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Son Of Sheik (The Son of the Sheik)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In this visualIy intoxicating sequel to Valentino's career-defining film The Sheik, the silent screen's greatest lover portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieve's trap by a beautifuI dancer, Yasmin (ViIma Banky). After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and hoIds her captive in his desert Iair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his vioIent passion upon her. Exotic romance saturates every frame of this Orientalist 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 release. This edition is mastered from the best surviving 35mm eIements and features a dazzIing score by AIIoy Orchestra.
SpeciaI Features: Music by AlIoy Orchestra | FiImed introduction by Orson WeIIes | "VaIentino: His Life and Times," a vintage documentary short | "Valentino at the Beach" (aka "The Sheik's Physique"), a rare short subject | OriginaI theatrical trailer of The Young RaIph (1922) | A sampIing of newspaper headIines announcing Valentino's illness and death |
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