Word: sheiks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Emir Abdullah, second son of King Hussein of the Hedjaz and elder brother of King Feisal of Iraq, faced a serious rebellion led by the Sheik of Es Salt...
...scenes exist only in the minds of some of the dramatis personae. A brilliant, interesting, witty experiment. THE DESERT HEALER-E. M. Hull -Small Maynard ($2.00). Sir Gervas Carew was a misogynist. His wife had run off with another, so he straightway went to the Sahara and became a sheik-El Hakim-or (in English) M. D. His path crossed that of Marny, Lady Geraldine. Her husband was a perfect brute, but she was loyal. Ensued sandstorms, struggles with Arab assassins, lots of noble self-sacrifice, wads of local color. "And with a little cry. . . . she lifted her lips...
...invades the Sahara, acquires sovereignty over a native tent colony, marries the American beauty which he finds blooming beneath a nearby dune. His bride is carried off by a wolf in the Sheik's clothing. Needless to say, a small menagerie of camels, ostriches and lions join happily in the chase which terminates in the private swimming pool of the Sheik's harem...
...Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse takes the blue ribbon with the boys as the best individual picture. The Sheik is the girls' prime favorite, The Four Horsemen running second. Four Griffith pictures are mentioned in the first twelve by both. The Three Musketeers draws a heavy vote from the boys, but doesn't rate so high with the girls. Too little love interest, perhaps...
...costumes and the scenery are bad. Many of the best chorus numbers are danced in costumes that seem picked up from the Hippodrome and Old Howard wardrobes. However costumes and scenery alike are forgotten the minute there is dancing. "The Sheik of Alabain" and "Louisville Lou" are "put across", by Greenlee and Drayton as few songs are ever done, with a limitless enjoyment by audience and actors alike, with syncopation in voice and gesture, and with humor in attitude and tonality. Throughout the dancing stands out, "Liza" is a dancing show. The finales are parables of pep. The cast...