Where was The Sheik filmed?
1921 film by George Melford
The Sheik (1921) was filmed in Palm Springs, Santa Barbara County, Oxnard, Montauk, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Kaufman Astoria Studios and 1 more place, 7 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Arizona, California. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 7 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Oxnard
United States
City in Ventura County, California, United States
“Emily W. Leider, author of Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino, argues that the desert exterior scenes were filmed in Oxnard, California, and the Guadalupe Dunes of Santa Barbara County.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Guadalupe–Nipomo Dunes
United States
Dune system in California
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Towns & cities
Palm Springs
United States
Resort city in Riverside County, California, United States
“Another source says filming was done in the desert near Palm Springs, California.” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
Kaufman Astoria Studios
United States
Film studio
“However, one 1983 newspaper article featured in the Suffolk County News contends that exteriors scenes were shot at the "Walking Dunes" in Montauk, New York and at the Kaufman Astoria Studios.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Montauk
United States
Census-designated place in New York, United States
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Towns & cities
Santa Barbara County
United States
County in southern California, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
United States
National park in Texas, USA
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place says on its own Wikipedia page that this film was shot there. Not on the map: the quote is linked so you can check it.
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Landmarks & buildings
Ambassador Hotel
United States
Defunct hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States
“Overhead, soaring about the room were cocoanut trees of papier mache, cocoanuts and palm fronds which had been rescued from the sandy beaches of Oxnard where they had served as atmosphere of the 1921 classic, The Sheik.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in Arizona, California, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
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