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Beau Geste. Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.
Beau Geste is a 1939 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, and Susan Hayward. Directed and produced by William A. Wellman, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Carson, based on the 1924 novel of the same title by P. C. Wren. The music score was by Alfred Newman and cinematography was by ...
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A column of the French Foreign Legion arrives at the remote Fort Zinderneuf, having been assigned to relieve the legionnaires who had been defending the fort. Upon their arrival, they find that the fort has been ravaged by Tuareg attacks and American Beau Graves (Guy Stockwell) is the only survivor. After his badly injured arm is amputated, he is a...
Gene Kelly was originally set to produce and direct under his contract with Universal. He called the book "a minor 20th century classic... we're not updating it." When he left Universal to make a movie at 20th Century Fox the film was produced by Walter Seltzer under his deal with Universal. Seltzer wanted to make the movie because it had "a pre-so...
News: Gene Kelly: Guy Without a Trade. Alpert, Don.. Sep 13, 1964. Los Angeles Times. ab9.News: Walter Seltzer to Make 'Beau Geste': MOVIE CALL SHEET. Martin, Betty. June 15, 1965. Los Angeles Times. C14.Sharp, Kathleen Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment EmpireAudioGO, 1 Jan 2013News: Studio Gambling on 3rd 'Beau' Try. Jan 18, 1966. Los Angeles Times. c10.- novel Beau Geste by P.C. Wren
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Nov 15, 2015 · The three ‘Beau Gestes’. So far the classic PC Wren novel Beau Geste has made it to the screen on three occasions – in 1926, 1939 and 1966 – with varying success. It has been nearly fifty years since the last version, so one expects the industry might be gearing up for another crack at it, although the plot does have one serious drawback.
Dec 27, 2020 · Directed by William Wellman, this second film adaptation of P.C. Wren’s 1924 adventure novel of the same name stars Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston as the three Geste brothers, Michael aka “Beau”, John, and Digby. The story’s theme is revealed at the outset as the film opens with an Arabian proverb: “The love of a man for ...
Nov 17, 2009 · Beau Geste has one of the greatest opening scenes of any movie ever made. An army of the French Foreign Legion arrive at a fort in the desert. The rampart has men all along it, but no one answers when the soldiers call up to them. Eventually the bugler goes over the wall to see what happened, but he never returns.
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Mar 24, 2020 · A commentary with William Wellman Jr. and Frank Thompson points out many things we didn’t notice before, including where some excised scenes belong, and what originally happened in them. With Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, and Donald O’Connor.
