They are high art, there's no doubt about that. I find they are best when accompanied by a decent pipe organ and an organist who knows how. Unfortunately, we have now lost nearly all the organists old enough to have learned their art from doing the real thing.

The Son of the Sheik is available on video with the sound track recorded by the late Gaylord Carter on a real Wurlitzer theatre organ. It's one of Valentino's finest performances, but the music makes the whole thing far better.