Image / Filming of "The Sheik"

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Title: Filming of "The Sheik"
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1921
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: General Collection
Rights Information: The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Description: Bird's eye view of the set of "The Sheik", a 1921 silent romantic drama starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres. Filming was on an Oxnard beach. It is a crowded beach scene with many palm trees and large striped tents. A large group of people on horseback in the background.
Type: image
Format: 11.2 x 17.8 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier: 18389
Language: English
Subject: Motion pictures--Production and direction
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Source: Madeline Miedema Collection, 1990

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