Beau Geste
Live musical accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Winner of Photoplay’s Medal of Honor, and movie that launched a franchise, in the restoration it deserves. Three tightknit English brothers run off to join the French Foreign Legion after a family heirloom goes missing. Expecting high adventure, they instead find themselves fighting for their lives in the middle of the Sahara—against their fellow legionnaires. William Powell in a stand-out role as the villain’s bootlicker.
Live Musical Accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Reviving the tradition of silent-film orchestras, MONT ALTO MOTION PICTURE ORCHESTRA culls historic libraries of music for live musical accompaniment. The core group, Rodney Sauer (piano), Britt Swenson (violin), David Short (cello), Brian Collins (clarinet), and Dawn Kramer (trumpet) have recorded and toured widely, creating vibrant and historically appropriate musical scores. Violist Emily Lewis, bassist Forest Greenough, trumpeter Derek McDonald, percussionist Kate Polera and Nancy Sauer (sound effects) will join the group for Beau Geste.
Details
Director
Herbert Brenon
Country
United States
Year
1926
Cast
Ronald Colman, Ralph Forbes, William Powell, Alice Joyce
Runtime
126 min. (plus intermission)
Source
ArtCraft Pictures
Format
DCP