In one of the most popular films from the silent era, screen heartthrob Valentino gives one of his finest performances. Sadly it was also his last. He died suddenly, aged 31, just before the film’s release.

n this visually intoxicating sequel to Valentino’s career-defining film The Sheik, the silent screen’s greatest lover portrays a cultured yet untamed young man who is lured into a thieve’s trap by  a beautiful dancer, Yasmin (Vilma Banky).

After escaping, he kidnaps the damsel and holds her captive in his desert lair, dressing her in Arabian finery and threatening to unleash his violent passion upon her.