She's a Sheik

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	Bebe Daniels possibly in a costume for She's a Sheik

She's a Sheik
She's a Sheik
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Directed by	Clarence Badger
Written by	John McDermott (story); Lloyd Corrigan (scenario); Grover Jones (scenario); George Marion, Jr. (intertitles)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
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)

She's a Sheik is a 1927 American silent comedy adventure film produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels.^[1] A 16mm print of the film was rediscovered in 2017 by Kevin Brownlow.^[2]

Synopsis

A send-up comedy that uses many of the elements of the Rudolph Valentino 'sheik' films, with the exception that a woman, played by Bebe Daniels, is the protagonist.

Cast

Bebe Daniels Lyon 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 Yusiff ben Hamad
Al Fremont as The Major
Michael Raffetto as Achmet

References

^ "She's a Sheik". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
^ "Double Bebe… She's a Sheik (1927)/Miss Bluebeard (1925), with Meg Morley and Lillian Henley, Kennington Bioscope". ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
^ "ARCADE CARD – PARAMOUNT STUDIOS – MOVIE STAR – BEBE DANIELS – IN EXOTIC SILKY TWO-PIECE DRESS WITH LOTS OF PEARLS – 1920s". chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

External links

She's a Sheik at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
"She's a Sheik, 1927". silenthollywood.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
"She's A Sheik (1927)". silentfilmstillarchive.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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[1] "She's a Sheik". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

[2] "Double Bebe… She's a Sheik (1927)/Miss Bluebeard (1925), with Meg Morley and Lillian Henley, Kennington Bioscope". ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

[3] "ARCADE CARD – PARAMOUNT STUDIOS – MOVIE STAR – BEBE DANIELS – IN EXOTIC SILKY TWO-PIECE DRESS WITH LOTS OF PEARLS – 1920s". chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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