Novarro, once-popular romantic lead of silent films (BEN HUR was his most famous leading role), tried his hand unsuccessfully in this talkie where he plays an Arab sheik. Lane is a spoiled rich American, whose father made his millions selling corkscrews. She wagers her English fiance
that she can find a horse faster than any in his stable and goes off to Arabia with her insipid father, comical aunt, and bratty cousin. There the uncouth Americans mistake Novarro, a sheik who breeds some of the fastest horses in the world, for a baggage porter and travel guide. He decides to
teach the ill-mannered Yanks a lesson by staging a fake kidnaping of Lane and then abandoning...
Released:
1937
Rated:
NR
Length:
65 mins