Beau Ideal

United States

1931

82 Min

Black and White

1.20:1

English

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Percival Christopher Wren, Paul Schofield, Elizabeth Meehan

CAST Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Frank McCormick, Otto Matieson, Don Alvarado, Bernard Siegel, Myrtle Stedman, John St. Polis, Joe De Stefani, Paul McAllister, Hale Hamilton, George Regas, Leni Stengel

SOUND John E. Tribby

Synopsis

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend. —IMDb

Director

Herbert Brenon (13 January, 1880 – 21 June, 1958) was a film director during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at St Paul’s School and at King’s College London. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville acts with his wife, Helen Oberg.

Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan (1924) and Beau Geste (1926), Sorrell and Son (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards, Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) with Lon Chaney, Sr., and The Flying Squad (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles, California and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. —Wikipedia