A pair of US Marines, Sergeant Louis Wolheim and future Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd are captured during action in World War I and then escape. But it isn't back to the western front. No these two head a little southeast into the Ottoman Empire which was a Central Power though by the time America got into World War I it was breaking up and pretty much out of action.
The only reason these two are walking around in their Marine uniforms with little notice by anyone. There's also a bit of romance involved for Boyd who if this sound and he could sing would warble a tune like Bing Crosby with Louis Wolheim doing the heavy lifting for the comedy.
The romance comes with Arabian princess Mary Astor, but she has herself Ian Keith of the Turkish army interested and besides that it's dad who negotiates the marriage deals.
The recent troubles stemming from the Middle East kind of puts a damper on a film like Arabian Knights. The film also plays a lot like the Errol Flynn World War II era film Desperate Journey where the Nazis are so colossally stupid it's pathetic as well as a Bing&Bob road fest.
The humor is the rough house kind and Wolheim is a master of it. Boyd is your All American hero with the firm jawline. It did get an Oscar nomination for director Lewis Milestone in that first year of the Oscars.
A good opportunity to get acquainted with Louis Wolheim who died too young and to see Bill Boyd as something other than Hopalong Cassidy.
The only reason these two are walking around in their Marine uniforms with little notice by anyone. There's also a bit of romance involved for Boyd who if this sound and he could sing would warble a tune like Bing Crosby with Louis Wolheim doing the heavy lifting for the comedy.
The romance comes with Arabian princess Mary Astor, but she has herself Ian Keith of the Turkish army interested and besides that it's dad who negotiates the marriage deals.
The recent troubles stemming from the Middle East kind of puts a damper on a film like Arabian Knights. The film also plays a lot like the Errol Flynn World War II era film Desperate Journey where the Nazis are so colossally stupid it's pathetic as well as a Bing&Bob road fest.
The humor is the rough house kind and Wolheim is a master of it. Boyd is your All American hero with the firm jawline. It did get an Oscar nomination for director Lewis Milestone in that first year of the Oscars.
A good opportunity to get acquainted with Louis Wolheim who died too young and to see Bill Boyd as something other than Hopalong Cassidy.