The Son of the Sheik
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The Son of the Sheik is a 1926 silent film produced by United Artists, directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky. It was based on a romance novel by Edith Maude Hull The Sons of the Sheik, a sequel to The Sheik. It was Valentino's final film.
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".
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Cast
- Rudolph Valentino - Ahmed(The Son/The Sheik(Ahmed's Father)
- Vilma Banky - Yasmin
- George Fawcett - Andre
- Montagu Love - Ghabah
- Karl Dane - Ramadan
- Bull Montana - Mountebank
- Bynunsky Hyman - Mountebank
- Agnes Ayres - Diana,/The Sheik's Wife/Ahmed's Mother
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