Beau Sabreur
| Beau Sabreur | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | John Waters |
| Produced by | |
| Written by | Julian Johnson (intertitles) |
| Story by | Thomas J. Geraghty |
| Based on |
Beau Sabreur by P. C. Wren |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | C. Edgar Schoenbaum |
| Edited by | Rose Lowenger |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 7 reels (6,704 ft) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English intertitles |
Beau Sabreur is a 1928 American silent film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent.[1] Based on the novel Beau Sabreur by P. C. Wren, who also wrote Beau Geste, the film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the Legion and is then sent on a mission among the Arabs to conclude the signing of a crucial peace treaty.[1] Produced by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, only a trailer exists of this film today. The released feature version is a lost film.[2][3]
In the original novel the lead character Major Henri de Beaujolais is an officer of spahis (Algerian colonial cavalry of the French Army) and has no connection with the better known Foreign Legion. In all surviving stills of Beau Sabreur Gary Cooper is shown wearing the distinctive spahi uniform and it is not clear whether the lost film was intended to be a Foreign Legion epic.
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Major Henri de Beaujolais
- Evelyn Brent as Mary Vanbrugh
- Noah Beery as Sheikh El Hammel
- William Powell as Becque
- Roscoe Karns as Buddy
- Mitchell Lewis as Suleman the Strong
- Arnold Kent as Raoul de Redon
- Raoul Paoli as Dufour
- Joan Standing as Maudie
- Frank Reicher as General de Beaujolais
- Oscar Smith as Djikki
- H.J. Utterhore (uncredited)
Original novel
| Author | P. C. Wren |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1926 |
The original novel concerned the adventures of Major Beaugolais.[4]
The original title was Who Rideth Alone.[5]
Production
Beau Sabreur was filmed on location in Guadalupe, California, in Red Rock Canyon State Park in Cantil, California, and in Yuma, Arizona.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Beau Sabreur (1928)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Beau Sabreur". Silent Era. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ↑ Beau Sabreur at TheGreatStars.com;Lost Films Wanted
- ↑ Review of the novel accessed 10 Sept 2014
- ↑ "MAINLY ABOUT BOOKS.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 31 October 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Locations for Beau Sabreur". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
External links
- Beau Sabreur at the Internet Movie Database
- Beau Sabreur at the TCM Movie Database
- Beau Sabreur at AllMovie
- Beau Sabreur at Virtual History
- Beau Sabreur surviving trailer on YouTube
- Beau Sabreur original novel at Project Gutenberg