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Director
  
Film series
  
The Sheik Film Series

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Genre
  
Adventure, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Language
  
SilentEnglish intertitles

Writer
  
,
Fred de Gresac
,
George Marion, Jr.
,
Paul Girard Smith

Release date
  
September 3, 1926 (1926-09-03)

Based on
  
The Sons of the Sheik by Edith Hull

Music director
  
Cast
  
(Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan), (Yasmin, André's Daughter), (André Romez), (Ghabah), (Diana - Wife of the Sheik), (Ramadan)

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Tagline
  
"An eye for an eye-a hate for a hate-that my girl, is the law of the tribe."

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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 of the same name by Edith Maude Hull, and is a sequel to the 1921 hit film The Sheik, which also stars Rudolph Valentino. The Son of the Sheik is Valentino's final film and was released nearly two weeks after his death from peritonitis at the age of 31.

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In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Cast

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  • Rudolph Valentino - Ahmed (The Son)/The Sheik (Ahmed's Father)
  • Vilma Bánky - Yasmin
  • George Fawcett - Andre
  • Montagu Love - Ghabah
  • Karl Dane - Ramadan
  • Bull Montana - Ali the Mountebank
  • Bynunsky Hyman - Pincher the Mountebank
  • Agnes Ayres - Diana, The Sheik's Wife/Ahmed's Mother
  • Production

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    At the time of the film's release, Rudolph Valentino was attempting to make a comeback in films. He rose to international stardom after the release of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Sheik in 1921, both of which were box office hits and solidified his image as "the Great Lover". By 1924, however, Valentino's popularity had begun to wane after he appeared in two box office failures, Monsieur Beaucaire and A Sainted Devil, both of which featured him in roles that were a departure from his "Great Lover" image. He also squabbled over money with Famous Players-Lasky, the studio he was signed to, which eventually led to him walking out on his contract. Famous Players-Lasky eventually released Valentino from his contract and he signed with United Artists in 1925. In an effort to capitalize on the success that Valentino had achieved with The Sheik, United Artists' president Joseph M. Schenck bought the rights to Edith Maude Hull's novel Son of the Sheik and cast Valentino in the dual role of father and son.

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    The novel was adapted for the screen by Frances Marion and Fred de Gresac. The film was shot on location in California and in the Yuma Desert in Arizona.

    Reception

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    An advanced screening of The Son of the Sheik was shown at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles on July 9, 1926. Valentino then embarked on a nationwide tour to promote the film. On August 15, he collapsed in his New York City hotel room and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors discovered he had a perforated ulcer which required emergency surgery. After the surgery, Valentino developed peritonitis and died on August 23, 1926.

    Box Office

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    The Son of the Sheik was released nationwide on September 5, 1926, nearly two weeks after Valentino's death. The film was an instant hit with audiences and grossed $1,000,000 within the first year of its release. Eventually it more than doubled that.

    Critical

    Some critics have heralded Valentino's performance in the film as one of the best of his career.

    Home media

    Image Entertainment released The Son of the Sheik along with The Sheik on DVD in 2002.

    References

    The Son of the Sheik Wikipedia
    The Son of the Sheik IMDb The Son of the Sheik themoviedb.org