Hoping to benefit from the popularity of the 1927 silent version of P.C. Wren's Beau Geste, RKO Radio reunited the earlier film's star Ralph Forbes and director Herbert Brenon for 1931's Beau Ideal, again adapted from a Wren novel. Something of a sequel to Beau Geste, the story concerns the efforts by Foreign Legionnaire Otis Madison (Lester Vail) to locate his childhood chum John Geste (Forbes). The two men are reunited in the Arabian desert, where Geste is doing penance in a stockade reserved for discredited Legionnaires. ...
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Hoping to benefit from the popularity of the 1927 silent version of P.C. Wren's Beau Geste, RKO Radio reunited the earlier film's star Ralph Forbes and director Herbert Brenon for 1931's Beau Ideal, again adapted from a Wren novel. Something of a sequel to Beau Geste, the story concerns the efforts by Foreign Legionnaire Otis Madison (Lester Vail) to locate his childhood chum John Geste (Forbes). The two men are reunited in the Arabian desert, where Geste is doing penance in a stockade reserved for discredited Legionnaires. With Otis's help, Geste redeems himself by squashing a native uprising fomented by a duplicitous Emir (George Regas). Ultimately, our hero returns to England and the arms of heroine Loretta Young -- but not before a close call with a slinky seductress (Leni Stengel), appropriately nicknamed "The Angel of Death." Beau Ideal was a flop to the tune of $330,000, and as a result the exploits of the Geste family would not again be dramatized for the screen until the 1939 remake of Beau Geste. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Irene Rich, Ralph Forbes, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson, Don Alvarado, Bernard Siegel, Myrtle Stedman, Loretta Young, John St.... Good. 1931 Run time: 79. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.
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John St. Polis, Loretta Young, Myrtle Stedman, Irene Rich, Bernard Siegel, Don Alvarado, Otto Matieson, Lester Vail, Ralph... New. 2004 Run time: 79. Sealed in original plastic. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed!
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John St. Polis, Loretta Young, Myrtle Stedman, Irene Rich, Bernard Siegel, Don Alvarado, Otto Matieson, Lester Vail, Ralph... New. 1931 Run time: 79. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
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Loretta Young, Myrtle Stedman, Irene Rich, Don Alvarado, Otto Matieson, Lester Vail, Ralph Forbes, Frank McCormick. New. Run time: 79. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
