The Brave Bulls (Columbia Pictures) (1951)

Aa | CAST and CREDITS Luis GONG 3 Mel Ferrer Linda de Calderon .................... Miroslava Raul Fuentes ...................... Anthony Quinn Pope BANG sec, Eugene Iglesias Eladio Gomez .......................... Jose Torvay ROQUeitg: 2. Charlita Yank Delgado ................ Jose Luis Vasquez “Mexicano” Loco Rule coco Alfonso Alvirez Pancho Perez .................... Alfredo Aguilar Monkey Garcia ............ Francisco Balderas GGCKNOW oe Felipe Mota ROPIGWE a4 Pepe Lopez RAtTIG VOMING io as Jose Meza Goyo Salinas... Vicente Cardenas “Maera”’ Abundio de la © ................ Manuel Orozco (OCD Esteve Dominguez Policarpo Cana .............. Silviano Sanchez Lg Re fay ete Se ates Francisco Reiguera Don Alberto Iriarte .............. E. Arozamena Rufino Vega .....................00006 Luis Corona Senora Bello ........................ Esther Laquin ene a. M. del P. Castillo Alfredo Bello .................0..0.... Juan Assael Wa Delfino Morales Oe ae Rita Conde Don Tiburcio Balbuenna Ramon Diaz Meza Momactie ... 2.30. Fanny Schiller Don Felix Aldemas ...... Fernando Del Valle Screen Play by John Bright; Based upon the novel by Tom Lea; Assistant Directors, Sam Nelson and Jaime Contreras; Directors of Photography, Floyd Crosby, A.S.C. and James Wong Howe, A.S.C.; Art Director, Cary Odell; Technical Adviser, Dr. Alfonso Gaona; Film Editor, Henry Batista; Set Decorator, Frank Tuttle; Sound Directors, John Livadary and James Fields; Dialogue Recording, Lodge Cunningham, Nicolas de la Rosa, Jose B. Carles; Unit Managers, Antonio Guerrero Tello, Luis Sanchez Tello and Henry Brill; Montages and bullfights edited by Don Starling; Gowns by Jean Louis; Associate Producer, Shirley Miller. Produced at the Columbia Studio in Hollywood, the Churubusco Studio in Mexico City, at San Miguel Allende in Mexico and at the Plaza Mexico. Produced and Directed by Robert Rossen. A Robert Rossen Production. A Columbia Picture. STORY (Not for Publication) After being gored by a bull, Luis Bello (Mel Ferrer), leading Mexican matador, is afraid for the first time in his career. He meets and falls in love with Linda de Calderon (Miroslava), and her soft arms around him by night make him forget impending death in the afternoon. Raul Fuentes (Anthony Quinn), Bello’s urbane manager, and Linda are killed in an automobile crash following a rendezvous. Demoralized, Luis fulfills an engagement in a small town arena where his younger brother Pepe (Eugene Iglesias) is making his debut as a matador. Luis fights like a frightened amateur and finally runs away. When Pepe is gored, Luis returns to the ring and once and for all overcomes his fear of death — and of life. (Running Time: 108 Minutes) Spectacle, Action and Passion Flame to Life in ‘Brave Bulls’ (Review) Nothing you have ever seen matches the splendor or surpasses the suspense of “The Brave Bulls,” Robert Rossen’s production for Columbia Pictures which opened yesterday at the ........ Theatre. Each moment of passion, each intense and vital action and all the power of Tom Lea’s bestselling novel come alive in this spectacular achievement. Mel Fer ae ~ Mat 2-E; Still No. Art | THE BRAVE BULLS, Columbia Pictures’ drama opens ou... at tee ae ee Theatre. Shown is an artist's impressions of the film, which was produced and directed by Robert Rossen, maker of the Academy Award-winning "All The King's Men." "The Brave Bulls'’ features Mel Ferrer and introduces Miroslava. << rer heads the tremendous cast of the film, which introduces to American moviegoers Miroslava, beauteous toast of Mexican films. “The Brave Bulls” tells a universal story—the story of man’s need for a woman, and woman’s need for a hero. The technique used in unfolding it on the screen is similar to that employed in Rossen’s “All The King’s Men,” which won the 1949 Academy Award as the best picture of the year. Literally thousands of people—real people—are seen during the course of the film, adding power and depth and reality to the impressive drama. “The Brave Bulls” was produced at the Columbia Studios in Hollywood, the Churubusco Studio in Mexico City, at San Miguel Allende in Mexico and at the Plaza Mexico. It is worthy of every last penny and every drop of effort that went into its vast scale production. Mel Ferrer plays the central role of Luis Bello, leading Mexican matador who, after being gored by a bull, is afraid for the first time in his career. He meets and falls in love with lovely, aristocratic Miroslava, and her soft arms around him by night make him forget impending death in the afternoon. When Bello’s urbane manager and Miroslava are killed in an automobile crash following a rendezvous, the matador is completely demoralized. In a small town arena where his younger brother is making his debut as a bullfighter, Luis fights like a frightened amateur and finally runs away. But when his brother is injured, he returns to the ring and once and for all time overcomes his fear of death—and of life. Those are the bare facts of “The Brave Bulls.” Add to them real Mexican music, actual bullfight scenes that will have your heart hammering away, and passionate love scenes that you wish would never end. Add also sensational performances by Ferrer and Miroslava and by Anthony Quinn, as the manager, Eugene Iglesias as the kid brother, and Jose Torvay and Charlita, who Mat I-C; Still No. 326 MEL FERRER and MIROSLAVA are the principals in Robert Rossen's impassioned new Columbia picture, "The Brave Bulls,"" opening ...........ccccc00 at THLE ee erp ae Theatre. play a small town bullfight impresario and a waitress, respectively. Add Mr. Rossen’s magnificent production and inspired direction. “The Brave Bulls belongs among this year’s best. John Bright wrote the screen play. Robert Rossen’s ‘Brave Bulls’ Based on Impassioned Novel The violently passionate and intensely dramatic story of Tom Lea’s best-selling novel, ‘The Brave Bulls,” has been brought to the screen in Robert Rossen’s production of that name which opens CEE 5 at the Theatre. The new Columbia picture features Mel Ferrer at the head of a tremendous cast and introduces to American moviegoers Miroslava, beautiful sensation of Mexican films, in the principal feminine role. Like Rossen’s 1949 best picture Academy Award winner, “All The King’s Men,” “The Brave Bulls” tells a story of individuals against a panorama of vast crowds of people. For only one sequence, lasting but a few minutes on the screen, Rossen _ photographed thousands of bullfight fans stampeding through the concrete entrance tunnel of the Plaza Mexico, largest bullfight arena in the world, located in Mexico City. Thousands more were photographed from trains moving through the Mexican countryside and from vantage points in small towns. Ferrer is seen in “The Brave Bulls” as the leading matador of ‘The Brave Bulls’ “The Brave Bulls’ will open Ses oe at the Theatre. Produced and directed by Robert Rossen, who made the 1949 best picture Academy Award winner, “All The King’s Men,” the new Columbia picture is based upon Tom Lea’s best-selling novel of the same name. Mel Ferrer heads the cast, which introduces in the leading feminine role Miroslava, blonde sensation of Mexican films. Also featured are Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias, Jose Torvay and Charlita. John Bright wrote the screen play. Page 2 Mexico, idol of the bullfight ring. Injured by the horns of a bull, Ferrer for the first time in his career is afraid. He drowns his fears in wine, women and song until he meets beautiful and aristocratic Miroslava. Her soft arms around him by night help him forget his harsh fears of death in the afternoon. But his fears of the horns mount, and in one arena he actually turns his back and runs away from the bull he is supposed to fight. When his manager and his girl both are killed in an automobile accident returning from a rendezvous, Ferrer’s morale is completely shattered. However, he keeps his engagement in a small town arena and overcomes his fears in a final bloody battle. Anthony Quinn plays the matador’s manager, while Eugene Iglesias plays Ferrer’s younger brother, himself a tyro matador. Jose Torvay and Charlita play a small town bullfight impresario and a waitress respectively. John Bright wrote the screen play of “The Brave Bulls,” which was produced and directed by Robert Rossen. The film was produced at the Columbia Studio in Hollywood, the Churubusco Studio in Mexico City, at San Miguel Allende in Mexico and at the Plaza Mexico. Brave Bulls Mat 2-B DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON and romance at night are the twin themes of Columbia Pictures’ new Robert Rossen production, "The Brave Bulls," at the Seer red Son pra ae Theatre. Mel Ferrer is featured as the toreador in love with beautiful, blonde Miroslava.