Brilliantino the Bullfighter (originally titled Flood and Sand) is one of the first spoofs of Blood and Sand, Paramount’s smoldering matador melodrama that set box offices ablaze. Like Mud and Sand, starring Stan Laurel, the Banks parody was rushed into theaters in November 1922, while memory of the Valentino vehicle was fresh. The concept of Monty Banks impersonating the passionate matador must have been innately hilarious to audiences who had seen the original picture.
Monty Banks
as Adolph Brilliantino
Eddie Barry
as The Most Beautiful Woman in Spain's Escort
Florence Gilbert
as Brilliantino's Sweetheart
Jerry O'Dell
as Maledito, a Bad Man
Bud Ross
as Her Son-in-Law
