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Sheik, the | 
 enlarge | Director: George Melford
Actors: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner, Frank Butler
Studio: Paramount
Category: Video
List Price: CDN$ 5.99
Buy Used: CDN$ 4.82
You Save: CDN$ 1.17 (20%)
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 2239
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302371376
UPC: 097360268034
EAN: 9786302371376
Theatrical Release Date: November 20, 1921
Release Date: April 28, 1993
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from the US. Expected delivery 7-14 business days. Orders placed after December 5th may not arrive by December 25th (depending on your local transit time). Serving Book Lovers since 1980. Very Good condition. Quality guaranteed! In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.
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If you have the slightest interest in the phenomenon called Rudolph Valentino, this terrific disc is absolutely the place to start. The screen's great male sex god of the 1920s had a mammoth success with The Sheik, a slice of desert romance both exciting and completely absurd. Valentino plays a dashing "sheik of Araby" who rather forcefully romances an adventure-minded English lady (Agnes Ayres); if the story creaks with Victorian storytelling conventions, it also works. Five years later Valentino returned to the sands with his final film, The Son of the Sheik, playing both his original role and the sheik's impetuous boy. More madness here, and a wild saber duel on horseback at night reminds us they don't make movies like this any more. Valentino's faux-exotic allure may seem curious to modern viewers, but squint hard and you can imagine the frenzy caused by the sultry eyes and rapacious grin. --Robert Horton
Additional Features
A crazy 13-minute newsreel, "Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties," recounts a beauty pageant judged by the heartthrob. Winner: Norma Niblock, of Toronto. "The Sheik's Physique" is a brief scene of Rudy taking a day at the beach, and a newsreel on Valentino's 1926 funeral gives a sense of the hysteria that followed the young star's death. Newly minted music scores do an acceptable job of re-creating the musical approaches of the silent era, and The Son of the Sheik has an alternate score from a 1937 reissue; it's pretty corny. --Robert Horton
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I LOVE Valentino! Sheik lover here! July 4, 2004
I've always been "in love" with the "older" male movie stars, those who are no longer around. I am twenty-seven years old but I love such actors as Tyrone Powers, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, to name a few.Now added to my favorite men is Rudolph Valentino! I've heard of him and how he was a sex symbol of his time, the silent film era. Curious, I bought this DVD, "The Sheik/The Son of the Sheik" At first I thought the story corny, and the music was more like elevator music. I really thought I couldn't go through with a silent film. Then...BOOM! I see Rudolph Valentino, his eyes, his face....I got shivers watching him. I didn't need to hear his voice, although I wish I could! He is sooooo sexy and soooo...I don't know what to call it, I guess he's just got "IT"! Sex appeal?
The rest of the characters were all a blur to me. Valentino's looks and expressions did not need words! His eyes "speak". Those bedroom eyes!
In both movies, he is your typical alpha male. He kind of reminded me of Yul Brynner (who by the way, is another babe!)in "The King of Siam".
As for the quality of the movie, I'd say it's pretty darn good! I think they did a good job for an "old" movie. It's not how a movie looks "now" to us, but just keep in mind that it's a 1921 movie.
Final footnote March 3, 2004
During the 1920s, women who had seen the Sheik started running all over Arabia looking for Arabs to capture them. The real Arabs and British told them to please stay home: the real sheiks were not interested.
curious about the "rape" scene February 9, 2004
Hillbilly (Toronto Canada)
First off, great reviews here. Just wondering if this edition has the in/famous rape scene, or has it been cut out, as on the VHS version ? Thanks. [ Stars for the uncensored version ]
Rating the movie-NOT THE DVD QUALITY January 28, 2004
L. Biskup (Wellington, Ohio United States)
I am so glad that I bought this movie on the basis of reading other reviews. To watch Valentino for the first time is quite impressive. Most people would not think of watching a silent movie and I was one of them until now. With his facial expressions, he does not need to talk. Since viewing this, I have ordered all the rest of them, Do yourself a favor and watch at least the son of the sheik which is the better of the two. And now on to the DVD Quality. It stinks. I don't know where everyone says it a great transfer. A great transfer would look like the latest Criterion --Beauty and the Beast. Anyone with a big screen digital tv watching this will think any reviewer that says the dvd quality is good has a screw loose. It needs to be restored one frame at a time. But that would require a company willing to spend a lot of money and a long time to do. We can only hope---------
No One Does It Better January 2, 2004
Susie Giamalva (Rosharon, Texas United States)
There is absolutely no one past or present who does to women on screen what Rudolph Valentino does. He is the ultimate lover. Just watch his hands. Gentlemen of today! Take lessons! This DVD is a very high quality restoration with a beautiful musical score. Although the charismatic Valentino dominates every scene in which he appears, I also enjoyed performances by Agnes Ayres and the beautiful Vilma Banky (She was called the Hungarian Rhapsody for good reason!). Beautiful costumes and sets make for magical viewing of times gone by.
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