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Summary: Mesmerising !
Review: On the strength of reading other reviews I held off buying the double DVD..The Sheik/Son of the Sheik and elected to buy KINO's version of Son of the Sheik and I have to say I am not disappointed.The quality of the picture far exceeded my expectations;the clarity is sharp and sound is equally good.Silent films have to rely heavily on emotion and the different moods portrayed by Valentino are startling, Vilma Banky holds her own but it is Valentino's movie; the down side is there are no extras bar chapter listing,it would have been nice but in truth I am not too bothered.I hope KINO issue an equally if not better DVD of The Sheik, look forward to it.
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Summary: Good film!
Review: This is another good film Rudolph Valentino fans will surely enjoy. In this film he plays a dual role, that of father and son. There is romance, action and a little bit of comedy in the scene where the young sheik tries to hide the cute Vilma Banky from his strict father. Agnes Ayres reprises her role from the 1921 film as Lady Diana Mayo. While this is a good film, I am partial to the 1921 "Sheik" film that started it all. Watch them both and decide for yourself! That's the best thing to do, as they are both worth owning for the talented and handsome Rudolph Valentino.
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Summary: Son Of The Sheik
Review: This is my favorite movie. Valentino acted with vitality and became emotionally sad and angry as needed. Although, besieged with the start of his illness, movie magic disguised his worn and inner frustration with his personal life quite well.Charles Farenga
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Summary: A Rudy masterpiece!
Review: Watching this film, (beautifully restored by Kino) you can definately see what all the fuss and attention was all about. Rudolph Valentino in my opinion hit his absolute peak in this film, what a tradegy that he died so so after completing it.
"Son of the Sheik" is the definitive silent romantic saga, with a lustful sheik, romance, intrigue, a desert setting. The sort of film not made in these hardened times we now live in.
The film is much more sophisticated and technically superior to Rudy's earler "The Sheik" He has never looked better on screen than in this film and I feel could have continued at least till the end of the silent era in top productions like this.
I strongly recommend those that love romance and the real beauty of silent films to purchase this. It is now a treasured part of my silent film collection along with Ramon Novarro in "Ben - Hur A Tale of Christ" "Show People" and Rudy in "Four Horsemen"
One request now to Kino is" can they now release a properly restored studio copy of Rudolph Valentino in another of his great films "The Eagle"?
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