The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) on Netflix
NR19451h 18mComedyFantasyMusic
Athanael, third trumpeter in a late-night radio orchestra, falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he is a junior angel sent to blow the Last Trumpet at midnight and end the world.
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Plot summary
Athanael plays trumpet in the orchestra of a late-night radio program. Paradise Coffee sponsors the show. He nods off during a commercial while the announcer talks, and in his sleep he becomes a junior angel who plays trumpet in Heaven's orchestra. His girlfriend Elizabeth works for the deputy chief in charge of small planet management. Her praise earns him a task: he is to signal the end of the world by blowing the Last Trumpet at midnight. The elevator then sets him down at the Hotel Universe, where he is new to life on Earth.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
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- Jack Benny turned the movie's poor box-office performance into a running joke for 20 years on his radio and TV series The Jack Benny Program, making the film familiar to people who never saw it; it was also his last feature as a lead.
