50-430: Two Arabian Knights (1927) is an American silent comedy film , directed by Lewis Milestone and starring 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 , and George Marion Jr . The film won the only Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction in 1929. The next year, AMPAS merged
100-623: A "dog". He exits, leaving his men to dispose of Phelps. The two men overcome their captors, relieve Shevket of Mirza, and ride away. The movie was filmed in the United States . Roughly four months after the film's premiere, it was reported that director Lewis Milestone had been hired primarily on the basis of his work on Harold Lloyd 's The Kid Brother (1927). The film was long thought lost before being located in Howard Hughes ' film collection after his death. Two Arabian Knights
150-534: A $ 14 million donation was conditioned on his continual employment, but the UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees conducted an ethics investigation that uncovered no self-dealings by Jessup and the donor. In 2019, UNLV renamed the School of Community Health Sciences as the School of Public Health. On December 6, 2023, a mass shooting occurred on campus when 67–year–old Tony Polito opened fire at
200-497: A Sustainability Coordinator position to investigate methods for improving sustainability of residence halls. UNLV's main athletic facilities include Thomas & Mack Center (1983), Cox Pavilion , Buchanan Natatorium , Earl Wilson Stadium , and Allegiant Stadium . These facilities hold home games for UNLV sports programs and have hosted events such as the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament and
250-452: A film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than
300-650: A game room, student government offices, and student organization offices. One of the newer buildings on campus, the Greenspun Hall, opened its doors in 2008. Home to the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Brookings Mountain West Institute, this five-story, 120,000-square-foot building is home to state-of-the art media facilities. It also houses the campus radio station KUNV-FM , student-run HD2 radio station, and
350-483: A mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among the most popular with audiences at
400-509: A minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed the use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love
450-491: A room is not occupied, saving electricity. Low-flow sinks, toilets, and showers, as well as a drip irrigation system for the native desert landscape, reduce water usage by 42%. SEB also uses a reclaimed water system that captures wastewater, providing 750 gallons of water a day that are used to flush toilets. The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs building of UNLV received a LEED Gold rating in April 2010. In 2009, UNLV received
500-612: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( UNLV ) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada , United States. The 332-acre (134 ha) campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip . It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes
550-500: A winter session and without the need for input from representatives from the University of Nevada, Reno. During this time, Nevada Southern University also adopted the southern "Rebel" athletics moniker and a mascot dressed in a southern Confederate uniform named Beauregard. The popular reasoning behind such a controversial moniker and mascot is that they did it to oppose the northern Union traditions and symbols of their northern rival,
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#1732787756908600-464: Is a literary center at the university. It focuses on "live experiences, fellowships, innovative media, and literary activism". UNLV's admissions process is considered "selective" according to U.S. News & World Report . For freshmen entering fall 2018, 9,527 were accepted out of 11,613 applicants, and 3,947 enrolled. Women constituted 57.9% of the incoming class; men were 42.1%. Among freshman students who enrolled in fall 2016, SAT scores for
650-436: Is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during
700-532: The QS World University Rankings , William F. Harrah College of Hospitality's Hotel Administration program is ranked No. 2 in the world in 2020. Lee Business School's part-time MBA program is ranked in the top 28% in U.S. News & World Report's 2014 ranking of best business graduate programs. The Atlantic recognized UNLV's English department as having one of the nation's most innovative master of fine arts programs and one of
750-455: The $ 113 million science and engineering building, which has 200,000 square feet of teaching space, laboratories, and high-tech conference rooms. The building, completed in 2008, was designed to support interdisciplinary research, draw students to high-demand fields such as electrical engineering, computer science, and environmental science, and attract national and international researchers. UNLV launched its first comprehensive campaign, Invent
800-440: The 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon
850-718: The Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall (1976), the Black Box Theatre, the Alta Ham Fine Arts Complex (1982), and the Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center (2001). In 1997, the Paul B. Sogg Architecture Building opened. In 2007, a new 135,000 sq ft (12,500 m ) student union was opened. This building offers many amenities for students including a social atmosphere, a diverse food court, conference rooms,
900-593: The Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain, a camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found
950-584: The Cashman Good Government Award for the campus' sustainability measures for "maintaining consistent energy costs despite substantial campus growth," saving nearly $ 11 million from 2001 to 2009. UNLV was also recognized for managing the xeric demonstration garden and for its recycling efforts. Recent efforts by the university to improve sustainability practices include participation in the Solar Decathlon and creation of
1000-466: The Frank and Estella Beam Hall and Student Union buildings. Polito, who had applied to be a professor at the campus but was rejected, killed three and critically wounded a fourth before being fatally shot in a shootout with police. The main campus of UNLV is on 332-acres in centrally located Paradise, Nevada. Midtown UNLV is an ongoing private-public development along Maryland Parkway, a border street to
1050-767: The Future, with the goal of raising $ 500 million by December 2008. Also, the Air Force ROTC program was established on campus. In 2006, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents raised the minimum GPA to 3.0 for admittance to UNLV. UNLV opened its first international campus in Singapore, where the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration offered a bachelor's degree program in hospitality management. UNLV planned to end its partnership with
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#17327877569081100-495: The Germans sneak up and capture them. In a German prison camp, the two become friends when Phelps takes responsibility for an unflattering caricature he drew of a guard, rather than let O'Gaffney take the blame. The two escape, stealing the white robes of Arab prisoners to blend in with the snow. However, they encounter (and are forced to join) a group of similarly garbed Arab prisoners being sent by train to Constantinople. Near
1150-458: The Las Vegas real estate, hotel, restaurant, and casino investors. In 2016, UNLV hosted the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies covered the debate on their local station, UNLV-TV. This featured a three-hour live broadcast of round-table student commentary, interviews, and coverage from the spin room inside
1200-616: The National Finals Rodeo. In 2007, the 188,000 sq ft (17,500 m ) recreation center was completed. It caters to the needs of UNLV students' physical and mental health. The Mendenhall Center, a training center dedicated for the UNLV basketball program, opened in 2012. The Fertitta Football Complex for UNLV Football opened in 2019. Performing arts facilities include the Judy Bayley Theatre (1972),
1250-754: The Shadow Lane Campus, just east of the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada , which houses both School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine . UNLV's law school, the William S. Boyd School of Law , is the only law school in the state. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation , UNLV spent $ 83 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 165th in
1300-472: The Singapore Institute of Technology by 2015, due to economic issues such as rising tuition in Las Vegas and the falling value of the U.S. dollar in Singapore. In 2007, an expanded student union (with study and social lounges, eateries, a new ballroom, and a 300-seat theater) and a new student recreation center (with high-tech weight and fitness rooms, swimming pools, and a juice bar) opened in
1350-571: The Thomas and Mack Center. In 2017, UNLV shut down the only HIV clinic for children and pregnant women in the Southern Nevada region for ethical violations. UNLV later settled for $ 1.45 million related to improper charges made by principal investigator Echezona Ezeanolue to several federal research awards. In 2018, UNLV President Len Jessup received unfavorable performance reviews from the system chancellor. Ethical concerns were raised when
1400-414: The University of Nevada. Soon, protests from NSU/UNLV students forced a slight change to their Confederate mascot, but the "Rebels" moniker remains to this day. Since its founding, the university has grown rapidly, expanding both its academic programs and campus facilities. In 1969, the board of regents approved the name University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the abbreviation UNLV. In 1973, Jerry Tarkanian
1450-719: The box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
1500-499: The categories Best Director of a Comedy Picture and Best Director of a Dramatic Picture to form the category Academy Award for Best Director . During the First World War , two American soldiers become trapped in no man's land . Expecting to die, W. Dangerfield Phelps III (William Boyd) decides to fulfill his fondest desire: to beat up his sergeant since training camp, Peter O'Gaffney (Louis Wolheim). While they are brawling,
1550-406: The end of their journey, Phelps creates a distraction, and the two men jump off, landing in a hay wagon. When the hay is loaded onto a ship bound for Arabia , so are they. The stowaways are discovered, but the skipper ( Michael Visaroff ) is satisfied when Phelps pays him their fare. When a small boat founders nearby, Phelps jumps in to try to rescue an Arabian woman, Mirza (Mary Astor). Both he and
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1600-468: The fall. These facilities reflected UNLV's goal of becoming more student-oriented. The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs broke ground for the $ 94 million Greenspun Hall, which showcased the latest environmental and technological advancements and served as an anchor for "Midtown UNLV." In 2011, UNLV's business college was formally renamed after a $ 15 million donation from the Ted and Doris Lee family,
1650-626: The first commencement ceremonies in 1964. In 1965, the Nevada Legislature named the school Nevada Southern University, and the Board of Regents hired the campus's first president, Donald C. Moyer, who died in 2008 at the age of 88. In 1968, Nevada Southern was given equal status with its parent institution in Reno , and the present name was approved by the regents in January 1969, during
1700-471: The leftover construction materials were recycled. The roof of SEB was made to reflect 92% of sunlight. This reduces the amount of heat absorbed into the building, so reduces energy needed to cool the building. Incoming air to SEB is also cooled through evaporation so the need for air conditioning is reduced. High-performance window glazing also allows light to come in while keeping the building insulated. Occupancy sensors allow lights to automatically turn off when
1750-403: The middle 50% ranged from 450 to 560 for critical reading, 450–570 for math, and 430–540 for writing. ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 19 to 24. In terms of class rank, 20% of enrolled freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school classes; 52% ranked in the top quarter, and 82% ranked in the top half. The average high school grade point average was 3.31. According to
1800-423: The nation. The first college classes, which eventually became the classes of UNLV, were offered as the southern regional extension division of the University of Nevada in 1959 in a classroom at Las Vegas High School . In 1955, State Senator Mahlon Brown "sponsored the legislation to provide $ 200,000 to construct the campus's first building" – Frazier Hall. Groundbreaking on the original 60-acre (24 ha) site
1850-460: The plaza between Artemus Ham Hall and Judy Bayley Theatre. The Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies was established in 1989. In 2001, Lied Library officially opened to the public on January 8, at a final cost of $ 55.3 million. In 2002, the School of Dental Medicine opened to train students, and to offer low-cost dental care to residents. In 2003, the Institute for Security Studies
1900-641: The process of LEED Gold Certification, UNLV has reduced its use of electricity and natural gas by 38% per square foot since 2001 by retrofitting older campus buildings. In the 2009 edition of the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card, University of Nevada-Las Vegas received a grade of "C". The Science and Engineering building received a LEED Silver rating in March 2009. SEB achieved this rating by using recycled glass, steel, concrete, and wood. More than 60% of
1950-438: The project aims to create new housing developments close to campus. Major funding is through state funding sources along with private donations. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has created an Urban Sustainability Initiative that strives to implement sustainable practices on campus and in the larger Las Vegas community. In addition to having two campus buildings in the process of LEED Silver Certification and one building in
2000-481: The school. Development began in 2002 and its purpose is to expand the university to meet the demands of a major university in the Las Vegas metropolitan area . The project to improve the "front door" of the university by improving amenities for students and businesses along Maryland Parkway. The goals are to reduce vacant spaces, lower business turnover rates, and create space for the university to expand. Additionally,
2050-547: The skipper already there lodging a complaint. They decide to seek the assistance of Mirza's father the Emir, who turns out to be the governor of the region. However, Mirza's escort has told him and Shevket that Phelps has seen her without her veil. Outraged, the Emir sends his men to bring the Americans back to be executed. Unaware of this, the two soldiers saunter into the Emir's palace. Phelps reads Mirza's warning note in time, and
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2100-442: The skipper refuses to let Mirza debark without paying, so O'Gaffney robs the purser ( Boris Karloff ) to get the money. Mirza is met by Shevket Ben Ali ( Ian Keith ); Mirza informs Phelps that her father has arranged for her to marry Shevket. They depart. The Americans jump overboard when the skipper discovers what happened to his purser. The two men head for the American consul, but leave hastily without speaking to him when they find
2150-901: The television production organization UNLV-TV. Certified under the LEEDrating system, the building was named after Las Vegas Sun founder and publisher Hank Greenspun. The Greenspun family also donated $ 37 million to the total cost of the building. In 2008, the Science and Engineering Building opened. It was created to serve both the College of Sciences and the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering in an environmentally friendly manner. UNLV offers more than 350 bachelor's , master's , and doctoral degree programs taught by 850 faculty members. Academic schools, colleges and divisions: Professional schools: The Black Mountain Institute (BMI)
2200-409: The top-five doctoral programs in creative writing. Down Beat magazine, the internationally recognized industry standard trade publication for jazz music, recognized the work of the 2010 UNLV Jazz Ensemble as "Outstanding Large Jazz Ensemble Performance" among graduate college-level jazz bands in their annual Student Music Award issue of that year. In 2018, UNLV surpassed New York University as
2250-452: The two escape. When Phelps sets out to rescue Mirza, O'Gaffney shows true friendship and accompanies him. They are trapped by Shevket and his men, but when Mirza threatens to kill herself, Shevket proposes they settle this with a duel in which only one of the pistols is loaded. Phelps agrees and fires first; his gun is unloaded. Mirza is made to leave the room. Then Shevket reveals that both guns are empty; he did not wish to wager his life with
2300-439: The woman have to be saved by O'Gaffney. The two soldiers and the skipper vie for the veiled woman's affections. Phelps eventually coaxes her into removing her veil, and is entranced by her beauty. Meanwhile, the woman's escort observes this development with disapproval. The skipper insists on being paid for Mirza's fare, but none of the three have any money left. They hold him off as best they can. When they reach their destination,
2350-583: Was established to address homeland security concerns. The Lynn Bennett Childhood Development Center opened. In 2004, UNLV opened its first regional campus on Shadow Lane, near the University Medical Center. The School of Dental Medicine is located on the Shadow Lane Campus. Also, the School of Public Health was established in the Division of Health Sciences to address new and emerging public-health issues. In 2005, construction began on
2400-463: Was hired as the men's basketball coach by UNLV's second president, Roman Zorn. The Center for Business and Economic Research was established in 1975 for research projects that assist in developing the Nevada economy and assist state and local agencies and private-sector enterprises in collecting and analyzing economic and market data. In 1981, Claes Oldenburg 's Flashlight sculpture was installed on
2450-660: Was in April 1956, and the university purchased a 640-acre (260 ha) site in North Las Vegas for future expansion. UNLV was officially founded by the Nevada Board of Regents as the Southern Division of the University of Nevada on September 10, 1957. The first classes were held on the current campus in the post and beam Mid Century Modern Maude Frazier Hall designed by the local architectural firm, Zick & Sharp . Twenty-nine students graduated in
2500-486: Was preserved by the Academy Film Archive , in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas , in 2016. Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it
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