The White Sheik (1928 film)

The White Sheik
The White Sheik
	German poster
Directed by	Harley Knoles
Written by	Violet E. Powell ; Mary Murillo
Based on	King's Mate; by Rosita Forbes
Starring	Lillian Hall-Davis ; Warwick Ward ; Jameson Thomas ; Julie Suedo
Cinematography	René Guissart
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	17 January 1928;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

The White Sheik, also known as King's Mate, is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas and Warwick Ward.^[1] It was based on the novel King's Mate by Rosita Forbes.

Plot

While spending the winter in the Moroccan city of Fez young Englishwoman Rosemary encounters a vile man Martengo who tries to force his attentions on her. Escaping to the desert she becomes lost and is rescued by a mysterious Englishman known as the White Sheik.

Cast

Lillian Hall-Davis as Rosemary Tregarthen
Jameson Thomas as Westwyn
Warwick Ward as Martengo
Clifford McLaglen as Manheebe
Gibb McLaughlin as Jock
Forrester Harvey as Pat
Julie Suedo as Zarita

Release

For its December 1929 New York City premiere at the Little Carnegie Playhouse^[2] it was accompanied by the Hal Roach Studios comedy Feed ’em and Weep^[3] and the Universum Film AG documentary short Strange Prayers.^[4]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Mordaunt Hall called the film "amateurish" and "boring", with characters he thought "as silly a lot as have ever darted to and fro on the screen."^[2]

References

^ "The White Sheik". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Hall, Mordaunt (9 December 1928). "A Sorry Business". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ Feed ’em and Weep at IMDb
^ Strange Prayers at IMDb