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]
| She's a Sheik | |
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 Lobby card | |
| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels, (between 5,931 ft. & 6,015 ft.) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Synopsis
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 Bebe Daniels possibly in a costume for She's a Sheik[3] |
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
edit- ^ "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.
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