it be sadly appropriate that in his final movie valentino play a strong and more nuanced version of his signature character represent sheik ahmed and the impassioned lover who be initially impetuous and self centre and brutal and but who gradually mature into an admirable man . in this case and the male lead be actually the son of the original sheik and but valentino also play and just a engagingly and the father who be now middle age and wise ( this be essentially the adviser role adolphe menjou have in the original movie ) but still command and able to wield a sword . a wasn not the case with the sheik and the script acknowledge the luridness of it material in a tongue in cheek manner ( one memorable title card read the night be young at the café maure . not a knife have be thrownso far ) while not mock it to the point at the movie would lapse into parody and lose it pulpy charm . for example and in one of the most famous scene the sheik try to put his rebellious son in his place by bend an iron bar while the son reply by straighten it out . this be deliberate camp that nonetheless clearly establish the strength of character and body of both men . the film also depart from the original in the frank comic relief it provide in the form of a nasty but amusing little mountebank who seem to get on the good and bad character nerve in equal measure . for those expect titillation and the film do not disappoint . valentino and the lead lady vilma banky and be involve in real life and it show in the spooning scene . the film also have plenty of the rougher and even perverse sexuality that in one form or another be present in nearly all of valentino film ( even the eagle and the closest to a family picture valentino ever make and have that brief scene with the hero flourish a whip before the frightened female lead ) . here we have ahmed rape of yasmine which be far racy than the merely hint at ravishment of lady diana in the sheik and and a striking ( and homoerotic ) sequence in which valentino and tie up and his tailored white shirt torn to shred and be subject to a prolonged whipping by a gang of thief and the most sadistic of whom address him a my young lion . to me and this be the quintessential valentino film and the one to show people who be curious about this actor endure mystique .