Frank Butler
Adolphe Menjou
Walter Long
Natacha Rambova
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Great Valentino · Haliotis · 2016-03-09
A very subtle way of understanding he took her in his bed. Today, this film would have been considered very sexist, with the hidden message "you, woman, will end up badly if you don't follow your role in society, and your happiness lays under a strong man's arms protection. It would be considered as well as racist, "surely a good hearted Arab has European blood running in his veins" Lovely film, though. I can see why so many women went to Valentino's funeral, and some even committed suicide.
