The White Sheik (1928 film)

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The White Sheik
German poster
Directed byHarley Knoles
Written byViolet E. Powell
Mary Murillo
Based onKing's Mate
by Rosita Forbes
StarringLillian Hall-Davis
Warwick Ward
Jameson Thomas
Julie Suedo
CinematographyRené Guissart
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • 17 January 1928 (1928-01-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
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

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

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

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