Beau Geste (1926)
101 mins | Adventure | August 1926
Director:
Herbert BrenonWriters:
Paul Schofield, John Russell, Herbert BrenonCinematographer:
J. Roy HuntProduction Designer:
Julian Boone FlemingProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.In 1928, Paramount released Beau Sabreur, based on the second book in Percival Christopher Wren's trilogy of Foreign Legion novels. Beau Sabreur (see entry), was directed by John Waters and starred Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. Although that film was not directly related to Beau Geste, a character named "Major de Beaujolais" appears in both films. A 1931 RKO release, Beau Ideal (see entry), was based on Wren's third Foreign Legion novel. That film was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Frank McCormack, as well as Ralph Forbes, who revived his role as "John Geste."
Voted one of the “Top Best Features” of both 1926 and 1927 by the 1929 Film Daily Year Book, as reported in the 7 February 1930 FD.
For information on other film adaptations of Percival Christopher Wren's novel, see entry for the 1939 Paramount production of Beau Geste, directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gary Cooper and Ray Milland.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. It was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 24 February 2001 and again on 27 February 2016. ...
In 1928, Paramount released Beau Sabreur, based on the second book in Percival Christopher Wren's trilogy of Foreign Legion novels. Beau Sabreur (see entry), was directed by John Waters and starred Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. Although that film was not directly related to Beau Geste, a character named "Major de Beaujolais" appears in both films. A 1931 RKO release, Beau Ideal (see entry), was based on Wren's third Foreign Legion novel. That film was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Frank McCormack, as well as Ralph Forbes, who revived his role as "John Geste."
Voted one of the “Top Best Features” of both 1926 and 1927 by the 1929 Film Daily Year Book, as reported in the 7 February 1930 FD.
For information on other film adaptations of Percival Christopher Wren's novel, see entry for the 1939 Paramount production of Beau Geste, directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gary Cooper and Ray Milland.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. It was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 24 February 2001 and again on 27 February 2016.
A relief detachment of the French Foreign Legion arrives at a remote fort in the African desert to find the garrison manned by a force of dead men. After a major finds an adjutant's body pierced by a French bayonet near a dead legionnaire, an Arab attack begins. The bodies then disappear and the story shifts to England: As a boy, Michael "Beau" Geste overhears his aunt, Lady Brandon, telling of a sapphire heirloom, replaced by an imitation. When the gem disappears, Beau, Digby, and John--the three brothers--disappear, each leaving a note assuming the guilt. They join the Foreign Legion, Beau and John serving under brutal Sergeant Lejaune, and Digby, as trumpeter at another post. The men revolt against Lejaune's cruelty, and he determines to get the jewel Beau is rumored to carry, but the garrison is attacked by Arabs and Beau is killed. John revenges his brother by killing Lejaune, and Digby provides Beau with a Viking funeral. Digby also is killed, and John returns home to Isobel, his ...
A relief detachment of the French Foreign Legion arrives at a remote fort in the African desert to find the garrison manned by a force of dead men. After a major finds an adjutant's body pierced by a French bayonet near a dead legionnaire, an Arab attack begins. The bodies then disappear and the story shifts to England: As a boy, Michael "Beau" Geste overhears his aunt, Lady Brandon, telling of a sapphire heirloom, replaced by an imitation. When the gem disappears, Beau, Digby, and John--the three brothers--disappear, each leaving a note assuming the guilt. They join the Foreign Legion, Beau and John serving under brutal Sergeant Lejaune, and Digby, as trumpeter at another post. The men revolt against Lejaune's cruelty, and he determines to get the jewel Beau is rumored to carry, but the garrison is attacked by Arabs and Beau is killed. John revenges his brother by killing Lejaune, and Digby provides Beau with a Viking funeral. Digby also is killed, and John returns home to Isobel, his fiancée.
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