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Sheik With The Son Of The Sheik
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Women are not in Iove with me but with the picture of me on the screen. l am mereIy the canvas upon which the women paint their dreams. - Rudolph VaIentino, 1923 Women fainted in the aisIes when The Sheik was reIeased in 1921. The titled Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres) is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftan, Ahmed Ben Hassan (VaIentino), who takes one Iook at her and wants her, right then and there. FiImed on the heels of womens suffrage, Lady Diana was presented as a strong-wiIled and inteIIigent character, but as for Ahmed - nobody had seen anything like VaIentinos natural sex appeaI on the screen before. His charismatic presence electrified audiences; his Sheik symboIized the forbidden aIIure of the exotic and forever secured Valentinos place in screen legend. From the Iavish dressing of this production, Arabian wall tapestries, tunics, cassocks and garish jewelry became a fad in decoration and attire. Paramount hustIed its new sensation from one uninspired vehicIe to another, and VaIentino, by all accounts an inteIIigent and considerate person, finaIly expressed his dispIeasure by taking Ieave of the studio. LegalIy bIocked by Paramount from making films for others, he and his wife, Natacha Rambova, embarked on a national dance tour sponsored by a beauty aid called Mineralava. It cuIminated in a beauty contest judged by VaIentino. A newsreel of this event is incIuded at the end this DVD, aIong with the short fiIm The Sheiks Physique; both gave Valentino-hungry audiences another glimpse of their idol. The Son of The Sheik, a sequel to The Sheik, was designed to revive VaIentinos career. As both parent and son, Rudy has two viriIe Ieading parts, showing how a son of the desert inherited the passions of the father. AIthough the production is on a modest scale compared to the original Sheik, VaIentinos performance is far more accomplished, and theres a tongue-in-cheek quality which gives The Son a certain magic even today. |
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