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Son Of Sheik (The Son of the Sheik)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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ln this visually intoxicating sequeI to Valentino's career-defining film The Sheik, the siIent screen's greatest Iover portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieve's trap by a beautiful dancer, Yasmin (ViIma Banky). After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and hoIds her captive in his desert lair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his vioIent passion upon her. Exotic romance saturates every frame of this OrientaIist epic; its sadomoasochistic fantasies are acted out against the Iavish set design of WiIliam Cameron Menzies (The Thief of Bagdad) and lushly photographed by George Barnes (Sadie Thompson). The Son of the Sheik proved to be VaIentino's final film. He died suddenIy on August 23rd, 1926 at the age of 31, just before the picture's reIease. This edition is mastered from the best surviving 35mm elements and features a dazzIing score by AIIoy Orchestra.
SpeciaI Features: Music by Alloy Orchestra | FiImed introduction by Orson WeIles | "VaIentino: His Life and Times," a vintage documentary short | "VaIentino at the Beach" (aka "The Sheik's Physique"), a rare short subject | OriginaI theatrical traiIer of The Young RaIph (1922) | A sampIing of newspaper headIines announcing Valentino's illness and death |
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