She's a Sheik

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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 (1927-11-12)
Running time
6 reels, (between 5,931 ft. & 6,015 ft.)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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]

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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.

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References

  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.