Throwback time! This post was originally written for the Accidentally Hilarious blogathon hosted by Movies Silently a few years back. I’m dusting it off for you since you can’t have a Sheik Month without The Sheik itself. (Plus, this article was really fun to write.) Hope you get a kick out of it!
When I was but a wee silent film newbie, I discovered there were far more old films available on YouTube and Netflix than I’d thought. Innumerable classics of early master filmmakers, such as Intolerance, Greed, Battleship Potemkin and The Last Laugh were all awaiting me, holding within their hallowed reels the potential to unlock within my brain a renewed appreciation for film artistry, and the ability to view early 20th century history through fresh eyes. So what did I do first?
Why, sit myself down with a bag of cheesy popcorn and watch The Sheik, of course!!
“Yesssssssssss.”
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