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| The Film Preserve, Ltd. and The Maltese FilmWorks LLC are proud to announce the launch of their new distribution label, Artcraft Pictures. For its inaugural release, Artcraft Pictures presents a newly completed 4K restoration of Beau Geste, meticulously supervised by the Library of Congress and overseen by renowned preservationists Robert A. Harris (My Fair Lady, Lawrence of Arabia) and James Mockoski (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now). The restoration is now screening in select cinemas and is available on Blu-ray at Movie Zyng.“Beau Geste finally has the restoration it has long deserved. Not onlybring back its beauty, but its epic grandeur. Now we don’t have tomerely read that it is one of the great films; we can see for ourselves.”– Frank Thompson – Author – The Complete Beau Geste |
| Beau Geste arrives on a stunning special-edition Blu-ray on November 25, 2025, featuring anexceptional collection of newly produced and archival bonus materials. This definitive releasepresents the most complete version of the film seen since its original premiere nearly a centuryago—meticulously restored and brought to life for a new generation of audiences. Photoplay Magazine awarded the original 1926 Beau Geste Best Picture, and it stands today as a classic action-adventure film. Re-made multiple times, it has never been exceeded in its power to thrill audiences with its tale of family, adventure, mystery, and brotherly love. Now for the first time, this authorized release is available on a pressed Blu-ray, offering a newcommentary and essay by Historian Frank Thompson, along with a new majestic score by Mont Alto Orchestra. |
| Starring Ronald Colman (Lost Horizon, The Prisoner of Zenda), Neil Hamilton (Batman, What Price Hollywood?), William Powell (The Thin Man, My Man Godfrey), Ralph Forbes (Beau Ideal, The Hound of the Baskervilles), Alice Joyce (Stella Dallas, Dancing Mothers) and Noah Beery (The Mark of Zorro, She Done Him Wrong). |
| “Excellent story stirringly pictured. Paramount has used a lavish hand in producing oneof the season’s best sellers.” – Film Daily “The French Foreign Legion, the endless, gorgeous, giant sand dunes of the Sahara, afamous missing sapphire, hundreds of desert warriors sweeping on horseback to attack alonely fort manned by 40 men, practically all in mutiny – there you have a glimpse of theromance and thrills contained in Beau Geste.” – Washington PostTHE RESTORATIONThe Library of Congress supervised the restoration in conjunction with The Film Preserve Ltd. and The Maltese FilmWorks LLC. The effort that brought together multiple institutions to achieve this restoration, including MOMA, Paramount Pictures, UCLA Film and Television Archive, the George Eastman Museum, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The 4k restoration was completed at Roundabout Entertainment in Burbank, California. 4K scans by the Library of Congress Film Preservation Laboratory at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Culpeper, Virginia. SYNOPSISA true silent motion picture epic filled with adventure, romance, and brotherly love, all wrappedwithin the mystery of a missing jewel. Far removed from today’s digital imagery, Beau Gestefeatures a superb cast and thousands of horses and camels that surround a desert fort held by 40 brave members of the French Foreign Legion. HOME ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAS MATERIALBlu-ray DiscAudio Commentary by Historian Frank Thompson.Beau Geste Radio Play by Orson Welles.New score compiled by Rodney Sauer and performed by the Mont Alto Orchestra.Music For Beau Geste.Gallery of behind-the-scenes and publicity stills.Collectible booklet featuring liner notes by Frank Thompson.Gallery of the original program from the premiere of Beau Geste.Restoration Demonstration. Runtime: 129mins |