She's a Sheik
Appearance
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Directed by | Clarence Badger |
Written by | John McDermott (story) Lloyd Corrigan (scenario) Grover Jones (scenario) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Bebe Daniels |
Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 6 reels, (between 5,931 ft. & 6,015 ft.) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
She's a Sheik is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels.[1] A 16mm print of the film was rediscovered in 2017 by Kevin Brownlow.[2]
Synopsis
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A send-up comedy that uses many of the elements of the Rudolph Valentino 'sheik' films, with the exception that a woman, played by Bebe Daniels, is the protagonist.
Cast
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- Bebe Daniels Lyon as Zaida
- Richard Arlen as Captain Colton
- William Powell as Kada
- Josephine Dunn as Wanda Fowler
- James Bradbury Jr. as Jerry
- Billy Franey as Joe
- Paul McAllister as Sheik Yusiff ben Hamad
- Al Fremont as The Major
- Michael Raffetto as Achmet
References
- ^ "She's a Sheik". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Double Bebe… She's a Sheik (1927)/Miss Bluebeard (1925), with Meg Morley and Lillian Henley, Kennington Bioscope". ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ "ARCADE CARD – PARAMOUNT STUDIOS – MOVIE STAR – BEBE DANIELS – IN EXOTIC SILKY TWO-PIECE DRESS WITH LOTS OF PEARLS – 1920s". chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to She's a Sheik.
- She's a Sheik at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- "She's a Sheik, 1927". silenthollywood.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- "She's A Sheik (1927)". silentfilmstillarchive.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
Categories:
- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Clarence G. Badger
- Lost American adventure comedy films
- 1927 lost films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Paramount Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s adventure comedy films
- English-language adventure comedy films
- 1927 comedy films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American adventure comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs
- 1920s American film stubs