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.[1] It was based on the novel King's Mate by Rosita Forbes.
The White Sheik | |
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Directed by | Harley Knoles |
Written by | Violet E. Powell Mary Murillo |
Based on | King's Mate by Rosita Forbes |
Starring | Lillian Hall-Davis Warwick Ward Jameson Thomas Julie Suedo |
Cinematography | René Guissart |
Production company | British International Pictures |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | 17 January 1928 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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.
For its December 1929 New York City premiere at the Little Carnegie Playhouse[2] it was accompanied by the Hal Roach Studios comedy Feed ’em and Weep[3] and the Universum Film AG documentary short Strange Prayers.[4]
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."[2]
The films of Harley Knoles | |
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