Beau Hunks

Beau Hunks
Theatrical poster for Beau Hunks (1931)
Directed by	James W. Horne
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H.M. Walker
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy
Music by	Leroy Shield
Cinematography	Art Lloyd Jack Stevens
Editing by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	December 12, 1931
Running time	37:11
Country	United States
Language	English

Beau Hunks is a 1931 movie starring Laurel and Hardy and directed by James W. Horne. Beau Hunks is a reference to Beau Geste. At 37 minutes long—four reels—it is the longest L&H short.

Plot

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart Jeanie-Weenie (only ever seen as a photograph) rejects him, as it is the only place where Ollie can forget her. When they arrive at the barracks in Algeria, they discover that not only are the other soldiers trying to forget lost loves, their lost loves all happen to be the one and the same woman Ollie is trying to forget: Jeanie-Weenie! On an expedition to Ft. Arid, a fortress besieged by native Riffian tribesmen, the duo get cut off from the rest of the regiment in a sandstorm and reach the fortress before the others. Surprisingly, the boys defeat the Riffians by themselves and the leader of the Riffians is revealed as another one of Jeanie-Weenie's conquests.

The French Foreign Legion scenario was repeated in Laurel and Hardy's 1939 feature The Flying Deuces.

Cast

• Stan Laurel
• Oliver Hardy
• Tiny Sandford
• Jean Harlowe as Jeannie-Weenie (Uncredited)
• James W. Horne as the Chief of the Riff Raff
• Charles B. Middleton as the Commandant
• Broderick O'Farrell as Ft. Arid Commander
• Harry Schultz as Captain Schultz
• Billy Bletcher
• Charlie Hall
• Sam Lufkin
• Tiny Sandford

Quotes

Ollie: I'm going to be married.

Stan: You don't believe me.

Ollie: Yes I don't beli- what do you mean you don't believe me?!

Ollie: She's the sweetest girl in the world, and she's mine, all mine. Well what do you think on it?

Stan: What does 'levity' mean?

(Knocking sound)

Stan: (answering phone) Hello?

Ollie: What are you doing?

Stan: Somebody knocking on the phone.

Ollie: That's levity!

Stan: Hello, Mr Levity?

(more knocking)

Ollie: Go to the door!

(Ollie sighing after Stan reads to him the letter from Jeanie-Weenie)

Stan: What's the matter?

Ollie: Didn't you read it?

Stan: Yeah but I wasn't listening.

The Dutch musical group

A Dutch musical ensemble, named The Beau Hunks Orchestra after that film, was formed in early 1992 for the purpose of performing some of the soundtrack music at an Oliver Hardy centennial celebration in Amsterdam. They went on to release a number of recordings of the film music of Leroy Shield and some other composers, notably Raymond Scott.

External links

• Beau Hunks at the Internet Movie Database
• Beau Hunks at Rotten Tomatoes
• Beau Hunks Orchestra in rehearsal, 2007