My dad loved legionnaire films as a kind because of Gary Cooper in "Beau Geste". I suspect he might have seen this as a child. Worth my watching for rhe nostalgia. Thanks.
😝 All I can think about is being a fly on the wall during the daily rushes when the film maker showed the studio owner the scene with the song dub. Wow! Thanks for putting it up. Lost Patrol was of this ilk...one of my favorites
I have an old library book my dad checked out in 1937, it has Beau Geste, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal. My dad was 17 when he " Checked out " this book. It's stamped inside " Property of Lincoln high school. Seattle." Stamped " June 8, 1937. RIP dad, 1920-1993.
Filmed at Vasquez rocks just outside Los Angeles on the way to the high desert if Palmdale . Vasquez was a Mexican bandit active around those parts around 1850s to 1870s. Caught and hanged sometime mid 1870s. Rocks named for him, main hideout. Lived near there when I was a kid , really a cool place , lots of caves , cracks, ravines to play in.
An upper-level Poverty Row production. Monogram had originally been part of the consolidation into Republic Pictures in 1935, but bought itself out and resumed independent production in 1937, continuing into the early 1940's.
@@sonnykay3594 americans have been in the legion since 1915, 500 so far. They are allowed to join like other forigners because they swear alligence to the legion not france.
B movie that might have been excellent had it had a director who had the faintest idea about war. Machine gun fires; only 2 men drop dead. He cannot have seen the havoc in the Great War; for all that an entertaining yarn, that must have made any soldiers watching it, smile..
Give it a break. The film was intended for an audience of boys from 6 to 16 in the late 1930's as a second or third afternoon or weekend matinee feature. It does what it was intended to do. Entertain it's intended audience within budget. Wouldn't it be great if the current film and TV/cable/Internet people knew how to do that?
These black and white movies bring fond memories of Saturday afternoons.
My dad loved legionnaire films as a kind because of Gary Cooper in "Beau Geste". I suspect he might have seen this as a child. Worth my watching for rhe nostalgia. Thanks.
One of the best Legion films is "March or Die" with Gene Hackman.
Love Beau Geste. This is my first time whatching this version. Entrancing. I remember watching the 1960's version with my mom.
It's about the French Foreign Legion that's all I need to know thanks for posting.
😝 All I can think about is being a fly on the wall during the daily rushes when the film maker showed the studio owner the scene with the song dub. Wow! Thanks for putting it up. Lost Patrol was of this ilk...one of my favorites
Fantastic marx playset 1965
I have an old library book my dad checked out in 1937, it has Beau Geste, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.
My dad was 17 when he " Checked out " this book. It's stamped inside " Property of Lincoln high school. Seattle."
Stamped " June 8, 1937.
RIP dad, 1920-1993.
Love the old movies
Filmed at Vasquez rocks just outside Los Angeles on the way to the high desert if Palmdale . Vasquez was a Mexican bandit active around those parts around 1850s to 1870s. Caught and hanged sometime mid 1870s. Rocks named for him, main hideout. Lived near there when I was a kid , really a cool place , lots of caves , cracks, ravines to play in.
Great movie thanks sorted my night out as usual hot whiskey smashing movie then goodnight and sleep contented Tommy from Belfast
I love these Beau Geste period films.
It was a B movie made for 1930's kids. The fact that it was so cheesey makes it all the better.
They neglected to cover Stan & Ollies participation. I guess they were in a different division, on another mission.
An upper-level Poverty Row production. Monogram had originally been part of the consolidation into Republic Pictures in 1935, but bought itself out and resumed independent production in 1937, continuing into the early 1940's.
Thanks so much again for all the movies you post. They make my day!!
French foreign legion still in action today(mali, mauratania, afghanastan) with american volunteers!
You mean with the American approval. Politics is a dirty and a savage game.
@@sonnykay3594 americans have been in the legion since 1915, 500 so far. They are allowed to join like other forigners because they swear alligence to the legion not france.
Al ofer the world .
Made two years before coopers beau geste
Take me to the casbah!
They call me cork tip
From follow that camel 1967!
The “Best Worse War Film” ever made 5* 👍
Good movie, thanks for posting it for us!
I love French Foregin legion films, my mum like Beau Geste too. - she even named one of her sons after one of the brothers1
It really is uncanny how the deserts of French Morroco look exactly like Nevada & Southern California isn't it?
well now i'm just feeling so disillusioned.. i was think it was the other way around lol
Odd.
My great-uncle went across Sahara with them in 1950's.
I went across the Sahara in 1982 to Timbucktu . We were in Mali . I would never go back.
A good movie from that era
Seems that Mugsy is doing an imitation of WC Fields?
23:51 That’s Kemmerick! All Quiet On The Western Front.
Hello, my name is João, i am making a RUclips video about French Foreign Legion during 1850s , can i use this?
Poner en castellano
B movie that might have been excellent had it had a director who had the faintest idea about war. Machine gun fires; only 2 men drop dead. He cannot have seen the havoc in the Great War; for all that an entertaining yarn, that must have made any soldiers watching it, smile..
Maybe the machine gunner was a lousy shot.
there never was a bad legionnaire movie
Anybody else watching this because of that movie "Secondhand Lions"?
Grizzled veteran soldiers don’t behave like actors… just saying.
anyone who thinks this movie even resembles Beau Geste has never seen Beau Geste
You don't see Hotchkiss guns very often.
In 1937 you did. The Hotchkiss was *the* heavy machine gun of the Maginot Line *. . .*
Where are Stan and Olly?😂
Ahhhh, geeeez, maybe it would be a good idea to not wear a woolen overcoat in the desert heat and sun if you have to march on foot every where you go.
17 to 40 years old what about us 50 year olds we can still pull a trigger
That's the Cpt Kirk rock.
The Gorn fight rock shows up in this ?.
That rock is famous because of that.
It’s just a movie
The lip syncing during the songs ;)
57:14
The un-song army which the military history denies of its existence ! But good for good for nothing guys and adventures
haha...loved it...corny as hell
la Légion vue par Hollywood, toujours pareil ....
Odd looking Apache warriors.
Best part was the opening song, christ, if ever a film could set you to sleep
Give it a break. The film was intended for an audience of boys from 6 to 16 in the late 1930's as a second or third afternoon or weekend matinee feature. It does what it was intended to do. Entertain it's intended audience within budget. Wouldn't it be great if the current film and TV/cable/Internet people knew how to do that?
@@brianmccarthy5557 it didnt
Pre Woke: French good guys-Arabs bad guys
Post Woke: Arabs good guys- French bad guys
I'm quite certain that such considerations are not limited to French vs, Arabs, but have more to do with colonizers vs. indigenous populations.
What a load of nonsensical guff; the "battle scenes" have to be some of the worst I've seen!
I can see the whole point of putting this vid up for people to see went right over your head.
@@bobwhite8440 says you.
lo 5 short years the female dancers go from a p;lum to a prune
march or die
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Laurel & Hardy, " The flying Deuces " is wwway better than this.
Stan & Ollie join the Legion .
This is bad acting at its best.
Since Arabs sorta invented modern math, they’re somewhat confused by the term “two hands twice.”
LOL that was pretty funny.