Beau Sabreur

Beau Sabreur
Beau Sabreur
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Directed by	John Waters
Written by	Julian Johnson (intertitles)
Story by	Thomas J. Geraghty
Based on	Beau Sabreur; by P. C. Wren
Produced by	B. P. Schulberg; Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky;
Starring	Gary Cooper; Evelyn Brent;
Cinematography	C. Edgar Schoenbaum
Edited by	Rose Lowenger
Production; company	Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 7, 1928 (USA);
Running time	7 reels (6,704 ft)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent Version; Sound Version (Synchronized); (English Intertitles)

Beau Sabreur is a 1928 American silent romantic adventure film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent.^[1] Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Based on the 1926 novel Beau Sabreur by P. C. Wren, who also wrote the 1924 novel Beau Geste.^[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.

Plot

A desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion exposes a betrayer to the Legion. He is then sent on a mission among the Arabs to conclude the signing of a crucial peace treaty.^[1]

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)
Alberto Morin (uncredited)

Music

The sound version of the film featured a theme song entitled "Desert Stars" which was composed by Edward Lockton and Frank Tours. A second song, "Thinking of You," by Joseph Grey (words) and Allie Moore (music), was also featured on the soundtrack.

Production

Beau Sabreur was filmed on location in Guadalupe, California, in Red Rock Canyon State Park in Cantil, California, and in Yuma, Arizona.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sandra Brennan (2013). "Beau Sabreur (1928)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Beau Sabreur". silentera.com. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
^ Beau Sabreur at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
^ "Locations for Beau Sabreur". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

External links

Beau Sabreur at IMDb
Beau Sabreur at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Beau Sabreur at Virtual History
Beau Sabreur surviving trailer on YouTube
Beau Sabreur original novel at Project Gutenberg
Stills at silenthollywood.com

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[nytimes-1] Sandra Brennan (2013). "Beau Sabreur (1928)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

[silent-era-2] "Progressive Silent Film List: Beau Sabreur". silentera.com. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

[3] Beau Sabreur at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)

[imdblocations-4] "Locations for Beau Sabreur". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

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