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Adventure in Sahara
Adventure in Sahara was directed by Samuel Fuller and released in 1938 (a year before Gary Cooper’s Beau Geste). It’s a fairly short straightforward Foreign Legion movie with the usual plot devices....
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We’re in the Legion Now
We’re in the Legion Now is great little Foreign Legion movie that is available on the Internet Archive. It was released in December of 1936 and the opening credits state that the movie is based on an...
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Films of the French Foreign Legion by Philip Leibfried
I’ve been waiting for this book for about a year and I finally see that it has been released. It was written by Philip Leibfried and is published by Bear Manor Media and you can order the book...
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Legionnaire
At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth. It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia…but...
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Foreign Legion Fort in Adventures of Tintin
I watched this movie over the holidays and was pleasantly surprised by the high quality of animation, the pace of action, the humor and the way they captured the late 1930′s era. There was also a...
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Desert Sands
Desert Sands was filmed and released in 1955. It was directed by Lesley Selander who was more famous for his budget Westerns but it is nonetheless a fairly watchable B-Grade Foreign Legion Movie....
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Four Fools
I hate to make this post but today IS April Fools Day. So what better way to celebrate Fools Day then by posting a short video of four fools making fools of themselves in the California desert dressed...
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Le Grand Jeu
Le Grand Jeu. Released 1934. 120 minutes. Directed by Jacques Feyder; Cast: Marie Bell (Florence & Irma), Pierre Richard-Willm (Pierre Martel & Pierre Muller), Charles Vanel (Clément),...
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Hodgepodge for September 2013
It seems the theme for this post is buying and avaricious collecting of stuff. 1. The Lost Remake of Beau Geste. I’m a little late on the gun in announcing this but Frank Thompson’s documentary “The...
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Sergeant Klems
Sergeant Klems / Il sergente Klems. Released 1971. Italian–dubbed in English. 96 minutes. Directed by Sergio Grieco; Cast: Peter Strauss (Foreign Legion Sergeant Otto Josef Klems), Tina Aumont...
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Vintage Foreign Legion Movies
For those who might be interested in old movies there is a great resource located at the collections page of the Media History Digital Library. They have digitized copies (or rather links back to the...
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Romance & Revolt in Under Two Flags
I found a very informative and entertaining article on this movie in the June 1936 edition of Romantic Movie Stories (a movie/romance pulp of the time). This 1936 version is the fourth film adaption...
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Hodgepodge for August 2014
Another month gone by. It’s realize its been kind of slow for this blog this summer. I think I’ve been doing too many other projects lately that has taken it’s toll on my posting here. It’s amazing...
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Morocco
Morocco. Released 1930. English. 91 minutes. Directed by Josef von Sternberg; Cast: Gary Cooper (Légionnaire Tom Brown), Marlene Dietrich (Amy Jolly), Adolphe Menjou (Kennington La Bessière),...
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Hodgepodge for March 2016
A day late again on this one and I also have no reason to post this on April Fools Day since there is nothing foolish here. Here are some random things I’ve found over the month related to the French...
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Hodgepodge for September 2016
Sorry for the lack of posts this past month–for some reason the older you get the less time you seem to have each day (and I thought it would be the other way around). Here are some items I came...
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Hodgepodge for May 2017
Sorry this is a couple days late–May was a very busy month and June is no different so I’ve had very little time for enjoyable things like blogging. But anyway, here are some interesting and enjoyable...
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Kickstarter for “The Compleat Beau Geste”
They say December is the month for “giving” which I tend to agree with…but December is also the gift “getting” season and who better to give a gift to than yourself. In this case I highly recommend...
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Hodgepodge for Spring 2023
Camerone Day is just around the corner. As most of you know, the Battle of Camerone was fought between a company of the Foreign Legion and over two thousand Mexican troopers and cavalry on April 30,...
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