Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights is a 1927 American silent comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and Louis Wolheim. The film was produced by Howard Hughes and was distributed by United Artists. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, Wallace Smith, and George Marion Jr, based on a 1924 story by Donald McGibney, serialized in McClure's Magazine.
Plot
During the First World War, two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land. Expecting to die, W. Dangerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling, the Germans sneak up and capture them.
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| author | Wallace Smith |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Director (Comedy picture) |
| director | Lewis Milestone |
| editor | Douglass Biggs |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | american soldiers arabia end expect first world war force german german empire land load prison camp speak steal training camp trap veiled woman warn world war |
| musicBy | Robert Israel |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Director (Comedy picture) |
| producer | Howard Hughes John W. Considine Jr. |
| productionCompany | The Caddo Company |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | romantic comedy silent war |