Blu-ray
The son of the sheik
Call Number
- BLU-RAY ACTION (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
Silent film with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Performers
Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Agnes Ayres.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Kino Classics, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (80 minutes) : silent, black and white, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Series
Summary
"In this visually 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 thieves' trap by a beautiful dancer, Yasmin). After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and holds her captive in his desert lair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his violent passion upon her. Exotic romance saturates every frame of this Orientalist epic; it's sadomasochistic fantasies are acted out against the lavish set design of William Cameron Menzies and lushly photographed by George Barnes."--Container.
Notes
"Surviving 35mm materials are derived from an element of which the sides have been cropped. Rather than crop the top and bottom of the image to compensate, Kino-Lorber has chosen to release The Son of the Sheik at an aspect ratio narrower than the traditional 1.33:1"--Container.
Based on the novel by Edith Maude Hull.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1926.
Special features: Music by Alloy Orchestra ; filmed introduction by Orson Welles ; "Valentino: his life and times," an eight-minute vintage documentary ; "Valentino at the beach" (aka "The Sheik's Physique"), a rarely-seen short subject ; original theatrical trailer of The Young Rajah (1922) ; a sampling of newspaper headlines announcing Valentino's illness.