She's a Sheik
She's a Sheik is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels. This film is possibly lost.[1][2] Near the end of Bebe Daniels' life in 1971, the National Film Theatre, London, honored her with a screening of this film, but it is unclear what has happened to the print since her death.[3]
| She's a Sheik | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Clarence Badger |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | John McDermott (story) Lloyd Corrigan (scenario) Grover Jones (scenario) George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 12, 1927 |
Running time | 6 reels, (between 5,931 ft. & 6,015 ft.) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Story
Likable sendup comedy uses many of the elements and pokes fun at the Valentino 'sheik' films with the exception that a woman, played by Bebe Daniels, is the protagonist.
Lobby card
Cast
- Bebe Daniels 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 Yusif ben Hamad
- Al Fremont as The major
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: She's a Sheik at silentera.com
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- Magill's Survey of Cinema, Silent Films, Vol. 3 PRI-Z pages 972-974 edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 ISBN 0-89356-242-4 (3 book set ISBN 0-89356-239-4)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to She's a Sheik. |
- She's a Sheik on IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Bebe Daniels probably in dress for She's A Sheik
- Stills at moviessilently.com
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
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