Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-16 | Page 20 | Doors Open Tonight for Play, 'Beau Geste'

VV r I Doors Open Tonight For Play Beau Geste The French government It lt seem Is none too pleased with the verae veracity veracity ity and realism of Beau Geste Bretons Breton's film mm version of Wrena novel opening at the Or- Or Orpheum Orpheum Or theatre commencing to- to tonight tonight night to-night night at p m Yet compare comparo tho the brutality of o the diabolical though brave Sergeant Lejaune with the descriptions o 0 the certain officers In H I 1 Hs H's s ac- ac account account account count of o his life lito In the foreign Ie- Ie le legion Lion gion Ion Both Wren and Brenon nt It ft down easy casy though a rougher life lito than led by this small band In Sahara doesn't seem believable The story concerns the th three reo Grate Geste brothers and their strange adventures after the disappearance of their aunts aunt's blue water jewel Follow the tho mysteries and vivid oc- oc occurrences occurrences oc occurrences In tho the Sahara at Fort an outpost manned by legionnaires Strange things hap hap- happen happen hap happen pen there Dead men stand at their posts The bu bugler ler disappears up up up The tort fort goes In flames The picture Is remarkable to n more ways than one No players player's part has been bolstered up so as to anc another's ther's Ronald Col- Col Colman Colman man Col-man man plays plas tho the title role with a quizzical suppression that stamps him him something of ot a novelty as a abero abero bero Noah In the tho role ot of Lejeune contributes something memorable Enhancing the entertainment b f a the musical al score Tho The orchestra swings Into the foreign legion march Intermittently and thrills steal through the tho audience as emo- emo emotions emo emo- emotions emotions are whipped Into conscious conscious- consciousness consciousness consciousness ness