''The Trumpet Blows'' is a 1934 American
Pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the Cinema of the United States, 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 censorshi ...
film directed by Stephen Roberts, featuring
George Raft
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is ...
as a Mexican
matador
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...
,
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's ''A Woman of Paris'', where he played the lead role; Stanley K ...
as a retired bandito clearly based on
, and
Frances Drake as Chulita, the woman they both want to marry.
[Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013, pp 49-50]
The film was written by Bartlett Cormack and Wallace Smith, and directed by
Stephen Roberts.
The film was a box office disappointment.
Plot
Cast
Production
Helen Twelvetreees was originally announced as female lead.
References
External links
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Review of filmat Variety
1934 films
Films directed by Stephen Roberts
1934 drama films
Films set in Mexico
American drama films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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