What is The Sheik (movie)?
{{italictitle}} [[File:The Sheik Poster 1921.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster]] [[File:The Sheik (1921).webm|thumb|thumbtime=12|upright=1.5|''The Sheik'']] '''''The Sheik''''' is a [[1921]] [[silent movie]]. It was [[Director (movie)| directed]] by [[George Melford]]. It stars [[Rudolph Valentino]]. The movie was based on the [[book]] ''The Sheik'' by Edith Maude Hull. The movie is about a British lady who is captured by an Arab chieftain (a sheik). She is held in his camp, and grows to love him. ''The Sheik'' made Valentino a superstar.<ref>Leider p. 170-172</ref> Reviews were mixed. Some critics liked the movie. Some did not. Women loved it. Most men did not like it. They either walked out or stayed away. == Roles == * [[Rudolph Valentino]] as the Sheik * Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo * Frank Butler as Sir Aubrey Mayo, Diana's brother * Lucien Littlefield as Gaston, the Sheik's valet * Adolphe Menjou as Raoul de Saint Hubert, the Sheik's friend * Walter Long as Omair, a bandit == Story == [[Image:Valentino Ayres.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Valentino and Ayres]] Lady Diana Mayo is headstrong and independent. Against her brother's [[advice]], she plans a trip into the [[desert]] with only native [[guide]]s. That night Diana sneaks into an 'Arabs Only' [[casino]] wearing a dancer's [[costume]]. The Sheik is there. He discovers she is white. He is amused, but sends her away. He learns that she is taking a trip into the desert the next day. He sneaks into her room and tampers with the [[bullet]]s in her [[revolver]]. Later, the Sheik and his men find Diana riding alone. She tries to flee while shooting at the Sheik. He easily captures her. He takes her to his camp. He orders her about. He tells her she will learn to love him. He wants to [[rape|raping]] her, but decides against it. The Sheik receives a visit from his friend, Raoul St. Hubert. Raoul befriends Diana. He chides the Sheik for treating her roughly. Diana gradually warms to the Sheik. She is allowed to go into the desert with his [[servant]]. She escapes. She