Two Arabian Knights
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Two Arabian Knights (1927) is a silent black-and-white comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone. Producer Howard Hughes financed the film after the success of other World War I-set films such as What Price Glory?, released in 1926.
The plot concerns two American soldiers during the First World War, who escape from a German prison camp and face many adventures in Arabia.
The movie was filmed in the US and has a running time of 92 minutes. It was made by Caddor Company under the studio United Artists. The movie starred William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Michael Vavitch, Ian Keith, and DeWitt Jennings. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, Wallace Smith, and George Marion Jr. The film won an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction.
The film was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes' film collection after his death. A print was shepherded by Dr. Hart Wegner of the UNLV film for restoration by Jeffrey Masino, along with another "lost" Hughes-produced film, The Racket. Later, Turner Classic Movies broadcast both films, their first showings in decades.
