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1921
The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou. It was based on the bestselling 1919 romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull and was adapted for the screen by Monte M. Katterjohn. The film was a box-office hit and helped propel Valentino to stardom.
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Certain films that were made more than century ago are impossible to make now, merely because certain details of their content would be absolutely unacceptable to certain very loud segments of today’s audience. This might involve even films that used to be among the biggest hits and later became some of the most iconic works of silent Hollywood, like *The Sheik*, 1921 romantic drama produced and directed by George M…More
