The Son of the Sheik

Introduction of innocent Yasmin (Vilma Blanky), whose visage director George Fitzmaurice uses to introduce the star (Rudolph Valentino, in his final film) through a flashback, her bandit boss Ghabah (Montague Love) intruding, in The Son Of The Sheik, 1926.

Ghabah (Montague Love) enjoys his hostage Ahmed (Rudolph Valentino), who rode into the desert to find Yasmin (Vilma Blanky), whom he also threatens, her father (George Fawcett) helpless, in The Son Of The Sheik, 1926.

Professor Jack G. Shaheen on the culturally complex portrayals of Arabs by Rudolph Valentino, actress Shohreh Aghdashloo looking ahead, from TCM's July, 2011 Arab Images On Film programming.