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Auction History Result 9m267 SHEIK herald '21 cool close-ups of Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, classic! Date Sold 3/1/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Herald (measures 16 1/2" x 23" [42 x 58 cm] when folded; 4 pages) (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. Important Added Info: Note this herald was folded at one time as was originally intended. Condition: good. There is some uneven discoloration throughout the herald and there are large areas of separation along some of the foldlines. There are some creases throughout the herald and there is some tattering around the edges. Fortunately, there is very little paper loss along the foldlines and edges and the herald is mostly "all-there". Overall, it really is in pretty nice condition for a 90 year old herald! Learn More about condition grades 
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