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The White Sheik (1928 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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. It was based on the novel 'King's Mate' by Rosita Forbes.
Synopsis
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' and the Universum Film AG documentary short '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
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