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31 March '07
Synopsis
In this visually intoxicating sequel to Rudolph Valentino’s career-defining The Sheik, the silent screen greatest lover portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieves’ trap by a beautiful dancer, Yasmin, played by Hungarian-born actress, Vilma Bánky. After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and holds her captive in his desert lair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his violent passion upon her.
About George Fitzmaurice
George Fitzmaurice (1885-1940) was an American director of French-Dutch ancestry, born in Paris. His original ambition was to become a painter, to which he studied fine arts in Paris and was quite successful living as an artist for four years before resettling in America. Fitzmaurice worked as a set designer for stage productions in America, before he broke into films in 1908 doing the same work. He also dabbled in screen writing and then began directing, at first sporadically, in 1914. Fitzmaurice soon established himself as a successful director and developed a reputation as a specialist in romantic dramas. His career lasted more than thirty-five years. Although his films include such well-known works as The Son of the Sheik (1926),Raffles (1930), and Mata Hari (1931), Fitzmaurice never quite received the upper accolades for his works, but he was always considered a reliable and occasionally innovative workman.
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