3.5 Two Arabian Knights with Shawna Carroll

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1927 film Two Arabian Knights. My friend Shawna Carroll from Notes from Post newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about the key players involved in the film (including someone you might know better as a famous monster), how you could easily remake this film with Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote, and what a shame it is that we don't have any Oscar categories specifically geared toward comedic films.

You can watch Two Arabian Knights on YouTube and be sure to check out Shawna's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Circus directed by Charlie Chaplin
• Speedy directed by Ted Wilde
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• "The Arrival of a Train" directed by the Lumiere Brothers
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off directed by John Hughes
• Deadpool directed by Tim Miller
• The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston
• Frankenstein directed by James Whale
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas directed by Charles M. Jones
• The Aviator directed by Martin Scorsese
• Scarface directed by Howard Hawks
• Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly 

Other works referenced:

• "TCM Diary: The Strange Case of Two Arabian Knights" by Nick Davis in Film Comment (March 1, 2017)
• Two Arabian Knights Review from Photoplay Magazine (November 1927)

Read the story that served as the basis for the film in McClure's Magazine in three parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).