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The title of a 1931 movie starring Laurel and Hardy. Beau Hunks is both a reference to Beau Geste and a pun on the mild ethnic slur Bohunk (a portmanteau of "Bohemian" and "Hungarian.").
A Dutch musical ensemble, named after that film, which was formed in early 1992 for the purpose of performing some of the soundtrack music at an Oliver Hardy centennial celebration in Amsterdam. They went on to release a number of recordings of the film music of Leroy Shield and some other composers, notably Raymond Scott.

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Categories: Disambiguation 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are one of the most famous comedy duos in film history. ... 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... Leroy Shield was an American film score and radio composer. ... Raymond Scott (September 10, 1908 - February 8, 1994), was a composer, bandleader, and inventor. ...

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Beau Hunks Movie Review (1931) from Channel 4 Film (134 words)
	Laurel and Hardy take on the French Foreign Legion when Ollie tries to get over a broken heart and Stan follows on because he's got nothing better to do.
	The duo sends up the desert-bound romanticism and nobility of Beau Geste with skill and some humour.
	The sun is always beating down mercilessly, the natives are revolting and the sand gets everywhere.

RAYMOND SCOTT & THE BEAU HUNKS \| intro by ELVIS COSTELLO \| RaymondScott.com (1755 words)
	FIRST SAW THE BEAU HUNKS SEXTETTE in 1995 at the London South Bank Centre's Meltdown Festival, of which I was Artistic Director.
	One of my fondest memories of that busy and involving week was watching Raymond's widow, Mitzi Scott, as she laughed and then dabbed her eyes in the semi-darkness while the Beau Hunks Sextette brought her husband's music to life on stage.
	The Beau Hunks Sextette worried about displeasing the ghost of the maestro, so they lived with this music a long time before entering the studio.

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