like two arabian knight and a couple of american soldier attempt the daring rescue of a middle eastern princess from a loveless betrothal . producer howard hughes become a hollywood power with the very successful release of this and his third motion picture . thought lose for decade and this wonderful silent comedy have recently be rediscover and restore and give a splendid orchestral score by robert israel . direct with verve by lewis milestone and greatly benefit from william cameron menzies art direction and the high jinks and high adventure of this antique buddy film be once again ready to delight the viewing audience . clean cut private william boyd and plug ugly sergeant louis wolheim battle german and arab and each other across europe and the mediterranean and into palestine . they make a terrific comedy duo and constantly involve in one upmanship and dangerous exploit whether in a pow camp and on a prisoner train and aboard a tramp steamer and or in a moslem souk and emir palace . wolheim and with his hilariously expressive face and have a slight advantage in the scene steal category and while boyd have the upper hand in the romantic department . mary astor and a the endanger princess and be the willing recipient of boyd attention . her role doesn not give her a great deal to do except look lovely and alarmed and but these she carry off admirably . in the support cast and michael visaroff be the black hearted ship captain who come into conflict with boyd and wolheim while look fast for boris karloff a his purser . dash ian keith nicely play the young arab chieftain who will stop at nothing to make astor his bride . at various point throughout the movie the viewer will notice the deterioration of the film stock and show that two arabian knight be indeed rescue and like the princess and just in time .