The Bugle Call

The Bugle Call
The Bugle Call
	Lobby card
Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Screenplay by	Josephine Lovett ; Fanny Hatton (titles) ; Frederic Hatton (titles)
Story by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring	Jackie Coogan ; Claire Windsor
Cinematography	André Barlatier – (French Wikipedia)
Edited by	Sam Zimbalist
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 6, 1927;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Bugle Call is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jackie Coogan and Claire Windsor, which was released on August 6, 1927.^[1]

The Lost Film Files database lists this film as being lost.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Billy Randalph who is a young bugler on a frontier cavalry post in the mid-1870s, whose stepmother Alice Tremayne attempts to replace his real mother who only lives in his memory.^[4]

Cast

Jackie Coogan as Billy Randolph
Claire Windsor as Alice Tremayne
Herbert Rawlinson as Capt. Randolph
Tom O'Brien as Sgt. Doolan
Harry Todd as Cpl. Jansen
Nelson McDowell as Luke
Sarah Padden as Luke's Wife
Johnny Mack Brown Bit (uncredited)

Crew

Cedric Gibbons – Art Director
David Townsend – Set Design
André-ani – Costume Design

References

^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Bugle Call". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
^ The Bugle Call at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Metro Goldwyn Mayer 1927
^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bugle Call". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
^ "American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921–1930," University of California Press, 1971, p. 97

External links

The Bugle Call at IMDb

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[1] "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Bugle Call". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved March 29, 2026.

[2] The Bugle Call at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Metro Goldwyn Mayer 1927

[3] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Bugle Call". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2026.

[4] "American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1921–1930," University of California Press, 1971, p. 97

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