 With this film, Frank Lloyd (I) (qv) became one of only two  directors to win the best director Oscar without their movie also  being nominated for best picture. The only other film to win a  directing Oscar without a best picture nomination was  _Two Arabian Knights (1927)_ (qv), which won the only Oscar ever  given for Comedy Direction to Lewis Milestone (qv). Both Lloyd and  Milestone won additional best director Oscars for directing best  picture winners, Lloyd for _Cavalcade (1933)_ (qv) and Milestone for  _All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)_ (qv).