The Sheik Steps Out
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: July 7, 2015
- Originally Released: 1937
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ramon Navarro | |
Performer: | Lola Lane, Gene Lockhart & Billy Bevan | |
Directed by | Irving Pichel |
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Description by OLDIES.com:
The Sheik Steps Out was meant as a comeback feature for romantic leading man Ramon Navarro. After causing a sensation with his revealing costumes in the original Ben-Hur (1925), MGM heavily promoted the Mexican actor as the original "Latin Lover" in films such as The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927), Mata Hari (1931) and The Barbarian (1933). His fortunes took a downturn when MGM failed to renew his contract in 1935, leading Navarro to take a chance with "B" studio Republic Pictures. Unfortunately, The Sheik Steps Out did not perform to expectations, and afterwards Navarro only worked sporadically until his tragic death in 1968. Lola Lane, part of the successful singing act the Lane Sisters, was also staging a comeback after her marriages to actor Lew Ayres (1931-1933) and director Alexander Hall (1934-1936) interrupted her career. She would go on to receive acclaim for her performance in Marked Woman (1937), as well as renewed popularity after playing the title role in Torchy Blane in Panama (1938). Director Irving Pichel was better known for more serious fare such as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), The Miracle of the Bells (1948) and Destination Moon (1950), as well as for narrating How Green Was My Valley (1941) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
BONUS: Sultan Pepper (BW, 1934): Otto Soglow's famed comic strip character, the Little King, meets a selfish sultan and his harem of dancing girls in this racy 1934 cartoon from Van Beuren Studios. Directed by Disney veteran George Vernon Stallings, and featuring animation by Jim Tyer, who would become a highly influential animator for Terrytoons.
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