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"Beau Geste" filming, 1939

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"Beau Geste" filming, 1939
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"Beau Geste" filming, 1939
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The abandoned Paramount Studios' Fort Zinderneuf set located near Yuma, Arizona, where H. Billy Miller and Robert Wade filmed a parody of "Beau Geste." The fraternity Sigma Lambda "sponsored" the film. See the documentary "The Lost Remake of Beau Geste" for more information. The figure on the battlements may be H. Billy Miller. The exact location is an archeological dig and may not be disclosed.
Fort Zinderneuf; Movie sets; Film sets; Film production; Beau Geste (parody)
California - Imperial County
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Post-1931 Photographs
MS-0311
  • The Beau Geste Parody, 1939-1940
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2 inches X 3 inches
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Frank Thompson, "The Lost Remake of Beau Geste," 2013; so-sl-002 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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