Blow Your Own Horn

Blow Your Own Horn

The gripping, thrilling, heart throbbing story of a couple of overseas boys who followed a millionaire's advice as to how to "make good." It isn't what it's cracked up to be- and it involves a smashing story of radio and love.

NR 1923 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

World War I veteran Jack Dunbar who, like a lot of veterans then and now, is finding it hard to land a job. When he fixes the broken down auto of the newly rich Nicholas Small, he finally runs into some luck. The blustery Small explains that the way to get ahead is to blow your own horn, and then he takes Dunbar to an estate, where he is introduced as a millionaire.

Directed by James W. Horne · Written by Rex Taylor

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Warner Baxter Jack Dunbar
Ralph Lewis Nicholas Small
William H. Turner Dinsmore Bevan
Ernest C. Warde Gillen Jolyon
Eugenie Forde Mrs. Jolyon
Dell Boone Mrs. Gilroy Yates
Stanhope Wheatcroft Timonthy Cole
Derelys Perdue Anne Small
Eugene Acker Augustus Jolyon
Johnny Fox Buddy Dunbar
Mary Jane Sanderson Julia Yates
Billy Osborne Percy Yates

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