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	WrestleLine.com
		When the Sheik performed, it was a given that his opponents - and the Sheik himself - would bleed profusely for most of the match.
		The Sheik originally wrestled under the moniker "The Sheik of Araby," borrowing his character name from the 1921 silent movie of the same name starring Rudolph Valentino (which itself was adapted from a novel by Edith Maude Hull, if you're keeping score).
		The Sheik of Araby brought a female slave - The Princess - to the ring with him and enraged fans by abusing her verbally (and, as the legend goes, physically) until she knelt at his feet in submission.
	www.wrestleline.com /columns/circa/circa092500.shtml (1322 words)

	MovieGoods - AFI 100: The Son of the Sheik
		"The Son" is a sequel to "The Sheik", adapted by Francis Marion from the novel by E.M. Hull.
		When surprised by her followers, including her father and a passionate admirer, and held for a ransom, the son of the sheik is led to believe he has been tricked by the girl, which engenders hatred and a determination for revenge.
		There is a bitter fight, with plenty of knife play, the son of the sheik finally emerging unscathed, and with the girl again in his arms.
	www.moviegoods.com /afi/afi100_sheik_26.asp (589 words)

	Agnes Ayres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agnes Ayres with Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik
		Born Agnes Hinkle in Carbondale, Illinois, she had planned to have a career in law, but in 1915 at the age of 17 she made her film debut at Essanay Studios in Chicago, and was signed by Fox Studios in 1919.
		In 1940 Agnes Ayres died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 42.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agnes_Ayres (377 words)

	The Son of the Sheik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Arabs of the film were “Moors.” Arabs were represented as aggressive and violent, wealthy gamblers, with no rules or social politesse restraining their behavior; they live in the desert with palm trees; they reside in tents and they ride horses.
		The film genre itself is one that is particularly conducive towards stereotypical renderings.
		The oriental discourse is obvious in the way the film constructs Africa as a mysterious place, exotic and magical, not rational, and sensual—a place where women are free to express their sexuality more freely than the conservative West of that time.
	www.aucegypt.edu /academic/anth/anth400/TheSonOfTheSheikh.htm (3918 words)

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		By the time of his last film "The Son of the Sheik," Valentino had grown into a more sophisticated actor and his mannerisms started to become more natural, as films were also changing.
		When the Sheik's former French school chum Raoul de Saint Herbert (Adolphe Menjou) convinces him to let Diana go free she is only kidnapped by the villainous desert bandit Omair (Walter Long), who threatens her with a fate worse than death.
		The sheik is wounded in the battle, but Diana nurses him back to health and promises her everlasting love.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/sheik.htm (665 words)

	Son of the Sheik feature
		Early on in the film he is "leering" into Yasmin's tent both lusting after her and spying on her.
		The film proved to be his greatest popular success in years, but how much of this can be traced to his own talents and how much to the outlandish notoriety surrounding his death is still an unresolved question.
		It is not difficult for us to believe that he paid for 'Son of the Sheik' with his life, that he had not the physical resistance to throw off the strain of his last location trip which took him into the bitter wastes of the Arizona desert.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /sonofthesheikfeature.html (2218 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Movies like, "The Son of the Sheik", filmed with the legendary actor Rudolph Valentino, were shot in Jacksonville in 1926.
		Or the film "A Fool There Was" which was shot in 1914.
		Films from the collection won't be sold separately.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=18382 (407 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : The Sheik : Plot
		The heroic Sheik and his army save Diana from suicide, but he is severely wounded in the melee.
		Reviewers at the time of the film's release were very critical of the film and the performance of Valentino, suggesting the public should ask the film to be censored as it was morally objectionable.
		Over 70 years after his death, Rudolph Valentino is still remembered as the first male superstar to have a direct and lasting impact on female viewers, and the word "sheik" became as synonymous with Valentino as the word "vamp" was associated with the exotic Theda Bara.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/31359/plot.jhtml (301 words)

	Kino Film: Son Of The Sheik
		In this visually intoxicating sequel to Valentino's career-defining film The Sheik, the silent screen's greatest lover portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful dancer, Yasmin (Vilma Banky).
		After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and holds her captive in his desert lair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his violent passion upon her.
		The film's sultry beauty and torrid power are derived from the exotic romance which saturates every frame; its sadomasochistic fantasies acted out against the lavish set design of William Cameron Menzies (The Thief Of Bagdad) and lushly photographed by George Barnes (Sadie Thompson).
	www.kino.com /theatrical/th_item.php?film_id=294 (152 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: The Sheik / The Son of the Sheik: Special Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In the role that he's still remembered for, Valentino plays Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who spies free-willed Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayers) in his desert camp and determines that she will be his.
		The Son of the Sheik is from a 1937 reissue print taken from the original negative, with a few shots replaced from later material, and remains untinted.
		For the audio, The Sheik sports an outstanding new Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo score compiled from period music by Eric Beheim and his electronic "Cafe Maure Orchestra." The Son of the Sheik offers a choice between a fine Beheim score or a 1937 recording of a vintage compilation score, complete with vocals.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/s/sheik21.q.shtml (453 words)

	National Film Registry, 2003
		The list is designed to reflect the full breadth and diversity of America's film heritage, thus increasing public awareness of the richness of American cinema and the need for its preservation.
		Among the films named this year: "Antonia: Portrait of the Woman" Jill Godmillow and Judy Collins' documentary on the life of extraordinary musician-conductor Antonia Brica and her struggles to become a symphony director despite her gender.
		Regarding the National Film Registry, Billington observed that the "films we choose are not necessarily either the 'best' American films ever made or the most famous, but they are films that continue to have cultural, historical or aesthetic significance -- and in many cases represent countless other films also deserving of recognition.
	www.loc.gov /film/nfr2003.html (1279 words)

	Sheik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheik, a character from Nintendo's Legend of Zelda video game series
		The Sheik (film), a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheik (90 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : The Sheik / The Son of the Sheik: Special Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With Sheik Ahmed severely wounded in the attack, Diana nurses him back to health and vows everlasting love to her adventurous hero.
		The Sheik is populated by "Arabs" who look just like Southern Californians, and its comic-book idealization of the Sahara as a place "where the children of Araby dwell in happy ignorance" is now even less culturally sensitive than it was in the '20s.
		The elder Sheik has harsh parental words with his impulsive boy, and soon the son vanquishes the bad guys and wins the heart (etc.) of his true love.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/s/sheik21.shtml (1256 words)

	Ablazingly - The Sheik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Desperate to woo English socialite Diana, Sheik Ahmed kidnaps her and whisks her away to his luxurious desert tent.
		At first she resists his advances but when she is kidnapped by ruthless desert bandits she begins to realise that she has true feelings for her sultry lover.
		But will the Sheik arrive in time to rescue her from the clutches of the bandits...
	www.ablazingly.com /movies/the-sheik (63 words)

	Sex and the early cinema / 'Ecstasy,' 'Sheik' stir new excitement on DVD
		But the double "Sheik" disc is also for people who have heard of Valentino and want to have the definitive disc through which they can see what the fuss was all about.
		"The Sheik" was the starring role that made him an international sensation, while "The Son of the Sheik" was the last film he made before his unexpected and terribly premature death from appendicitis at age 31.
		The two films show the growth of the actor's screen technique and his movement from overt histrionics to a more subtle acting style that brought in very modern notes of irony.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/11/PK16922.DTL&type=movies (801 words)

	The Sheik (1921) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When her caravan is attacked by bandits and her brother (Frank Butler) killed, she is rescued by Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassen (Valentino, who carries her off to his camp intending to make her the latest of his many conquests.
		With the influence and advice from his friend Raoul (Adolph Menjou) the Sheik comes to respect her and they ultimately fall in love.
		Both Valentino and Ayres would reprise their roles in "Son of the Sheik" (1926), Valentino's final film.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0012675 (428 words)

	Silent Era : DVD : The Son of the Sheik (1926) Review
		The film is probably not that important, beyond the presence of Valentino, in the grand scale of the silent era, but it remains a pleasing film and rises above the usual fare of the time.
		The film is padded with a hodge podge of footage taken during the event and of the contestants afterwards, but the film served its purpose for Valentino and made Selznick a goodly sum of money at the beginning of his career as a film producer.
		The Sheik’s Physique (192?) is an odd little fiction film of Valentino (complete with long, pointed sideburns) driving to the beach and, to wow female viewers, changing into a swimming suit to spend a leisurely afternoon relaxing.
	www.silentera.com /DVD/sonoftheSheikDVD.html (1366 words)

	channel4.com - film - text only (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Valentino's swansong is also one of the earliest examples of sequel-making in cinema (as the follow-up to his 1922 smash The Sheik).
		Here, the legendary silent star takes on dual roles as both the first film's hero and his son, who lands in a whole heap of trouble after he becomes smitten with the daughter of a jewel thief.
		Valentino, who died before the movie was released, handles both parts well, while the film's obvious melodrama is typified by some deliriously over-the-top revenge sequences.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film_t.jsp?id=108527 (115 words)

	Amazon.com: Son of the Sheik: DVD: George Fitzmaurice,Rudolph Valentino,Vilma Bánky,George Fawcett,Montagu Love,Karl ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Like this films famous parent "The Sheik", produced in 1921 which was largely responsible for making Valentino a full fledged star and matinee idol, this effort was based in part on the Edith Maude Hull novel "The Sons of the Sheik".
		For a film made in 1926 the surviving print is nothing short of amazing and has a clarity and crispness about it that is unexpected in such an old film.
		The sight of Valentino in his Sheik outfit riding over the Sand Dunes after abducting a young woman is one of the most enduring and classic images from the silent era and certainly all later "heartthrobs", on the Hollywood scene for many a decade had their mettle measured against that of the legendary Valentino.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305765677?v=glance (3206 words)

	Movie Database - tvguide.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A sequel to THE SHEIK (1921), the movie that made Rudolph Valentino a superstar, this was Valentino's final film; he died within weeks of its opening.
		THE SON OF THE SHEIK is somewhat better than its precursor and marginally less unwholesome--this time, the hero's motive for abducting and (possibly) raping the love of his life is vengeance, not sport.
		In August 1926, shortly after the film's release, Valentino was admitted to New York hospital where he died at the tragically young age of 31.
	listings.tvguide.com /Movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=39929 (512 words)

	The Son of the Sheik (1926) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After meeting with Yasmin secretly one night, Ahmed is captured by her father's renegades and held captive in a building where he hangs by his tied-up wrists placed on the window bars, and subject to whip torture for not revealing the name of his father and other information.
		THE SON OF THE SHEIK did enjoy frequent theatrical revivals for a number of years, usually on a double bill with THE EAGLE, as well as television showings during the early to mid 1960s.
		THE SON OF THE SHEIK, which played as part of its silent film collection on American Movie Classics around 1996, can be currently seen and studied whenever played on Turner Classic Movies.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0017416 (868 words)

	Rudolph Valentino's Biography
		It was 1921’s THE SHEIK that so firmly established Valentino’s popular reputation as the Great Lover, and his last film - the comical SON OF THE SHEIK (1926) sealed that title.
		In town for the premiere of SON OF THE SHEIK, Valentino collapsed in New York on August 15, 1926.
		While the grandiose romantic persona still persists, it is fortunate that we are privy to the outstanding film performances which beautifully reveal Valentino's talent in subtle, humorous ways - and point to the complex performances he was poised to deliver.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Guild/7634/valentino.html (789 words)

	The Sheik News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		IN the age of music-making computer programs such as Pro Tools and Garage Band, not many people are aware that the prototype for the modern synthesizer came in the form of the theater organ.
		Entertainment highlights during the week of Nov. 20-26: 1921: Rudolph Valentino's film "The Sheik" was released.
		Rudolph Valentino's 1922 silent film "Beyond the Rocks," which was thought to have been lost forever, has emerged in the Netherlands.
	www.topix.net /movies/the-sheik (272 words)

	ERBzine 0450: ERB's FIRST FILM
		Despite his considerable efforts to get film companies interested in his stories, this was the only success he had until Tarzan of the Apes was filmed the next year.
		When Nakhla's horse returns to the village, the Sheik is about to send a party to search for his daughter, when the girl returns and tells him of her experience.
		This film departed so far from the original ERB story that it has very little in common with the novel or the 1917 film.
	www.erbzine.com /mag4/0450.html (3601 words)

	GreenCine \| product main - Son of the Sheik (1926) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Son of the Sheik, Rudolph Valentino's last film, may well be his best.
		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 tortured by Ghabah, Ahmed escapes, seething with revenge.
		Rudolph Valentino had made Son of the Sheik in hopes of boosting his slightly flagging career; while it succeeded beyond anyone's wildest dreams, Valentino, alas, had died just before the film was released.
	www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=2227 (326 words)

	Los Angeles Conservancy \| Last Remaining Seats
		Bacall, in her film debut, is the sultry nightclub singer who melts Bogey's icy heart.
		The Son of the Sheik proved to be the swan song for the Italian-born Valentino, who tragically died shortly before the film's release.
		Inspired by Italian Neo-Realism, the film infuses a documentary style with touches of humor, melodrama, and human tragedy, providing a lively and revealing portrait in mosaic of the metropolis' diverse public spaces, its social groups, and their daily routines of work and leisure.
	laconservancy.org /remaining/2005.php4 (883 words)

	Amazon.com: The Sheik / The Son of the Sheik (Special Edition): DVD: George Melford,George Fitzmaurice,David O. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When the Sheik learns that Diana is taking a tour in the desert, he decides to kidnap her and take her to his sumptuous tent with the intention of making her his bride.
		In the first film, his facial expressions are limited to gleeful grins, but in "The Son of the Sheik" he's mastered a range of expressions--from cold disdain, to passion and distress.
		Interestingly the VHS version of "Son of the Sheik" was filmed with those sepia color tints but on this disc it's in fl and white which is an improvement.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000066741?v=glance (2905 words)

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