The Trumpet Blows

The Trumpet Blows is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Stephen Roberts, featuring George Raft as a Mexican matador, Adolphe Menjou as a retired bandito clearly based on Pancho Villa, and Frances Drake as Chulita, the woman they both want to marry.^[1]

The Trumpet Blows
Publicity still for film with George Raft and Frances Drake
Directed by	Stephen Roberts
Written by	Bartlett Cormack Wallace Smith
Starring	George Raft Adolphe Menjou Frances Drake
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1934 (1934-04-14)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film was written by Bartlett Cormack and Wallace Smith, and directed by Stephen Roberts.

The film was a box office disappointment.^[2][3]

Plot

Cast

• George Raft as Manuel Montes
• Adolphe Menjou as Pancho Montes
• Frances Drake as Chulita
• Sidney Toler as Pepi Sancho
• Edward Ellis as Chato
• Katherine DeMille as Lupe, the Maid

Production

Helen Twelvetreees was originally announced as female lead.^[4]