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Beau Geste is a 1939 film made by Paramount Pictures based on the novel by P. C. Wren. It was directed and produced by William A. Wellman from a screenplay by Robert Carson. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl and Archie Stout. William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 - December 9, 1975) was an American movie director. ...
Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. ...
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ...
Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. ...
Preston in This Gun for Hire (1942) Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 - March 21, 1987), better known as Robert Preston, was an American actor. ...
Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
Crawford in Black Angel William Broderick Crawford (born December 9, 1911; died April 26, 1986) was an American actor. ...
Donlevy (right) with costar Ella Raines in Impact (1950) Brian Donlevy (born Waldo Bruce Donlevy on February 9, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died April 6, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California, USA) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s through to the 1960s. ...
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ...
Theodor Sparkuhl (1891-1946) was a German-born cinematographer with over 100 movies to his credit. ...
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Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
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See also: 1938 in film 1939 1940 in film 1930s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history. ...
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
Beau Geste is one of the most re-made stories of all time, with three movie versions released in 1926, 1939, and 1966, as well as a television mini-series in 1982 and a 1977 parody, the aptly named The Last Remake of Beau Geste starring Marty Feldman and Michael...
Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. ...
William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 - December 9, 1975) was an American movie director. ...
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ...
Theodor Sparkuhl (1891-1946) was a German-born cinematographer with over 100 movies to his credit. ...
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The film is a virtual scene-for-scene remake of the 1926 film starring Ronald Colman. This version is probably the best known adaptation, with Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Broderick Crawford, and Brian Donlevy. Donlevy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ...
Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English actor. ...
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ...
Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. ...
Preston in This Gun for Hire (1942) Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 - March 21, 1987), better known as Robert Preston, was an American actor. ...
Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
Crawford in Black Angel William Broderick Crawford (born December 9, 1911; died April 26, 1986) was an American actor. ...
Donlevy (right) with costar Ella Raines in Impact (1950) Brian Donlevy (born Waldo Bruce Donlevy on February 9, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died April 6, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California, USA) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s through to the 1960s. ...
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Two of the versions share a common element of a stolen gem, which one of the Geste brothers, Beau Geste, is thought to have stolen from his adoptive family. The third version does not.
In this version, the gem has to be sold to raise money for a project of the never-seen household head, Lord Brandon, who has been spending money unwisely for some period of time. The three Geste brothers, Beau (Gary Cooper), John, (Ray Milland) and Digby (Robert Preston), now adults, have lived with the family since their childhood, and their patroness, Lady Brandon (Heather Thatcher), brings out the gem for one last look before it is sold. Suddenly, the lights go out and the gem disappears. All the participants claim innocence, but all the brothers later confess to the crime to each other.
As the brothers are under suspicion for the theft, all three leave England and join the French Foreign Legion. While on duty in a fort in a remote part of the Sahara Desert, their evil Sergeant Markoff (Brian Donlevy) finds out about the theft and is convinced that Beau must have the gem with him. However, the fort is surrounded by hostile forces and most of the defenders are killed by the invaders, although the Sergeant and Beau manage to scare them off and survive. However, they later die at each other's hands. A relief force arrives with the other two brothers to find the fort intact, but all the defenders dead, and attempt to solve the mystery. The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion Étrangère) is a unique unit within the French Army established in 1831. ...
The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...
It is revealed that although Beau did steal the gem at the final unveiling, it was a fake. The real gem had been sold years before by Lady Brandon and Beau wanted to conceal this fact from Lord Brandon. Beau knew of the sale because as a child, he was hiding in a suit of armor when the buyer arrived to take the gem away.
Cast Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ...
Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. ...
Robert Preston (1918 - 1987) was an American actor. ...
Donlevy (right) with costar Ella Raines in Impact (1950) Brian Donlevy (born Waldo Bruce Donlevy on February 9, 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died April 6, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California, USA) was an American actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s through to the 1960s. ...
Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
J. Carrol Naish or Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish (January 21, 1897 - January 24, 1973) was an American actor born in New York City, New York. ...
Albert Pekker (born December 20, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York; died May 5, 1968 in Hollywood, California) is an American character actor. ...
Crawford in Black Angel William Broderick Crawford (born December 9, 1911; died April 26, 1986) was an American actor. ...
Donald Danny OConnor (August 28, 1925 - September 27, 2003) was a singer, dancer and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred with Francis, the talking mule. ...
Other adaptations The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 comedy film directed and co-written by Marty Feldman, who is also the star. ...
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