The White Sheik (1928 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = The White Sheik
| image = File:The White Sheik (1928 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = German poster
| director = Harley Knoles
| producer =
| writer = Violet E. Powell
Mary Murillo
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|King's Mate|Rosita Forbes}}
| narrator =
| starring = Lillian Hall-Davis
Warwick Ward
Jameson Thomas
Julie Suedo
| music =
| cinematography = René Guissart
| editing =
| studio = British International Pictures
| distributor = Wardour Films
| released = {{Film date|1928|01|17|df=yes}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
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.{{cite web| url= http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57949| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090115034219/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57949| url-status= dead| archive-date= 15 January 2009| title= The White Sheik| work= BFI Film & TV Database | accessdate=17 March 2012}} 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
- Lillian Hall-Davis as Rosemary Tregarthen
- Jameson Thomas as Westwyn
- Warwick Ward as Martengo
- Clifford McLaglen as Manheebe
- Gibb McLaughlin as Jock
- Forrester Harvey as Pat
- Julie Suedo as Zarita
Release
For its December 1929 New York City premiere at the Little Carnegie Playhouse it was accompanied by the Hal Roach Studios comedy Feed ’em and Weep{{IMDb title|0018881|Feed ’em and Weep}} and the Universum Film AG documentary short Strange Prayers.{{IMDb title|1053344|Strange Prayers}}
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."
References
External links
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{{Harley Knoles}}
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Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Harley Knoles
Category:British silent feature films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Silent British adventure films
Category:English-language adventure films
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