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The Waning Sex
The Waning Sex (1926) on 5 september 1926
, 1h10
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, George K. Arthur, Mary McAllister, Martha Mattox
Rating63% 3.1570253.1570253.1570253.1570253.157025
Nina Duane (Norma Shearer) is a criminal lawyer whose gender was professionally resented by Philip Barry (Conrad Nagel), the District Attorney. She wins acquittal for man-chasing widow Mary Booth (Mary McAllister), then defeats her in romancing the D.A.
The Son of the Sheik
The Son of the Sheik (1926) on 5 september 1926
, 1h8
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, George Fawcett, Agnes Ayres
Rating65% 3.2963453.2963453.2963453.2963453.296345
Ahmed, the adult son of Sheik Ahmed (Valentino played both roles) is just as impetuous as his father once was. At the beginning of the movie, he is wooing the dancing girl Yasmin (Banky), who is exploited and overworked by her renegade French father. During one of their trysts at a moonlit ruins, Ahmed is kidnapped and later tortured by Yasmin's father and his cronies, who hope to receive a large ransom from Ahmed's father. Ahmed is rescued by his loyal servant Ramadan. Having been misled into believing that Yasmin was the one who set up his capture, Ahmed kidnaps her in turn and imprisons her in his tent. It is heavily implied that she is then raped, but the scene fades out before anything of consequence happens, and the exact details are left to the viewers' imagination. Ahmed's father, angered at his son's long absence from home, arrives and insists that he free Yasmin. When a remorseful Ahmed learns that Yasmin actually wasn't involved in his kidnapping, he sets off to free her from her father (who is trying to force her to marry one of his henchmen). All is forgiven, and the movie ends with Yasmin and Ahmed reunited, presumably to wed and live happily ever after.
Marriage License?
Marriage License? (1926) on 5 september 1926
, 1h20
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Alma Rubens, Walter McGrail, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Lane, Emily Fitzroy, Langhorn Burton

Wanda, une jeune femme canadienne, est mariée à Marcus Heriot, un noble anglais dont la famille, dominée par les traditions ancestrales, la rejette comme une étrangère. À la suite des manigances de Lady Heriot, l'amitié de la jeune femme avec un homme plus âgé est présentée sous une forme telle qu'il s'ensuit un divorce. À la suite de cela, son enfant est considéré comme illégitime.