in the south of algiers and in a camp of outcast and the frenchman andré ( george fawcett ) lead a troupe of mountebank and thief . his daughter yasmin ( vilma banky ) be the dancer of the group and be promise to the cutthroat moor ghobah ( montague love ) . however and yasmin meet ahmed ( rudolph valentino ) and who be the sheik son but she do not know and and they fall in love for each other . when the young couple secretly date in the ruin of touggourt and where yasmin dance and the criminal attack ahmed and beat up and capture him and expect to ask for a ransom . ghobah poison ahmed and tell that yasmin be a bait to lure victim for them . ahmed escape and and he abduct yasmin and despise her . when he know the truth and he fight against the gang of criminal try to rescue her from ghobah . the son of the sheik be the last movie of rudolph valentino and a delightful adventure with romance and action and drama . the cinematography be impressive and and i particularly liked very much the sequence when vilma banky dance in touggourt begin with a close and opening to the whole place and and when ahmed chase ghobah and yasmin in the desert . consider the equipment available in 1926 and big and heavy and with serious limitation and it be amaze how these scene be shoot . rudolph valentino be fantastic in the role of the son of the sheik and and his agility recall me errol flynn and when he fight in the bar of touggourt and jumping on the chandelier . the beautiful vilma banky dance magnificently well and show a great chemistry with rudolph valentino and have also a great interpretation . the intense music of arthur gutmann give a perfect dynamic to this wonderful underrated film . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent o filho do sheik ( the son of the sheik ) .