“The Son of the Sheik” hfis been Topics of the Day and the I
adapted to the screen by Frances newsreel will be shown also, am
Marion and, directed by George Fitz- program will be augmented h;
maurice. , organlogue by Richard IMibert
It is the thrilling tale of Ahmed. “The Waning Sex” is Rohet
son of the devil-may-care Englishman Leonard’s adaptation of a pla;
who is the sheik, and his love* hate Frederic and Fannie Hatton,
and eventual adoration of Vasmln, an reveals Miss Shearer as a p
exotic dancing girl of the desert, young attorney who really lov
whose flashing eyes involve him in fellow practiontioner hut care
thrilling desert conflicts and episodes, conceals the fact until a van
which eventually lead up to a dra- widow attempts to compromise
matic climax, in which Valentino as ar)f j then the voung Portia pi
the hero rescues the girl he loves from t hat she is as good at holding a s
desert ruffians and carries her out heart as she is at winning casi
across the sandy wastes to happiness CO urt.
