Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Son of the Sheik (1921) and Rudolph Valentino

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Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky in The Son of the Sheik.
Vilma Bánky and Rudolph Valentino in The Son of the Sheik.

A classic “You know who should be in charge of this Arabic country? The British” film. Lots of macho men and kept women.

I went through three different sources for this before I found a decent free print.

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Rudolph Valentino's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Rudolph Valentino.

Valentino’s popularity was dropping when this came out, but then he died on the press tour and this movie became huge. He has a great face, but he looks better when you don’t see the rest of his head.

Bonus: there’s a pretty big part for Karl Dane– much larger than the film I specifically watched to see him.

Today’s fake poster is from another movie that uses the “[blank] of the [blank]” format.

A fake poster for The Son of the Sheik mimicking the poster for The Day of the Jackal.
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