During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.
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Two Arabian Knights received significant recognition for its direction, winning the unique Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction in 1929 before the category was merged.
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The film won the only Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction in 1929.
The next year, AMPAS merged the categories Best Director of a Comedy Picture and Best Director of a Dramatic Picture to form the category Academy Award for Best Director.
Roughly four months after the film's premiere, it was reported that director Lewis Milestone had been hired primarily on the basis of his work on Harold Lloyd's The Kid Brother (1927).
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