{"id":29913,"date":"2022-06-08T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29913"},"modified":"2022-06-03T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:40:52","slug":"the-horn-blows-at-midnight-1945-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29913","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Horn Blows at Midnight&#8221; (1945) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z060822zview_hornblowsmidnight2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"754\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Horn Blows at Midnight <\/strong><\/em>(1945)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Raoul Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay:\u00a0<strong> Sam Hellman, James V. Kern<\/strong> based on an idea by <strong>Aubrey Wisberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring:\u00a0 <strong>Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, John Alexander, Margaret Dumont, Robert Blake\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Mike Mazurki<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Benny&#8217;s from Heaven and the laughs are out of this world!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Athanael (Benny), plays third trumpet in the orchestra of a live late night radio show.\u00a0 During a commercial break, Athanael falls asleep.\u00a0 And dreams&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Athanael dreams he&#8217;s an angel trumpet player in heaven&#8217;s orchestra.\u00a0 He&#8217;s given the job to go to Earth and signal it&#8217;s destruction by blowing his trumpet at midnight.\u00a0 A woman who wants to commit suicide and two fallen angels are determined to stop Athanael from blowing his horn.\u00a0 Will Athanel sound his trumpet and destroy the earth?\u00a0 Will he fail and become a fallen angel?\u00a0 Do we really care since this is all a dream?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And that is one of the problems with <em>The Horn Blows at Midnight<\/em>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all a dream.\u00a0 Whatever happens doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It. Is. A. Dream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are some humorous moments when Athanael and several cast members are hanging off a building or when Athanael ends up in and clinging to a gigantic cup of coffee (again high up on a building).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m a Jack Benny fan and love his standup comedy and\u00a0 television show.\u00a0 Benny joked for years about how bad <em>The Horn Blows at Midnight<\/em> is.\u00a0 After seeing it, I realize Benny wasn&#8217;t joking..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Horn Blows at Midnight<\/em> rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z060822zview_hornblowsmidnight.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Director:\u00a0 Raoul Walsh Screenplay:\u00a0 Sam Hellman, James V. 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