Title Page and Frontispiece: “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with photos of Jack Holt and Lila Lee.
“These flowers remind me of a barber shop,” he explained.
ADAPTED FROM
COLUMBIA’S ALL-TALKING
PICTURE BY RALPH GRAVES
A FRANK R. CAPRA PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY HARRY COHN
“The first all-talking drama of the air will thrill you.”
“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation.
"Flight" is the romance of a young man (Lefty Phelps) who ran backwards in life until he finally caused his college to lose the biggest football game of the season. Disgraced and dishonored, he left his friends and family with no definite purpose in mind as to his future.
While waiting for a train to New York, he sees a poster announcing that the Marine Corps builds men. Wondering what kind of a man the Service will make of him, he enlists for aviation instruction and meets the first love of his life.
After weeks of intensive training, he fails when given his big chance. Only through the friendship of a flight sergeant (Panama Williams) is he enabled to remain in the air service as a mechanic.
At that time, the Sandino rebellion in Nicaragua broke loose and he left with his Squadron. How he finally made good, winning back the respect of his friends, the officers of the Marine Corps, and the girl he loved, is told in a gripping and constantly moving story. You will love the adventure, thrill over the hair-raising action and adore the romance of this tale. [From the synopsis on the dust jacket]
Title Page and Frontispiece: “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with photos of Jack Holt and Lila Lee.
“These flowers remind me of a barber shop,” he explained.
ADAPTED FROM
COLUMBIA’S ALL-TALKING
PICTURE BY RALPH GRAVES
A FRANK R. CAPRA PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY HARRY COHN
“The first all-talking drama of the air will thrill you.”
“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation.
"Flight" is the romance of a young man (Lefty Phelps) who ran backwards in life until he finally caused his college to lose the biggest football game of the season. Disgraced and dishonored, he left his friends and family with no definite purpose in mind as to his future.
While waiting for a train to New York, he sees a poster announcing that the Marine Corps builds men. Wondering what kind of a man the Service will make of him, he enlists for aviation instruction and meets the first love of his life.
After weeks of intensive training, he fails when given his big chance. Only through the friendship of a flight sergeant (Panama Williams) is he enabled to remain in the air service as a mechanic.
At that time, the Sandino rebellion in Nicaragua broke loose and he left with his Squadron. How he finally made good, winning back the respect of his friends, the officers of the Marine Corps, and the girl he loved, is told in a gripping and constantly moving story. You will love the adventure, thrill over the hair-raising action and adore the romance of this tale. [From the synopsis on the dust jacket]