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Beau Ideal (1931)
About this film
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This critical and financial flop follows two French foreign legion soldiers trapped in a prison who remember the childhood and young adulthood they shared. While the film was a colossal loss of money for RKO Pictures, the creation of this film introduced important technological advances to the filming process overall. I've uploaded two versions, one with higher quality but a small watermark in the upper right corner, and another with no watermark but noticeably worse quality. Watermarked version sourced from "Cult Cinema Classics": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEuo4JVM5PI
Directors & creators
Herbert Brenon, Ray Lissner, Paul Schofield, Marie Halvey
Subjects
Film, Adventure, Drama