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Beau Geste is a BBC television serial, based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren. The series aired on BBC1 from 31 October to 19 December 1982 and starred Benedict Taylor , Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris as the three brothers.
Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.
The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 British historical comedy film [3] directed, co-written and starring Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the 1924 novel Beau Geste, a frequently-filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is based heavily upon wordplay and absurdity.
Beau Geste is a 1939 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, and Susan Hayward. Directed and produced by William A. Wellman , the screenplay was adapted by Robert Carson , based on the 1924 novel of the same title by P. C. Wren .
Intended as a biting religious satire, it was also produced, directed and co-written by Feldman, [3] his second directorial outing following The Last Remake of Beau Geste, and his final before his death in 1982.
The film inspired the formation of the Beau Hunks Orchestra, a Dutch musical ensemble established in 1992. Initially assembled to perform soundtrack music at an Oliver Hardy centennial celebration in Amsterdam, the orchestra later expanded its repertoire to include compositions by Leroy Shield and other notable composers, including Raymond Scott.
Beau Geste is a 1966 adventure film based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren filmed by Universal Pictures in Technicolor and Techniscope near Yuma, Arizona and directed by Douglas Heyes. This is the least faithful of the various film adaptations of the original novel.
Beau Geste is a 1924 adventure novel by P. C. Wren. Beau Geste may also refer to: Beau Geste; Beau Geste; Beau Geste; Beau Geste, a 1982 BBC television serial "Beau Geste" (song), a song by You Am I; Beau Geste hypothesis, a theory why birds have elaborate song repertoires