| The White Sheik | |
| Director: | Harley Knoles |
| Starring: | Lillian Hall-Davis Warwick Ward Jameson Thomas Julie Suedo |
| Cinematography: | René Guissart |
| Studio: | British International Pictures |
| Distributor: | Wardour Films |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The White Sheik, also known as King's Mate, is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas and Warwick Ward.[1] It was based on the novel King's Mate by Rosita Forbes.
While spending the winter in the Moroccan city of Fez young Englishwoman Rosemary encounters a vile man Martengo who tries to force his attentions on her. Escaping to the desert she becomes lost and is rescued by a mysterious Englishman known as the White Sheik.
For its December 1929 New York City premiere at the Little Carnegie Playhouse it was accompanied by the Hal Roach Studios comedy Feed ’em and Weep and the Universum Film AG documentary short Strange Prayers.
The New York Times reviewer Mordaunt Hall called the film "amateurish" and "boring", with characters he thought "as silly a lot as have ever darted to and fro on the screen."