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Plot summary. The novel opens in a hotel in the Algerian city of Biskra. A dance is being held, hosted by a young woman named Diana Mayo and her brother, Sir Aubrey Mayo. It transpires that Diana is planning to leave on a month-long trip into the desert, taking no one with her but an Arab guide.
The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle.
14 de fev. de 2019 · Published: February 14, 2019 5:04am EST. Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres in The Sheik (1921). A century ago, a romance writer named Edith Maud Hull wrote her debut novel, a desert fantasy she...
1921. Passed. 1h 26m. IMDb RATING. 6.2 /10. 3.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Adventure Drama Romance. A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert. Director. George Melford. Writers. Edith Maude Hull. Monte M. Katterjohn. Stars. Rudolph Valentino. Agnes Ayres
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- George Melford
- 1921-11-20
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.The Sheik is ...
- 86 min
- 14,3K
- Old Movies Collection
Diana is allowed to go into the desert under the watchful eye of the Sheik's French valet Gaston (Lucien Littlefield). She escapes. Making her way across the sands, she spots a caravan, unaware that it belongs to the bandit Omair ( Walter Long ).
In an Algerian city, the young Diana Mayo prepares for a month-long journey through the desert. Despite warnings from family and friends, she departs with her Arab guide. Surrounded by endless swaths of sand, Diana is soon kidnapped by Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, who has bribed her guide to abandon her.
