Beau Sabreur

For the novel by P.C. Wren, see Beau Sabreur (novel).

Beau Sabreur
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Directed byJohn Waters
Written byJulian Johnson (intertitles)
Story byThomas J. Geraghty
Based onBeau Sabreur
by P. C. Wren
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyC. Edgar Schoenbaum
Edited byRose Lowenger
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 7, 1928 (1928-01-07) (USA)
Running time
7 reels (6,704 ft)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent 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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Beau Sabreur". silentera.com. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Beau Sabreur at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
  4. ^ "Locations for Beau Sabreur". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
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