From 30s Or 40s Or 50s – Starts With Kids Burning A Toy Boat With A Toy Dog At Captains Feet?
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at
8:07 pm
from 30s or 40s or 50s – starts with kids burning a toy boat with a toy dog at captains feet, end of movie the now grown up adult dies in foreign legion and his brother puts his lousy commanders body at his feet
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Beau Geste – Gary Cooper
That’s the 1939 classic adventure, “Beau Geste”, starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland and Robert Preston as the three Geste Brothers. The film’s prologue shows the the three brothers as children holding a “Viking’s Funeral” with a model ship. The young Michael (Beau) Geste is played in this scene by Donald O’Conner.
At the end of the film, Michael has been killed, and his brother John gives him a Viking’s Funeral for real in Fort Zinderneauf, and puts their villainous commander at the foot of the pyre to be the “dog” at his feet.
The movie was based on a novel by P.C. Wren. Still a great read.