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
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer DIC Entertainment (1990)
Release dates	December 12, 1931
Running time	37' 21"
Country	United States
Language	English

Beau Hunks is a 1931 American Pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film, directed by James W. Horne. Beau Hunks is a reference to Beau Geste, and to the common ethnic slur of the time, "bohunk". At 37 minutes, 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 French 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 remade as The Flying Deuces.

Cast

Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Tiny Sandford
Jean Harlow 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

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

Laurel and Hardy

Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel filmography Oliver Hardy filmography Combined filmography Laurel and Hardy (animated series) Music The Sons of the Desert

P. C. Wren's Beau Geste

Films

Beau Geste (1926)
Beau Geste (1939)
Beau Geste (1966)

Other media

Beau Geste (1982 TV series)
"Beau Geste" (2008 song)

Sequels

Novels	Beau Sabreur Beau Ideal

Films	Beau Sabreur (1928) Beau Ideal (1931)

Parodies

Comics	Beau Peep Crock

Films	Beau Hunks (1931) Follow That Camel (1967) The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)

Novels	Gorgeous East

Laurel and Hardy filmography

Silent short films (starring roles)	The Lucky Dog (1921) Duck Soup (1927) Slipping Wives (1927) Love 'em and Weep (1927) Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) With Love and Hisses (1927) Sugar Daddies (1927) Sailors, Beware! (1927) The Second Hundred Years (1927) Hats Off (1927) Do Detectives Think? (1927) Putting Pants on Philip (1927) The Battle of the Century (1927) Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) Flying Elephants (1928) The Finishing Touch (1928) From Soup to Nuts (1928) You're Darn Tootin' (1928) Their Purple Moment (1928) Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) Early to Bed (1928) Two Tars (1928) Habeas Corpus (1928) We Faw Down (1928) Liberty (1929) Wrong Again (1929) That's My Wife (1929) Big Business (1929) Double Whoopee (1929) Bacon Grabbers (1929) Angora Love (1929)

Talking short films (starring roles)	Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) Berth Marks (1929) Men O' War (1929) Perfect Day (1929) They Go Boom (1929) The Hoose-Gow (1929) Night Owls (1930) Blotto (1930) Brats (1930) Below Zero (1930) Hog Wild (1930) The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) Another Fine Mess (1930) Be Big! (1931) Chickens Come Home (1931) Laughing Gravy (1931) Our Wife (1931) Come Clean (1931) One Good Turn (1931) Beau Hunks (1931) Helpmates (1932) Any Old Port! (1932) The Music Box (1932) The Chimp (1932) County Hospital (1932) Scram! (1932) Their First Mistake (1932) Towed in a Hole (1932) Twice Two (1933) Me and My Pal (1933) The Midnight Patrol (1933) Busy Bodies (1933) Dirty Work (1933) Oliver the Eighth (1934) Going Bye-Bye! (1934) Them Thar Hills (1934) The Live Ghost (1934) Tit for Tat (1935) The Fixer Uppers (1935) Thicker than Water (1935)

Short films (as guests)	45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) Now I'll Tell One (1927) Call of the Cuckoo (1927) The Stolen Jools (1931) On the Loose (1931) Wild Poses (1933) On the Wrong Trek (1936) Galaxy of Stars (1936) The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)

Feature films (starring roles)	Pardon Us (1931) Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Fra Diavolo / The Devil's Brother / Bogus Bandits (1933) Sons of the Desert (1933) Babes in Toyland (1934) Bonnie Scotland (1935) The Bohemian Girl (1936) Our Relations (1936) Way Out West (1937) Swiss Miss (1938) Block-Heads (1938) The Flying Deuces (1939) A Chump at Oxford (1940) Saps at Sea (1940) Great Guns (1941) A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) Air Raid Wardens (1943) Jitterbugs (1943) The Dancing Masters (1943) The Big Noise (1944) Nothing But Trouble (1944) The Bullfighters (1945) Atoll K / Utopia (1951)

Feature films (as guests)	The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) The Rogue Song (1930) Hollywood Party (1934) Pick a Star (1937)

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