Beau Geste (1926 film)

Beau Geste

Directed by	Herbert Brenon Ray Lissner (assistant)
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor William LeBaron
Written by	Herbert Brenon John Russell Paul Schofield
Based on	Beau Geste by P. C. Wren
Starring	Ronald Colman Neil Hamilton Ralph Forbes
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld Hans Spialek
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	Julian Johnson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 25, 1926 (1926-08-25)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
Budget	$900,000^[1]
Box office	$1.5 million^[2]

Beau Geste (1926) is a silent film, based on the novel Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. This version starred Ronald Colman as the title character.^[3] ^[4]

Synopsis

The plot concerns a valuable gem, which one of the Geste brothers, Beau, is thought to have stolen from his adoptive family.

Cast

Ronald Colman as Michael 'Beau' Geste
Neil Hamilton as Digby Geste
Ralph Forbes as John Geste
Alice Joyce as Lady Patricia Brandon
Mary Brian as Isabel
Noah Beery as Sergeant Lejaune
Norman Trevor as Major de Beaujolais
William Powell as Boldini
George Regas as Maris
Bernard Siegel as Schwartz
Victor McLaglen as Hank
Donald Stuart as Buddy
Paul McAllister as St. Andre
Redmond Finlay as Cordere
Ram Singh as Prince Ram Singh

References

↑ Philip Liebfriend, Films of the French Foreign Legion, Bear Manor Media 2011
↑ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 19 April 2014
↑ Beau Geste at silentera.com
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Beau Geste

See also

The House That Shadows Built (1931) promotional film released by Paramount which includes excerpts of this film

External links

Films directed by Herbert Brenon

Ivanhoe (1913)
Neptune's Daughter (1914)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
The Heart of Maryland (1915)
The Clemenceau Case (1915)
The Two Orphans (1915)
Sin (1915)
The Soul of Broadway (1915)
A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
War Brides (1916)
The Eternal Sin (1917)
The Lone Wolf (1917)
The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
Victory and Peace (1918)
Beatrice (1919)
12.10 (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
The Mysterious Princess (1920)
The Stronger Passion (1921)
Little Sister (1921)
The Sign on the Door (1921)
Any Wife (1922)
Moonshine Valley (1922)
The Rustle of Silk (1923)
The Woman With Four Faces (1923)
The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Shadows of Paris (1924)
The Breaking Point (1924)
The Side Show of Life (1924)
The Alaskan (1924)
Peter Pan (1924)
The Little French Girl (1925)
A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Dancing Mothers (1926)
Beau Geste (1926)
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
The Great Gatsby (1926)
The Telephone Girl (1927)
Sorrell and Son (1927)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
The Rescue (1929)
Lummox (1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
Beau Ideal (1931)
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
Honours Easy (1935)
Living Dangerously (1936)
Someone at the Door (1936)
Spring Handicap (1937)
The Dominant Sex (1937)
Housemaster (1938)
Yellow Sands (1938)
Black Eyes (1939)
The Flying Squad (1940)

P. C. Wren's Beau Geste

Films

Beau Geste (1926)
Beau Geste (1939)
Beau Geste (1966)

Other media

Beau Geste (1982 TV series)
"Beau Geste" (2008 song)

Sequels

Novels	Beau Sabreur Beau Ideal
Films	Beau Sabreur (1928) Beau Ideal (1931)

Parodies

Comics	Beau Peep Crock
Films	Beau Hunks (1931) Follow That Camel (1967) The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Novels	Gorgeous East

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