''Shadows of Glory'' (Spanish:''Sombras de gloria'') is a

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...

Spanish-language

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released in 1930. It was produced by

Sono Art-World Wide Pictures Sono Art-World Wide Pictures was an American film distribution and production company in operation from 1927 to 1933. Their first feature film was ''The Rainbow Man'' (1929), while one of their most prominent was '' The Great Gabbo'' (1929) starr ...

to serve as an alternate-language version of their English-language release ''

Blaze o' Glory ''Blaze o' Glory'' is a 1929 American musical war film directed by George Crone and Renaud Hoffman. It stars Eddie Dowling and Betty Compson. The soundtrack survives. Plot At the stand of his murder trial, defendant Eddie Williams recounts hi ...

'' (1929). It was the first foreign-language sound film produced in the United States.

Plot

''Sombras de gloria'', like ''Blaze o' Glory'', takes its premise from the story ''The Long Shot'' by Thomas Alexander Boyd. It is part

war movie War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war f ...

, part

courtroom drama A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice pl ...

Cast

Jose Bohr Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean ...

as Eddie Williams * Mona Rico as Helen Williams * Francisco Maran as Dr. Castelli * Cesar Vanoni as District Attorney * Demetrius Alexis as Carl Hummel *

Juan Torena Juan de Garchitorena de Carvajal, known in cinema as Juan Torena (1898–1983), was a Spanish-Filipino footballer and actor. After emigrating to Argentina at a young age, he became a footballer who eventually played for the Spanish club FC Barcelo ...

as Jack * Enrique Acosta as Judge

Production and distribution

According to modern web sources, ''Sombras de gloria'' was shot at Metropolitan Studios in Hollywood in October 1929. The premiere took place at the studio on January 25, 1930. The film opened to the general public in the United States five days later. It is not presently available in DVD.

References

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* * 1930 films 1930s legal films 1930s war films American black-and-white films American legal films American war films 1930s Spanish-language films Spanish-language American films Western Front (World War I) films Films directed by Andrew L. Stone 1930s American films {{war-film-stub