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A large expanse of sand by the sea was effectively used for the desert scenes in "Beau Sabreur," thus making it unnecessary for the company to endure the terrific heat of the real desert
And Now — "Beau Sabreur"
Inspired by the success of "Beau Geste," Paramount produces a sequel to that exciting film of the French Foreign Legion.
By Edwin Schallert
r\OUR France!"
/"^ A throng of soldiers clad in blue top coats and white trousers had drawn themselves up, fixing bayonets and setting themselves nervously and tensely for action. In the walled court of a huge, gray-green fortification, they had formed themselves into a hollow square, an intense stillness gripping them. Their muscles were taut.
Suddenly a shot snapped from beyond the wall. There was a rush of feet.
tie had been won, and another day's work done for the Paramount production of "Beau Sabreur."
A cheer that was proof of the enthusiasm of the crowd went up from the congregated extras. It had been hot, fighting in the summer sun, even on a location so close to Hollywood as the Lasky ranch, and it wa? good to look forward now to shower baths and dinner.
"Beau Sabreur" is supposedly a sequel to "Beau Geste," and like the latter, deals with the war
and a flying melee of oncoming white robes and turbans. With shouts from hundreds of throats, a mob of warriors clad in flaring desert garments dashed into the court and flung themselves toward the human square. Guns banged and chattered. Men dropped right and left.
Holding close together, the blue-and-white soldiers wavered and toppled. By degrees they became a mass of tangled, motionless bodies. Man after man fell, and as the white-clad invaders, gaining courage, made a final lunge,^ there was naught left but a pile of twisted figures.
"Zaguig is taken !"
The words were shouted in English, not in Arabic, as they should have been, but the effect was none the less momentous. Another movie bat
fare of the French For
Love interest plays a much more important part in "Beau Sabreur" than in "Beau Geste." Gary Cooper, as Major de Beaujolais, succumbs to the charms of Evelyn Brent.
eign Legion against the desert tribes. The studio predictions are that it will be even more of a hit than "Beau Geste," but that remains to be seen. It is a production of a different sort, dw-elling more upon a love romance, and less upon the thrill of mystery and action. Feminine appeal plays a bigger part in it than in "Beau Geste," in which the love interest was secondar) to the theme of the devotion between the three brothers.
Percival Christopher Wren, author of both stories, has retained in "Beau Sabreur" several of the characters who appeared in "Beau Geste." A prominent part -in the plot is played by Hank and Buddy, t^'it two Americans who furnished comedv in the