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{{short description|1927 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Two Arabian Knights
| image          = Two Arabian Knights FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption        = theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Lewis Milestone]]
| producer       = [[John W. Considine Jr.]]<br>[[Howard Hughes]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Two Arabian Knights''<br>1924 story in ''[[McClure's Magazine]]''|Donald McGibney}}
| screenplay     = [[Wallace Smith (screenwriter)|Wallace Smith]]<br>[[Cyril Gardner]]<br>James T. O'Donohoe<br>[[George Marion Jr.]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]]<br>[[Mary Astor]]<br>[[Louis Wolheim]]
| music          = 
| cinematography = [[Tony Gaudio]]<br>[[Joseph H. August]]
| editing        = Douglass Biggs
| studio         = The Caddo Company
| distributor    = [[United Artists]]
| released       = {{film date|1927|9|23}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Two Arabian Knights''''' (1927) is an American silent [[comedy film]], directed by [[Lewis Milestone]] and starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], [[Mary Astor]], and [[Louis Wolheim]]. The film was produced by [[Howard Hughes]] and was distributed by [[United Artists]]. The screenwriters were James T. O'Donohue, [[Wallace Smith (screenwriter)|Wallace Smith]], and [[George Marion Jr]].

The film won the only Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Comedy Direction]] in 1929.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929 |title=The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] |accessdate=May 20, 2019}}</ref> 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]].