The Sheik
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The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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| instanceOf |
American film
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black-and-white film → feature film → romantic drama film → silent film → |
| basedOn |
The Sheik (novel)
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| basedOnAuthor |
Edith Maude Hull
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| boxOfficeStatus |
major commercial success
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| censorship |
subject to moral controversy for its sexual themes
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| character |
Lady Diana Mayo
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Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan → |
| colorProcess |
black and white
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| culturalImpact |
influenced Western fantasies of the exotic Orient
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| director |
George Melford
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| distributionFormat |
35 mm film
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| distributor |
Paramount Pictures
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| era |
early Hollywood
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| filmEra |
silent era
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| filmFormat |
silent narrative feature
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| followedBy |
The Son of the Sheik
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| format |
silent
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| genre |
drama
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romance → |
| historicalSignificance |
defining work of early Hollywood stardom
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| intertitlesLanguage |
English
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| leadActorNationality |
Italian-born American (Rudolph Valentino)
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| leadActressNationality |
American (Agnes Ayres)
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| music |
accompanied by live or compiled musical scores in theaters
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| notableFor |
being one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles
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making Rudolph Valentino a major sex symbol → popularizing the desert romance genre in cinema → |
| originalLanguage |
Silent film with English intertitles
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| portrays |
Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo
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Rudolph Valentino as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan → |
| producer |
Jesse L. Lasky
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| productionCompany |
Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
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| releaseDate |
October 30, 1921
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| releaseYear |
1921
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| runtime |
approximately 86 minutes
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| screenwriter |
Monte M. Katterjohn
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| sequelReleaseYear |
1926
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| setIn |
North Africa
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Sahara Desert → |
| starring |
Adolphe Menjou
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Agnes Ayres → Rudolph Valentino → Walter Long → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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|
Nita Naldi
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Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguella → Rodolfo Valentino → Rudolph Valentino → Rudolph Valentino ("Son of the Sheik") → Rudolph Valentino → |
notableWork |
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The Sheik
("The Sheik (novel)")
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basedOn |
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The Sheik
("The Son of the Sheik")
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followedBy |