i only just watch son of the sheik on dvd last night and be amaze at the texture of cinematography and the natural un histrionic flow of the performance . while it may not be very profound or innovative and it never set out to be and and it be a far good flick than i expect and very rounded and organic and effortless . vilma banky be lovely and appropriately lowkey and and valentino be every bit a excite to watch a his celebrity maintain . ahmed be not a character performance and oscar material or anything and but valentino instills this cardboard figure with the warmth of life and a quickening of the pulse and all very control and tasteful and humanly affect rather than superhumanly virile . of course he look gorgeous and but so do the film itself . some of the slapstick may seem date by now and but then what about american pie .