eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4d234 SHEIK matted 9x11 special poster '60s faux Rudolph Valentino poster pretending to be 1922! Date Sold 1/29/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1960s) Matted Special Movie Tribute Poster (measures 8 1/2" x 11"; entire display measures 9 1/2" x 12" [24 x 30 cm]) (Learn More) The Sheik, the classic 1921 George Melford Arabia silent romantic melodrama ("It's a Paramount Picture"; "Based on the novel by Edith M. Hull"; about an Arab sheik who meets a female British socialite, and he falls heavily for her, but she wants no part of him, so he kidnaps her and takes her to his palace in the desert; she rejects him, but after she is re-kidnapped by bandits does she start to realize that she has fallen in love with the sheik, who rescues her in the nick of time!) starring Rudolph Valentino (in the title role as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan), Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner, and Adolphe Menjou. Note that Valentino had risen to stardom in the late 1910s, but this movie made him a superstar! He would complete ten more movies over the next five years, but sadly, after making a sequel to this movie, "The Son of the Sheik", in 1926, he passed away from complications after surgery. He was just 31 years of age, and the entire world mourned his passing. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this ad was NOT created in 1922, in spite of what it says at the bottom. It was apparently created in the 1960s for a revival showing of the movie (it was likely intended as a fun tribute, and not to deceive people). But someone found several of these in the 1980s, and ever since then, they have been getting sold to unknowing collectors as 1922 originals, sometimes for outrageous prices. Please do not bid on it unless you can accept that it is a tribute poster, likely from the 1960s or later. Condition: good to very good. Someone took this tribute poster (see above) and nicely matted it, and it is ready to display. Learn More about condition grades
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