A French foreign legion outpost out in the middle of nowhere (desert!) Never understood why? Were they trying to establish diplomacy -- trying to set up an ambassador outpost? Trying to extend their stronghold -- or simply just out looking for a fight/trouble--What were the French really trying to do? There was a time when using the word IF -- you were referring to the Irish and French people-- Two of the toughest people in the world-- I Wonder how true?!?.
FFL do that type of stuff due to france,were ever french foreign needs are FFL have to protect so for instance is theres a french car some where that belongs to france they have to fight and die for that car and if they die oh well some foreigners died,french standard army never does the hard stuff only Foreign Legion.
Am joining the Marines once my court cases are over the navy denied me due to a cirminal offense I was chardged with bs my dream was crushed lol now God Help the Marines lol the only branch that will except me fuckn life wow can't even join the dam army just because to many tickets and chrges on my record and lol you made it worse haha.
This is such a marvelous version. The 1939 version - which is terrific - is basically a scene for scene shot of this. Colman, who we tend to think of as a sophisticate, is outstanding as an adventurer.
"Evil bisexuals" -- The homosexual Cary Grant -- you're just a man whose in love with the whole world, clearly! A very Merry Xmas --by the way, watch out fot those three Christmas Eve visitors, Larry, Moe & Curly -- yhey're probably evil bisexuals!
Thanks for providing this! Ronald Colman would go on, with his crisp, velvet voice, to thrive the "talkie" era (as well as other stars in this picture like Neil ("Commissioner Gordon" of the 1960's "Batman" TV series) and Victor McLaglen). This is the first of Colman's silents I've been given the opportunity to view and I've been wanting to see this version of "Beau Geste" for a great many years! Thanks again!
Corrections: Colman would thrive INTO the talkie era and Neil HAMILTON, later in life, co-starred in Batman. Forgot to mention another great--William Powell, who plays the NOT-so-great, weasly Boldini!
Now, if only we could get another Colman silent posted on YouTube: "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1925). This is the picture introduces (and co-stars) Gary Cooper!
I am pretty much done exchanging hostilities with you, JR--pretty much done, in fact, with spending overmuch time at message boards (I'm only replying because of notification services via my e-mail account). But what I don't get about you is how you can rip Coop apart the way you do when elsewhere, under other screen names, you praise him, esp. for "High Noon." You even have a Gary Cooper video in your "favorites" on one of your channels here at YouTube!
Cooper's father was a British immigrant to the U.S. Coop himself spent some prep school years in the UK, later to return to the States with an accent that made him the object of ridicule among his peers. He certainly did have SOME knowledge of "English gentlemen." But I'd have to admit someone like Doug Fairbanks Jr or even Errol Flynn would probably have been better suited (except Flynn was "Warner Brothers property" and doubless was never presented the opportunity to be in "Beau Geste.")
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I liked "High Noon", not Cooper. He was OK in "Vera Cruz" but that was Burt Lancaster's movie all the way. He was simply too old for "Man of the West". Cooper would at least have been better than that hilariously miscast homosexual Cary Grant in "The Howards of Virginia", one of the worst movies I ever saw.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
lorrainewands 1 month ago
Where's Gary Cooper?
hemming57 9 months ago
@hemming57 Gary Cooper starred in the 1939 remake. Incidentally, he also starred in the 1928 sequel to this film, Beau Sabreur.
NoirFemme 8 months ago
Could you please tell me what music you used for this?
rcbpiccolo 1 year ago
@rcbpiccolo The music came with the film. I don't know who composed it.
hwbanger 1 year ago
I can't hear it
toryroseiii 1 year ago
A French foreign legion outpost out in the middle of nowhere (desert!) Never understood why? Were they trying to establish diplomacy -- trying to set up an ambassador outpost? Trying to extend their stronghold -- or simply just out looking for a fight/trouble--What were the French really trying to do? There was a time when using the word IF -- you were referring to the Irish and French people-- Two of the toughest people in the world-- I Wonder how true?!?.
CrispinFlora 1 year ago
@CrispinFlora
FFL do that type of stuff due to france,were ever french foreign needs are FFL have to protect so for instance is theres a french car some where that belongs to france they have to fight and die for that car and if they die oh well some foreigners died,french standard army never does the hard stuff only Foreign Legion.
usnavysss 1 year ago
@usnavysss God help the US Navy if you are still in mate....
BlackCountryPuddler 7 months ago
@BlackCountryPuddler
Am joining the Marines once my court cases are over the navy denied me due to a cirminal offense I was chardged with bs my dream was crushed lol now God Help the Marines lol the only branch that will except me fuckn life wow can't even join the dam army just because to many tickets and chrges on my record and lol you made it worse haha.
usnavysss 4 months ago
@CrispinFlora Presumably it was near an oasis or a trade route. It would have been useless if it was truly in the middle of nowhere.
Tokopol 11 months ago
Thank you. I always wanted to see the silent version of this! It is great
classicjo1 2 years ago
This is such a marvelous version. The 1939 version - which is terrific - is basically a scene for scene shot of this. Colman, who we tend to think of as a sophisticate, is outstanding as an adventurer.
BannerBombers 2 years ago
Many thanks to hwbanger... I was curious about this film and once I knew it was available here (through Wikipedia) I could not refrain to see it all.
Great performances... specially William Wellman as Boldini... but also a great Lejaune!!!.
Thanks again.
aleixdorcabis 2 years ago
WHY cant we get a remastered DVD release of this movie? There is only one silent Ronald Colman picture available, but he was an enormous silent star!
Danazawa 3 years ago 6
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"Evil bisexuals" -- The homosexual Cary Grant -- you're just a man whose in love with the whole world, clearly! A very Merry Xmas --by the way, watch out fot those three Christmas Eve visitors, Larry, Moe & Curly -- yhey're probably evil bisexuals!
bchfront 3 years ago
Thanks for providing this! Ronald Colman would go on, with his crisp, velvet voice, to thrive the "talkie" era (as well as other stars in this picture like Neil ("Commissioner Gordon" of the 1960's "Batman" TV series) and Victor McLaglen). This is the first of Colman's silents I've been given the opportunity to view and I've been wanting to see this version of "Beau Geste" for a great many years! Thanks again!
vinidici 3 years ago
Corrections: Colman would thrive INTO the talkie era and Neil HAMILTON, later in life, co-starred in Batman. Forgot to mention another great--William Powell, who plays the NOT-so-great, weasly Boldini!
Now, if only we could get another Colman silent posted on YouTube: "The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1925). This is the picture introduces (and co-stars) Gary Cooper!
vinidici 3 years ago
Interestingly enough, Cooper starred in the 1939 remake in Ronald Colman's role!
vinidici 3 years ago
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And Cooper SUCKED in the film.
JohnRogersly 3 years ago
Whatever, JR, what-EVER! [insert "rolleyes" icon here--> ]
vinidici 3 years ago
I'm guessing you'd agree that Brian Donlevy was choice casting as Sgt Markov, though, right?
vinidici 3 years ago
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Cooper was an evil bisexual who forced Patricia Neal to abort his child. His supposed interpretation of an English gentleman sucked.
JohnRogersly 3 years ago
I am pretty much done exchanging hostilities with you, JR--pretty much done, in fact, with spending overmuch time at message boards (I'm only replying because of notification services via my e-mail account). But what I don't get about you is how you can rip Coop apart the way you do when elsewhere, under other screen names, you praise him, esp. for "High Noon." You even have a Gary Cooper video in your "favorites" on one of your channels here at YouTube!
vinidici 3 years ago
Cooper's father was a British immigrant to the U.S. Coop himself spent some prep school years in the UK, later to return to the States with an accent that made him the object of ridicule among his peers. He certainly did have SOME knowledge of "English gentlemen." But I'd have to admit someone like Doug Fairbanks Jr or even Errol Flynn would probably have been better suited (except Flynn was "Warner Brothers property" and doubless was never presented the opportunity to be in "Beau Geste.")
vinidici 3 years ago
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I liked "High Noon", not Cooper. He was OK in "Vera Cruz" but that was Burt Lancaster's movie all the way. He was simply too old for "Man of the West". Cooper would at least have been better than that hilariously miscast homosexual Cary Grant in "The Howards of Virginia", one of the worst movies I ever saw.
JohnRogersly 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this! Beau Geste really is a great story.
TheBourneID 3 years ago
Haaving read the book as a boy and seen the version with Gary Cooper, I searched this one out. I'm glad I did.
macvoutie 3 years ago
Typo Alert: At 5:20 "...till closed" should be "...still closed."
hwbanger 3 years ago