Shadows of Glory
Shadows of Glory | |
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Directed by | Andrew L. Stone |
Written by | Thomas Alexander Boyd (story) |
Starring | José Bohr Mona Rico Juan Torena Tito Davison |
Cinematography | Arthur Martinelli |
Edited by | Arthur Tavares |
Distributed by | Sono Art Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Spanish |
Shadows of Glory (Spanish:Sombras de gloria) is a pre-Code Spanish-language American film released in 1930. It was produced by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures to serve as an alternate-language version of their English-language release Blaze o' Glory (1929). It was the first foreign-language sound film produced in the United States.[1]
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, part courtroom drama.
Cast[]
- Jose Bohr 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 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.[2] The film opened to the general public in the United States five days later.[3] It is not presently available in DVD.
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- 1930 films
- Spanish-language films
- 1930s legal films
- 1930s war films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- American legal films
- American war films
- Spanish-language American films
- Western Front (World War I) films
- Films directed by Andrew L. Stone
- War film stubs