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  • University Archives Photograph Collection

"Beau Geste" filming, 1939

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Desert oasis set of "Beau Geste" parody, 1939
1939
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This apparent oasis was part of the abandoned Paramount Studios' Fort Zinderneuf set where members of Sigma Lambda fraternity and other San Diegans filmed a parody of "Beau Geste." Many of the "palm trees" had concrete trunks, standing a few yards to the south of the "fort," or just beyond the front gate. The exact location is an archeological dig and may not be disclosed.
Deserts; Movie sets; Beau Geste (parody); Films; Motion pictures; Lost Remake of Beau Geste; Film sets
California - Imperial County
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  • University Archives Photograph Collection
Post-1931 Photographs
MS-0311
  • The Beau Geste Parody, 1939-1940
Photographic print; black and white
2 inches X 3 inches
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Frank Thompson, "The Lost Remake of Beau Geste," 2013; so-sl-001 through so-sl-008; so-sl-010 through so-sl-036; so-sl-040 through so-sl-063; 1940_020_03_011; so-sl-005a
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Gift of William Tascher '40 (1998)
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