Son of the Sheik
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Produced by | George Fitzmaurice John W. Considine, Jr. (uncredited) |
| Written by |
Frances Marion (adaptation) Fred de Gresac (adaptation) George Marion, Jr. (titles) Paul Girard Smith (uncredited) |
| Based on |
The Sons of the Sheik by Edith Hull |
| Starring |
Rudolph Valentino Vilma Bánky Montagu Love Karl Dane George Fawcett |
| Music by |
Artur Guttmann (1937) Jack Ward (1969) Alloy Orchestra (2014) |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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68 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| Box office | over $2 million |
The Son of the Sheik is a 1926 American silent adventure/drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky. The film is based on the 1925 romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull, and is a sequel to the 1921 hit film The Sheik, which also stars Rudolph Valentino.The Son of the Sheik is Valentino's final film and was released nearly two weeks after his death from peritonitis at the age of 31.
In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
At the time of the film's release, Rudolph Valentino was attempting to make a comeback in films. He rose to international stardom after the release of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Sheik in 1921, both of which were box office hits and solidified his image as "the Great Lover". By 1924, however, Valentino's popularity had begun to wane after he appeared in two box office failures, Monsieur Beaucaire and A Sainted Devil, both of which featured him in roles that were a departure from his "Great Lover" image. He also squabbled over money with Famous Players-Lasky, the studio he was signed to, which eventually led to him walking out on his contract. Famous Players-Lasky eventually released Valentino from his contract and he signed with United Artists in 1925. In an effort to capitalize on the success that Valentino had achieved with The Sheik, United Artists' president Joseph M. Schenck bought the rights to Edith Maude Hull's novel Son of the Sheik and cast Valentino in the dual role of father and son.
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