The Son of the Sheik

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john p amazing scenery, costumes, and ending sequence. great way to dispactch an hour and 8 mins Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Two Rudolph Valentinos wagging their swords in small circles at a crowd of vicious attackers. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Tim G 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. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/18/15 Full Review Audience Member Valentino's last pic b4 his untimely death. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It was a great movie kept my attention, I love he plays his father also in this movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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