At the Sound of the Bugle is a 1941

1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...

 Argentine

Cinema of Argentina

The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....

 film

Film

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 directed by Orestes Caviglia

Orestes Caviglia

Orestes Caviglia was an Argentine film actor and film director of the classic era of the Cinema of Argentina....

 and written by Florencio Chiarello. The film starred Ramón Garay

Ramón Garay

Ramón J. Garay was a Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the classic era of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a fmailiar face of the period in films he didn't enter film until the age of 45....

 and Enrique Giacovino introducing radio comedians Rafael Buono and Salvador Striano.

Synopsis

Al Toque de Clarin was partially intended as a showcase for Argentine radio favorites Buono and Strato, Latin America's answer to Abbott & Costello. Based on a French play written by Florencio Chiarello and Francisco Bolla, the film concerns a retired military officer who runs his rural farm like a boot camp. In dire financial straits, the ex-officer hopes that his sister will marry a stranger who has apparently fallen heir to a fortune

Wealth

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. What the audience knows that the protagonist doesn't is that the sly stranger doesn't have a peso

Peso

The word peso was the name of a coin that originated in Spain and became of immense importance internationally...

 to his name. The actual heir is a humble farmhand who has loved the sister from afar lo these many years.

Cast

• Ramón Garay
  Ramón Garay
  Ramón J. Garay was a Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the classic era of the 1940s and 1950s. Although a fmailiar face of the period in films he didn't enter film until the age of 45....
  
  
• Enrique Giacovino
• Pepita Muñoz
• José Antonio Paonessa
• Mary Parets
• Iris Portillo
• Oscar Soldati

Release and acclaim

The film premiered on 16 July 1941. Produced and distributed by Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I.

Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I.

Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I. is an entertainment company based in Buenos Aires that has produced most of the major films in Argentina since 1933.The company has produced over 200 films to date in Argentina....