Beau Ideal (1931)
- Starring:
- Frank McCormack, Ralph Forbes, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herbert Brenon
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Beau Ideal
Hoping to benefit from the popularity of the 1927 silent version of P.C. Wren's Beau Geste, RKO Radio reunited the earlier film's star Ralph Forbes and director Herbert Brenon for 1931's Beau Ideal, again adapted from a Wren novel. Something of a sequel to Beau Geste, the story concerns the efforts by Foreign Legionnaire Otis Madison (Lester Vail) to locate his childhood chum John Geste (Forbes). The two men are reunited in the Arabian desert, where Geste is doing penance in a stockade reserved for discredited Legionnaires. With Otis's help, Geste redeems himself by squashing a native uprising fomented by a duplicitous Emir (George Regas). Ultimately, our hero returns to England and the arms of heroine Loretta Young -- but not before a close call with a slinky seductress (Leni Stengel), appropriately nicknamed "The Angel of Death." Beau Ideal was a flop to the tune of $330,000, and as a result the exploits of the Geste family would not again be dramatized for the screen until the 1939 remake of Beau Geste. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 80 mins
Complete Cast of Beau Ideal
- Frank McCormack - Carl Meyer
- Otto Matieson - Jacob Levine
- Bernard Siegel - Ivan Radinoff
- Myrtle Stedman - Mrs. Frank Madison
- Joseph DeStefani - Prosecuting Attorney
- Hale Hamilton - Major Laboudy
- George Regas - The Emir
- Lester Vail - Otis Madison
- Ralph Forbes - John Geste
- Don Alvarado - Ramon Gonzales
- Irene Rich - Lady Brandon
- Loretta Young - Isabel Brandon
- Paul McAllister - Sergeant Frederic
- Leni Stengel - Zuleika
- John St. Polis - Judge Advocate
- Director(s):
- Herbert Brenon
- Writer(s):
- Elizabeth Meehan
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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