The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1930 book, a memoir by Francis Yeats-Brown (1886-1944), and a 1935 movie loosely adapted from the book. Yeats-Brown served in India 1905-1914 (the focus of his book) and briefly after the Great War. The book actually has chapters called "Polo" and "Pig-Sticking" and emphasizes cantonment life at and around Bareilly in present-day Uttar Pradesh. The movie plot concerns the story of British soldiers defending the borders of India from nomadic raiders. It stars Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Monte Blue, Akim Tamiroff, Sir Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Kathleen Burke, Douglas Dumbrille, and J. Carrol Naish. The film was written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston and Achmed Abdullah. The plot of the movie bears little resemblance to the book. It was directed by Henry Hathaway. Cromwell is immortalized forever in pop culture, thanks to his mention in Gore Vidal's satirical novel Myra Breckinridge (1968) as 'the late Richard Cromwell, so satisfyingly tortured in Lives of a Bengal Lancer.' Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. ... Gary Cooper and Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1950 Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Oscar-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... Franchot Tone Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. ... Richard Cromwell (October 4, 1626- July 12, 1712) was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for little over eight months, from September 3, 1658 until May 25, 1659. ... Sir Guy Standing KBE (1 September 1873–24 February 1937) was an English actor. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. ... Gary Cooper and Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1950 Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Oscar-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... Franchot Tone Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. ... This is a page about the American actor Richard Cromwell. ... Monte Blue (real name: Gerard Montgomery Blue (b. ... Akim Tamiroff (October 29, 1899, Baku, Azerbaijan - September 17, 1972, Palm Springs, California) was an American actor. ... Sir Guy Standing KBE (1 September 1873–24 February 1937) was an English actor. ... Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (known as Sir Aubrey Smith) (21 July 1863-20 December 1948) was an English cricketer and actor. ... Kathleen Burke (September 5, 1913--April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress in the 1930s. ... 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. ... American screenwriter John L. Balderston (1889 - 1954) specialised in writing plays and horror and fantasy scripts for movies. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. ... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), known simply as Gore Vidal, is a prolific and versatile American writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays and has been a public and often controversial figure on both the American literary and... Myra Breckinridge (1968) is a satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary. ... The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 movie. ...

On the positive side, Yeats-Brown was openminded towards other cultures and reported sensitively on Indian culture, becoming a student of Yoga himself. On the other hand, in later life, Yeats-Brown was active in right wing politics in England, and firmly endorsed Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, asserting that Hitler had solved Germany's unemployment. Hitler redirects here. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Trivia

• Reputedly Adolf Hitler's favourite film. Other sources suggest that he preferred King Kong.

• Paiute Native Americans and Hindu fruit-pickers from Napa Valley were used as extras.

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Quotes

• Mohammed Khan(Dumbrille):We have ways of making men talk.

See also

• British India