The characters could hardly be recognized. I understand that it has not been copied to video. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII.
If anyone has it on video(pal) or DVD, I would love to buy a copy. Both Billy and Donald make their film debuts, and they're paired together again in Tom Sawyer, Detective and Beau Geste. It starts well in 1903 with its lead trio (including the young Donald O'Connor) as kids experimenting with a kite in the fields of rural America, picturesquely staged in rich early Technicolor by Oscar-winning cameraman W.Howard Greene. Ray Blain I saw this movie as a ten-year old, and it made a profound impression on me regarding the dedication and sacrifices of the men who were involved in the development of aircraft and powerplants in the early days when aviation was in its infancy. Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I. Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter. In 1964 I bought myself a 1932 bi-plane (a Spartan Arrow) and I still have it, although my son flies it more than I do these days. 0 out of 0 found this helpful. 6 out of 9 found this helpful.
I recorded this movie from a television broadcast years ago. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII. With Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, David Schramm. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The other involves the growth of the aircraft itself. It's seen through the eyes of three fictional people who become a love triangle. 0 out of 0 found this helpful.
Men with Wings (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy (Dorothy Lamour), Bobby (Betty Hutton), Josie (Diana Lynn) and Patti (Mimi Chandler), aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc... Love interest is supplied by a female ... If anyone has it on video(pal) or DVD, I would love to buy a copy. I think I still have both copies although today they would be very old VHS tapes. Certificate: Passed
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
I was fortunate enough to tape this movie off of a local PBS station in New Jersey, and I consider it one of my treasures. This movie ruined my life!
I did see it on TV once, perhaps 10 or 15 years ago, so I think the negative still exists. Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees. Two competing reporters fall in love with the daughter of a Nobel Prize winner living in hiding. Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry.
I have flown many airplanes in my lifetime including a Vultee Valiant, a DC3 (Dakota) many Tiger Moths and Piper Cubs (on floats) and many more. I would be love to find a copy of if there is one extant. 'Men with Wings' enabled director William A. Wellman to combine his twin enthusiasms for both aviation and Technicolor, but ultimately fails to live up to its soaring title. I agree with your other viewers--a very well made action film. It seems improbable that it is the first as The Adventures of Robin Hood with Erroll Flynn came out this same year and the color in it is remarkable! Too bad, at age 74 I still remember the line by Walter Abel as the fatally burned Nick Ranson (and father of Virginia Weidler's Peggy Ranson) ... "Tell them, when they crash, to turn off the switches!" Ray BlainLooking for something to watch? Community. In 1964 I bought myself a 1932 bi-plane (a Spartan Arrow) and I still have it, although my son flies it more than I do these days.
The station showed the original color version which was dreadful. It has the scope and background of one of her novels, in fact in some aspects it's like an airborne Cimarron. :-)