In Defense of the Perverse: Reflections on <em>The Sheik</em> (George Melford, 1921)

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Published December 21, 2020

A pivotal sequence in The Sheik (George Melford, 1921), a screen adaptation of E.M. Hull’s novel, acts as a microcosm of the film. We see…

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Published October 15, 2012

Here was what she’d been waiting for. Not something—someone. Here, as so often in the daydreams, Douglas Eamons was talking to her. Doug . .…

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