Australian Sheik Fantasy Craze of the 1920s - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A hundred years ago, the Australian public was in the midst of a 'sheik craze'. Between 1919 and 1926, it was fuelled by the popularity of Edith Maude Hull's novel The Sheik.
A hundred years ago, the Australian public was in the midst of a 'sheik craze'. Between 1919 and 1926, it was fuelled by the popularity of Edith Maude Hull's novel The Sheik.
Then the impact of Hollywood as Paramount Studios released The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, in cinemas in Australia in 1922, and it drew huge crowds here.
Historian Kathryn Hunter joined Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife to explore why Australia was such fertile ground for these desert romances to bloom.
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