The great silent screen lover Rudolph Valentino is captured in his most famous role in this special double feature.



Women fainted in the aisles when 'The Sheik' was released, as Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres) is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftain (Valentino) who takes one look at her and wants her, right then and there. Nobody had seen anything like Valentino's natural sex appeal on the screen before, and the sequel 'The Son of the Sheik' was designed to revive Valentino's flagging career. In the sequel, Young Ahmed (Valentino) falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl (Vilma Banky), but he is captured and tortured by bandits. Believing Yasmin to be responsible, he escapes and plans his own form of revenge, although true love, of course, finally prevails.



In New York for the premiere of 'The Son of the Sheik', Valentino collapsed and tragically died eight days later at the age of 31.