The Son of the Sheik

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john p 08/24/2024 amazing scenery, costumes, and ending sequence. great way to dispactch an hour and 8 mins See more 01/05/2018 Two Rudolph Valentinos wagging their swords in small circles at a crowd of vicious attackers. See more Tim G 07/18/2015 I don't think I'm capable of enjoying silent films very much, although the Alloy orchestra accompanying on a nice night in the park certainly helped. See more 04/12/2015 Valentino's last pic b4 his untimely death. See more 08/17/2013 It was a great movie kept my attention, I love he plays his father also in this movie! See more 07/15/2013 The Shiek Ahmed Ben Hassan (Valentino): "I am not accustomed having my orders disobeyed." Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres): "And I am not accustomed to obeying orders." To be honest I didn't think this film was going to be as engaging as its more modern counterparts because it lacked a certain cinematic sophistication but I think the lack of a spoken dialogue made me pay attention more to the actors' body language and made me concentrate more on their facial expressions; plus, the written dialogue was also very clever and witty, one can't help but completely become enamored with the film. Valentino was an interesting actor, I would love to see a behind-the-scenes of this film because his "technique" was just too inappropriately comical sometimes, although it didn't deter from his overall performance. Agnes Ayres was a wonderful heroine, even though her character tries to be a "modern" woman: adventurous and outspoken, she ends up being the stereotypical damsel who predictably develops Stockholm syndrome. But for me, the most memorable performance belonged to Adolphe Menjou (who plays Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert), he acted as how you would expect a classical stage actor would, more serious and less ham-ish like Valentino's performance. Overall, this more was surprisingly entertaining but an eye-opening experience for me because in the future I wouldn't be as quick to dismiss viewing a silent film. See more Read all reviews

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