Two Arabian Nights

(1927)

Comedy / Silent

92 minutes

Directed by Lewis Milestone

Cast:

William Boyd as W. Dangerfield Phelps III
Mary Astor as Mirza
Louis Wolheim as Sgt. Peter O'Gaffney
Ian Keith as Shevket Ben Ali
Michael Vavitch as The Emir
Michael Visaroff as The Skipper 
Boris Karloff as The Purser
DeWitt Jennings as American Consul 
Nicholas Dunaew as Mirza's Man Servant 
Jean Vachon as Mirza's Maid Servant
David Cavendish as The Emir's Advisor

This film is set during the end of World War I where Americans Sgt. Peter O'Gaffney and one of his soldiers, W. Dangerfield Phelps III, are captured and taken to a POW camp in Northern Germany. They don’t have the best relationship for Phelps feels O’Gaffney is always bossing him around. The two become closer at camp since they are both determined to escape. On a snowy day, they escape by stealing white robes to camouflage themselves. From there they begin an adventure in which they are mistaken for Arab prisoners.