The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, 1935

Director Henry Hathaway
Awards --nominated for lots of Academy Awards..but I don't think it won any
Stars: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone

sez says:  If you love your country enough to die for it, than you love it enough to ignore what you love for it too. That is the story.  And the men rush about, trying to be honorable, showing affection for each other in odd ways, teasing each other, getting each others backs when necessary, all the while pretending indifference to each other.  La-Te-Da.  This is a boys movie--and I watched it because I know a guy who likes this sort of stuff--but it has only a so-so appeal to me.
I am growing more and more curious about why people say that Gary Cooper is a great actor. He is a good looking guy but he doesn't really seem to have much width or depth of style.  All of his characters, no matter what movie we see him in, are basically the exact same guy.  Franchot Tone on the other hand created an interesting character, being the only character who seemed to understand the emotional complexity in these all male relationships.
 This looks like it was filmed around Vasquez Rocks in So Calif, which is an exotically beautiful place. And there is some old misc. odd bits of footage of India (circa. 1930s) added here and there. Then there are some big wide open camera shots of hundreds of horse back riders racing across the open valley: these scenes were done in real life, before special effects took over, so you can only imagine how much it cost to pull these scenes together.  But still, to me it is a GRADE C- not becasue it is 'bad' but becasue it is not my cup of tea.