Classic Action/Adventure

Lest you think I don't like action movies, I should clarify that I do enjoy good ones.  And I've recently seen two classic action/adventure movies from THE most notable year for American movie-making, 1939.  Considering the crop of movies that were released that year, both of these movies were huge hits.  Little boys everywhere saw them and dreamed of adventuring to far off places to serve in the Army or in the French Foreign Legion.  And little girls everywhere dreamed of being swept off their feet by dashing soldiers.  I speak of course, of "Gunga Din" and "Beau Geste".

"Gunga Din" has a trio of stars, Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Victor McLaglen.  They serve as British soldiers in India, fighting evil natives bent on murder and destruction.  "Beau Geste" has a trio of stars, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston.  They serve in the French Foreign Legion in Africa, fighting evil natives bent on murder and destruction.  There's plenty of fisticuffs, and plenty of battles, and plenty of humor, along with plenty of cameraderie.  Both movies are so fun, I was practically ready to join up myself.