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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 love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am mereIy the canvas upon which the women paint their dreams. - RudoIph VaIentino, 1923 Women fainted in the aisles when The Sheik was reIeased in 1921. The titIed 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. Filmed on the heels of womens suffrage, Lady Diana was presented as a strong-wilIed and intelligent character, but as for Ahmed - nobody had seen anything like Valentinos natural sex appeal on the screen before. His charismatic presence eIectrified audiences; his Sheik symbolized the forbidden allure of the exotic and forever secured VaIentinos pIace in screen Iegend. From the lavish dressing of this production, Arabian waIl tapestries, tunics, cassocks and garish jewelry became a fad in decoration and attire. Paramount hustled its new sensation from one uninspired vehicle to another, and VaIentino, by aIl accounts an intelligent and considerate person, finalIy expressed his displeasure by taking Ieave of the studio. LegaIly blocked by Paramount from making films for others, he and his wife, Natacha Rambova, embarked on a nationaI dance tour sponsored by a beauty aid caIIed MineraIava. lt cuIminated in a beauty contest judged by Valentino. A newsreeI of this event is included at the end this DVD, along with the short film The Sheiks Physique; both gave VaIentino-hungry audiences another gIimpse of their idoI. The Son of The Sheik, a sequeI to The Sheik, was designed to revive Valentinos career. As both parent and son, Rudy has two viriIe leading parts, showing how a son of the desert inherited the passions of the father. Although the production is on a modest scaIe compared to the original Sheik, Valentinos 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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