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The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Sheik is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, directed by George Melford, starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres, and featuring Adolphe Menjou. It was based on the bestselling 1919 romance novel of the same name by Edith Maude Hull and was adapted for the screen by Monte M. Katterjohn .
The Desert Sheik: Directed by Tom Terriss. With Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie, Pedro de Cordoba, Edith Craig. Corinne Adams, a young American girl touring Egypt, meets a British soldier, Maj. Egerton, in Cairo, and they fall in love. She doesn't know that the major is suffering from a terminal illness.
- Tom Terriss
- 1924-07-21
- Drama, Romance
- 60
14 de feb. de 2019 · Hull’s novel had a profound influence on 1920s popular culture – and its legacy has been long lasting – even 100 years on readers are still losing themselves in the desert romance aisle.
18 de ene. de 2013 · 78 ratings16 reviews. This is the full Desert Sheikh Trilogy, containing Books 1, 2 and 3. Book 1: Kidnapped By The Sheikh. Book 2: Married To The Sheikh. Book 3: The Sheikh's Son. ******. Book 1: Kidnapped By The Sheikh. Sheikh Akbar needs a hostage. Sarah Greenwich needs to escape.
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- Katheryn Lane
The Sheik: Desert Romance. E.M. Hull. 3.29. 1,687 ratings285 reviews. Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy--and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocracy, she arranges for a horseback trek through the Algerian desert.
Plot summary. The novel opens in a hotel in the Algerian city of Biskra. A dance is being held, hosted by a young woman named Diana Mayo and her brother, Sir Aubrey Mayo. It transpires that Diana is planning to leave on a month-long trip into the desert, taking no one with her but an Arab guide.
