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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been,
and there you will always long to return. Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519]
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
J.M. Barrie [1860-1937], in his 1904 stageplay "Peter Pan"
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'A History of Aviation' Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Books about Aviation Movies & TV
browse the History of Aviation catalog at Amazon
 | "Flying On Film: A Century of Aviation In The Movies, 1912 - 2012" [2012] by Mark Carlson Kindle Edition from BearManor Media [11/2012] for $9.95 BearManor Media 2nd edition 10x7 pb [8/2014] for $26.95 BearManor Media 10x7 pb [11/2012] for $24.95 BearManor Media 10x7 pb [11/2012] out of print/used |
"When Hollywood Ruled The Skies: Aviation film classics of World War II" [1984] by Bruce W. Orriss
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Ruled-Skies-Aviation-classics/dp/096130880X/
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Aviation-classics-Orriss-Paperback/dp/B00Z8ECOX4/
http://www.amazon.com/When-Hollywood-Ruled-Skies-Aviation/dp/0692020047/
"Motion Picture Stunt Pilots and Hollywood's Classic Aviation Movies" [Pictorial Histories Publng Co. 6/1987] by H. Hugh Wynne
http://www.amazon.com/Motion-Picture-Hollywoods-Classic-Aviation/dp/0933126859/
"Daredevils In The Air: Three of The Greats - Wilson, Locklear, and Grace" 2004 article by Tim Lussier
http://www.silentsaregolden.com/articles/aviationstuntmen.html
"Aviators in Early Hollywood (Images of America)" [9/2008] by Shawna Kelly
http://www.amazon.com/Aviators-Early-Hollywood-Images-America/dp/0738559024/
Aviation Film Festival
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"The Twentieth Century Tramp: or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship" silent short [Edison Mfrng Co. Jan 1902]
Directed by Edwin S. Porter, starring J. Stuart Blackton
bare credits at IMDb
watch short film with Russian-ish music [2/2016 upload; 1:40] online at YouTube
"A Dash Through The Clouds" silent comedy short [June 1912] /tt0002133/
Aviation enthusiast Josephine rescues her suitor, Chubby, from an angry mob with the help of Slim and his airplane.
Directed by Mack Sennett; written by Dell Henderson; starring Fred Mace, Mabel Normand, Phillip Orin Parmelee
"The Eagle's Talons" movie serial [1923] /tt0014011/
"The Ghost City" movie serial [1923] /tt0014079/
"The Air Hawk" [1924] /tt0014652/
"The Cloud Rider" [1925] /tt0015690/
"The Fighting Ranger" movie serial [1925] /tt0015812/
"Flyin' Thru" [1925] /tt0015827/
"The Flying Mail" [1926] /tt0132966/
"The Flying Ace" [1926]: full credits at IMDb
all-black cast silent feature
"Wings" [1927]: full credits at IMDb
Paramount restoration [DUE Jan 2012] on DVD & Blu-ray
"Three Miles Up" [1927] /tt0018483/
"Sky High Saunders" short film [1927] /tt0018411/
"The Air Patrol" [1928] /tt0018635/
"The Cloud Dodger" [1928] - survives at Library of Congress /tt0018779/
"The Phantom Flyer" [1928] /tt0019269/
"Won in the Clouds" [1928] /tt0019596/
"The Sky Skidder" [1929] /tt0020417/
"Hell's Angels" [1930] /tt0020960/
"The Dawn Patrol" [Aug 1930]
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons
about sending subordinates to their deaths; directed by Howard Hawks; starring Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
"The Dawn Patrol" remake [Dec 1938]
British flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war; directed by Edmund Goulding; starring Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven
"Hell's Angels" [United Artists Nov 1930]
Produced & directed by Howard Hughes; starring Ben Lyon, James Hall,
Jean Harlow & John Darrow; Oscar nominated for Best Cinematography
full credits from IMDb
When Howard Hughes shot "Hell's Angels", the original blond bombshell was Greta Nissen, a Norwegian actress. But when he decided to re-shoot it as a talkie,
he dropped her because of her heavy accent and chose Jean Harlow instead. Ben Lyon said that the real reason was that Harlow had bigger breasts.
Includes an 8-minute 2-strip Technicolor sequence, the only color motion picture footage of Jean Harlow.
"Going Wild" [First National Pictures Dec 1930]
Starring Joe E. Brown, Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson and Walter Pidgeon
full credits at IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Going-Wild-Joe-Brown/dp/B003QTUWAA
"The Shadow of The Eagle" 12-chapter sound serial [Mascot Pictures Feb 1932]
 | The Eagle uses skywriting to threaten an airplane manufacturer; the primary suspect is the owner of a traveling air circus, but he goes missing, so a stunt pilot tries to solve the mystery. Chapter Titles: 1. The Carnival Mystery; 2. Pinholes; 3. The Eagle Strikes; 4. The Man of A Million Voices; 5. The Telephone Cipher; 6. Code of The Carnival; 7. Eagle or Vulture?; 8. On The Spot; 9. When Thieves Fall Out; 10. The Man Who Knew; 11. The Eagle's Wings; and 12. The Shadow Unmasked Co-written & directed by Ford Beebe; starring John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker, Kenneth Harlan & Walter Miller
Marengo Films b&w 72-minute feature version DVD [11/2000] for $9.99 Anchor Bay b&w VHS [6/94] 4 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb serial entry at Wikipedia full serial included on "The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection" 3-serial box set [2006] Passport b&w digitally-remastered DVD set [7/2006] 5 disks for $17.99 |
"The Air Mail Mystery" 12-chapter serial [Universal Pictures March 1932]
 | Evil mastermind The Black Hawk kidnaps a friend of airmail pilot Bob Lee . . . Chapter titles: 1. Pirates of The Air; 2. Hovering Death; 3. A Leap For Life; 4. A Fatal Crash; 5. The Hawk Strikes; 6. The Bridge of Destruction; 7. The Hawk's Treachery; 8. The Aerial Third Degree; 9. The Attack On The Mine; 10. The Hawk's Lair; 11. The Law Strikes; and 12. The Mail Must Go Through Directed by Ray Taylor; written by George Morgan, Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill & George H. Plympton; starring James Flavin, Lucile Browne, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Hagney, Sidney Bracey, Nelson McDowell, Walter Brennan, Al Wilson, Bruce Mitchell, Jack Holley {this film is considered lost} full credits at IMDb |
"The Lost Squadron" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures March 1932]
  | Stroheim agreed to portray a parody of himself as a German film director making a silent World War I movie who is essentially a homicidal maniac. The plot begins with aerial heroism by Yankee Army pilots in France who then come home to unfaithful girlfriends and unemployment. Several drift to Hollywood where their daredevil flying skills are in demand for movies about The Great War Directed by George Archainbaud; screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on a story by Dick Grace; starring Richard Dix, Erich von Stroheim, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Dorothy Jordan, Joel McCrea, Hugh Herbert & Ralph Ince
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available King of Video Region 1 b&w VHS [2012] from Amazon third party for $39.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia "The Lost Squadron" photoplay [1932] by Dick Grace
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"Tailspin Tommy" serial [Oct 1934] /tt0025856/
http://www.amazon.com/Tailspin-Tommy-Maurice-Murphy/dp/B0013PVGI6/
"Wings In The Dark" [Paramount Pictures Feb 1935]
 | An aviation innovator hopes to invent hardware for pilots to use under dangerous low-visibility conditions; after he loses his funding and is blinded in a lab accident, he meets an aviatrix who decides to help him . . . Presented by Adolph Zukor; directed by James Flood; based on the story 'Eyes of the Eagle' by Nell Shipman & Philip D. Hurn, adapted by Jack Kirkland, Frank Partos, Dale Van Every, Earl H. Robinson; the Lockheed Vega airplane flown by Loy's character was then owned by Amelia Earhart; starring Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dean Jagger, Russell Hopton, Matt McHugh, Graham McNamee, Eddie Baker, Hanley Andrews, Stanley Andrews, James P. Burtis, A.S. 'Pop' Byron, Alfred Delcambre, Hyman Fink, Sam Flint, Mabel Forrest, Peter Hancock, Allen Fox, Bert Hanlon, Samuel S. Hinds, Charles Hines, Harry Jordan, Arnold Korff, George MacQuarrie, Ottola Nesmith, George Reed, Henry Roquemore, J.B. Scott, Benjamin D. Sharpe, Antrim Short, Herb Watson, Duke York & Lightning the Dog
Universal Vault Series b&w DVD-R [5/2014] for $14.98 also available on the 5-movie "Cary Grant: Screen Legend Collection" {much better deal} Universal Studios Home Ent. b&w/color DVD set [11/2006] 3 disks for $17.95 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Border Flight" [Paramount Pictures May 1936]
 | 58-minute drama-romance about the U.S. Coast Guard's airborne division, with two flyers competing for a girl Presented by Adolph Zukor; directed by Otho Lovering; written by Stuart Anthony, Arthur J. Beckhard & Ewing Scott; stunts by Frank Clarke & Paul Mantz; the Lockheed Vega airplane featured in the film was previously owned by Amelia Earhart; starring Frances Farmer, John Howard, Roscoe Karns, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Samuel S. Hinds, Donald Kirke, Matty Fain, Frank Faylen, Ted Oliver, Paul Barrett, Edgar Dearing, Eddie Dunn, Ralph Malone prints of the film exist but are rarely screened full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Sky Parade" [1936]
movie based on "Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen" radio show
"Test Pilot" [1938] /tt0030848/
Director: Howard Hawks + co-writer (uncredited); starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore
"Secret Service of The Air" four-movie series
[Warner Bros. Pictures 1939-40]
 | "Secret Service of The Air" [Warner Bros. March 1939] After the death of an agent investigating smuggling from Mexico, the Secret Service recruits applicant pilot 'Brass' Bancroft and his radioman 'Gabby' Produced by Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis & Bryan Foy; directed by Noel M. Smith; original screenplay by Raymond L. Schrock, based upon material from W.H. Moran; starring Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Rosella Towne, Larry Williams, John Ridgely, Anthony Averill, Bernard Nedell, Frank M. Thomas, Joe Cunningham, Morgan Conway, John Harron, Herbert Rawlinson, Raymond Bailey, Richard Bond, Sidney Bracey, Eddy Chandler, Lane Chandler, Davison Clark, Hal Craig, Edgar Edwards, Jack A. Goodrich, Sol Gorss, John Hamilton, Stuart Holmes, Al Lloyd, Frank Mayo, Carlyle Moore Jr., Jack Mower, George Sorel, Don Turner, Pierre Watkin full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"Code of The Secret Service" [Warner Bros. May 1939] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft goes after a counterfeiting ring in Mexico full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia "Smashing The Money Ring" [Warner Bros. Oct 1939] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft infiltrates a counterfeiting ring using a prison print shop full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia "Murder In The Air" [Warner Bros. June 1940] Secret Service agent 'Brass' Bancroft goes after a spy ring attempting to steal plans for a death ray secret weapon full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Brass Bancroft of The Secret Service" Mysteries Collection
4 b&w films on 2 disks: Warner Bros. Archive Collection DVD set [12/2010] for $14.99
"Robot Pilot" aka "Emergency Landing" [P.R.C. March 1941] /tt0033576/
enemy agents plot to steal a 'robot' control device that will enable airplanes to fly without a pilot; directed by William Beaudine; starring Forrest Tucker, Carol Hughes
http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Pilot-Forrest-Tucker/dp/B000PUB5AY/
"Sky Raiders" 12-chapter serial [April 1941] /tt0034197/
http://www.amazon.com/Sky-Raiders-Chapter-Movie-Serial/dp/B0002W4SPO/
http://www.amazon.com/Raiders-Feature-Length-Version-Donald-Woods/dp/B01GUOPQU8/ = feature
U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit [1941-45]
"Flying Tigers" [1942]
Starring John Wayne;
full credits at IMDb
"Flight For Freedom" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Feb 1943]
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Working title 'Stand To Die'; rumored to be based on a screenplay offered to R.K.O. by George Putnam; story obviously patterned after the life of his wife aviator Amelia Earhart, with major non-historical changes; a female flyer planning a trip around the world is asked by the U.S. military to spy on Japanese military installations on islands in the South Pacific Directed by Lothar Mendes; written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, S.K. Lauren, Jane Murfin & Horace McCoy; starring Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Kingsford, Stanley Andrews, Martin Ashe, Richard Bartell, Hugh Beaumont, Jack Carr, Jack Carrington, Jack Cheatham, Gino Corrado, James Craven, Joe Cunningham, Eddie Dew, Don Dillaway, James Eagles, Bruce Edwards, Kathleen Ellis, Edward Fielding, Charles Flynn, William Forrest, Bud Geary, Pat Gleason, Mary Halsey, Ariel Heath, Chet Huntley, Isabel La Mal, Shirley Lew, Richard Loo, Charles Lung, John J. Marvin, Matt McHugh, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, Forbes Murray, Damian O'Flynn, John S. Peters, Gerald Pierce, Joey Ray, James Seay, George Sherwood, Edwin Stanley, Mary Treen, Theodore von Eltz, John Wald, Buddy Williams
Warner Archive Collection b&w DVD [4/2015] for $14.81 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
Rosalind Russell later reprised her role in a "Lux Hollywood Radio Theatre" broadcast on 20 September 1943, co-starring George Brent & Chester Morris
listen to full radio broadcast [2/2017 upload; 59:45] online at YouTube
"Dizzy Pilots" short [Columbia Sept 1943]
 | The three Wrong Brothers try to invent an airplane to sell to the Army so that they can avoid the draft. {Cobbled from footage of the 1940 short "Boobs In Arms"} Produced & directed by Jules White; starring 'The Three Stooges' (Moe & Larry & Curly) available on DVD as part of "G.I. Stooge" and other sets; full credits from IMDb |
"Adventures of The Flying Cadets" serial [Sept 1943] /tt0035613/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Flying-Cadets-13-Chapters/dp/B0009HLCNS/
"The Memphis Belle: A Story of A Flying Fortress"
[Paramount theatrical release April 1944]
 | Produced by F.M.P.U. of the U.S.A.A.F.; directed by William Wyler; cinematography by 1Lt. Harold J. Tannenbaum; listed by National Film Directory 2001
Platinum color DVD [11/2001] for $3.99 Timeless color VHS [3/2000] for $6.35 Tapeworm Video color VHS [12/99] for $9.69 + s/h Tapeworm Video color VHS [11/90] for $1.55 + s/h full credits at IMDb movie fansite |
 | 1990 remake [Warner Bros.] Directed by Michael Caton-Jones; script by Monte Merrick; starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Connick Jr., David Strathairn & John Lithgow Warner color DVD [5/98] for $9.88 Warner color VHS [5/95] out of prodn/many used Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] for $16.98 full credits at IMDb |
Memphis Belle B-17 Flying Fortress official website
restored Madras Maiden B-17 Flying Fortress based in Madras, Oregon
"The High & The Mighty" [Warner Bros. May 1954]
 | Filmed in California & Hawai'i in CinemaScope & WarnerColor; a commercial airliner on a trans-Pacific flight from Hawaii to California develops engine problems; said to be the template for later disaster movies Co-produced by Robert Fellows; co-produced by & starring John Wayne; directed by William A. Wellman; screenplay by Ernest K. Gann, based on his novel; music by Dimitri Tiomkin [1899-1979]; also starring Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Black-mer, Julie Bishop, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, John Howard, Wally Brown, William Campbell, Ann Doran, John Qualen, Paul Fix, George Chandler, Joy Kim, Michael Wellman, Douglas Fowley, Regis Toomey, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Robert Keys, William Hopper, William Schallert, Julie Mitchum, Doe Avedon, Karen Sharpe, John Smith, Scotty Beckett, James Conaty, Robert Easton, Dorothy Ford, Al Hill, William Hudson, John Indrisano, Douglas Kennedy, David Leonard, Al Murphy, John Close, William H. O'Brien, Walter Reed, Philip Van Zandt; won Oscar for Best Music Score, 5 other Oscar noms; Wellman nominated for DGA Award; 2-disk DVDs are restored & remastered, bonus material includes 8 short docufilms, trailers, photo gallery
Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2005] 2 disks for $9.96 Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2005] 2 disks for $18.99 Region 1 Blu-ray not available (2019) full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [11/2012 upload; 2:57] online at YouTube |
 | "The High & The Mighty" novel [1953] by Ernest K. Gann [1910-91] Author Gann flew as a commercial pilot for American Airlines, for the U.S. Army Air Transport Command during World War II, and for Matson Airlines in Hawai'i; the novel is based on personal experiences Bantam Books mass pb [6/68] out of print/used William Morrow & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [6/53] out of print/used William Sloane Assocs. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1953] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia author entry at Wikipedia |
"Strategic Air Command" [March 1955]
Directed by Anthony Mann; starring James Stewart & June Allyson full credits at IMDb
"The Night My Number Came Up" [March 1955]
 | Story compared to later 'Twilight Zone' TV show: airline pilot dreams of a plane crash, then circumstances change and he is on that tragic flight . . . Produced by Michael Balcon & Thomas N. Morahan for J. Arthur Rank; directed by Leslie Norman; screenplay by R.C. Sherriff, based on a story by Victor Goddard; music by Malcolm Arnold; starring Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott, Ursula Jeans, Ralph Truman, Michael Hordern, Nigel Stock, Bill Kerr, Alfie Bass, George Rose, Victor Maddern, David Orr, David Yates, Doreen Aris, Richard Davies, Charles Perry, Geoffrey Tyrrell, Hugh Moxey, Nicholas Stuart, John Fabian, Percy Herbert, Robert Bruce, Philip Vickers, Graham Ashley, Stratford Johns, Yah Ming, Alan Webb
Ealing Studios Collection Region 2 b&w DVD [2014] for $9.77 in PAL format only Ealing Studios Collection Region 2 b&w DVD [2014] for $26.00 in PAL format only Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Lafayette Escadrille" [1958]
Co-written & directed by William A. Wellman; starring Tab Hunter, David Janssen, Will Hutchins & Clint Eastwood
full credits at IMDb
movie entry at Wikipedia
"North By Northwest" [1959]
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant
North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition - DVD & Blu-ray
"The Flight of The Phoenix" [1965]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(1965_film)
"The Great Waldo Pepper" [Universal March 1975]
 | Too young to fly in World War I, Waldo barnstorms across America with veterans of combat, then gets a chance to prove his skills in aerial dogfights for the movies Co-produced, co-written & directed by George Roy Hill; co-written by William Goldman; cinematography by Robert Surtees; music by Henry Mancini; starring Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward Herrmann, Philip Bruns & Margot Kidder
Goodtimes Home Video color DVD [7/98] out of prodn/used Universal color VHS [4/92] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" blue poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" yellow poster (at left) from Amazon for $9.99 script with photographs, by William Goldman & George Roy Hill Dell mass pb [3/75] out of print/used |
"Airplane!" [1980 classic spoof] by the Zucker Brothers
"Airplane!: The Sequel" [1984 classic spoof] by the Zucker Brothers
"The Aviator" [1985] post-WW1 + book
1928: Edgar Anscombe (Christopher Reeve) flies a Stearman biplane on the often-dangerous mail route from Pasco, Washington to Elko, Nevada for a ragtag airmail line.
When he is forced to tail a spoiled, bratty, and rich Tillie Hanson (Rosanna Arquette) on a flight, he is not a happy flyer and they become immediate antagonists.
http://www.amazon.com/Aviator-Christopher-Reeve/dp/B00005V9HP/
"The Balgonie Birdman" 9-minute cartoon short [1991] /tt0131919/
"Death In The Clouds" TV movie [Jan 1992]
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While Poirot is on an airplane flight between Paris and England, a fellow passenger dies of what is at first assumed to be a wasp sting, but turns out to be a poison dart from a blowgun starring David Suchet
Acorn media color DVD [2/2000] for $22.99 episode credits at IMDb "Death In The Clouds" [1935 novel] by Agatha Christie DitC: Berkley mass pb [1/87] for $6.99 DitA: Warner Books pb [1977?] out of print/many used DitA: Bantam Doubleday Dell hardcover [1/86] out of print/used |
"The Tuskegee Airmen" [1995 TV]
full credits from IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Tuskegee-Airmen-Laurence-Fishburne/dp/B000053V7E/
"The Tuskegee Airmen" documentary [2002 TV]
full credits from IMDb
"The White Diamond" documentary feature [indep Nov 2004]
 | German director Werner Herzog filmed the eccentric airship engineer Dr. Graham Dorrington's quest to fly a miniature helium airship over the jungles of Guyana, twelve years after Herzog's friend nature filmmaker Dieter Plage fell to his death on a similar expedition.
Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [10/2005] for $14.99 full credits at IMDb |
"The Aviator"
feature film [Miramax 17 Dec 2004]
 | Produced & directed by Martin Scorsese; written by John Logan {'inspired by' the book "Howard Hughes: The Untold Story" by Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske, as well as "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life" by Charles Higham}; starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the young Howard Hughes; cast includes Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow, and John C. Reilly as Noah Dietrich; with Ian Holm, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin & Willem Dafoe; nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor [LD], Best Supporting Actor [Alda], Best Sound; won Oscars for Best Supporting Actress [CB], Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes; also won ACE/Eddy, 4 BAFTA Awards, SAG's Best Supporting Actress [CB], and others; nominated for DGA & WGA awards
Warner widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2007] for $9.99 Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2005] 2 disks for $6.99 Warner full-screen color DVD [5/2005] 2 disks for $11.99 Warner color VHS [5/2005] out of prodn/used Sony soundtrack CD [12/2004] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb watch official trailer [2/2013 upload; 3:03] online at YouTube studio's official website FK's unofficial fansite movie page screenplay by John Logan: Miramax 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $10.95 |
"Flightplan" [2005] /tt0408790/
starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan
"Flyboys" [2006]:
full credits at IMDb
Young Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille; directed by Tony Bill
"Red Tail Reborn" [2007]
featuring pilots and crew of the 332nd Fighter Group and those who tell their story
http://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Pilots-332nd-Fighter-Group/dp/B000O78THK/
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Tail-Reborn-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B0062NDNZS/
 | "Pylon Dusters" on DVD [2007] includes "1932 & 1938 National Air Races" an historic film about the Cleveland and Pacific International Air Races; "1947 Cleveland National Races"; and "1948 Cleveland National Races" total runtime 1 hour 40 minutes films not listed on IMDb DVD available from Historic Aviation website for $19.95 "1947 National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio" [Periscope Film 2019] - Bendix Race won by Paul Mantz watch color short film [5/2019 upload; 19:48] online at YouTube |
"Amelia" [Avalon/Fox Searchlight Oct 2009]
 | Aviator Amelia Earhart [1897-1937] followed her dream of flying, from being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic to her attempt to be the first woman to fly around the world. Her tragic disappearance over the South Pacific in July 1937 cemented the legend that she wanted to become Co-produced by Ronald Bass, Hilary Swank & others; directed by Mira Nair; written by Ronald Bass & Anna Hamilton Phelan, officially based on two books; starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Mia Wasikowska, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Virginia Madsen, Aaron Abrams, Mark Caven, Dylan Roberts & William Cuddy {as Gore Vidal}
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2010] 2 disks for $26.49 Fox widescreen color DVD [2/2010] for $17.49 full credits from IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia Gabriel Yared soundtrack CD from Varese Records [11/2009] for $10.88 |
 | "The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart" [1989] by Mary S. Lovell Kindle Edition from St. Martin's/Macmillan [2/2014] for $7.99 St. Martin's Griffin 9x6 pb [9/2009] for $12.23 St. Martin's Griffin 8¾x5¾ pb [2/91] out of print/many used St. Martins Press 8½x6 hardcover [10/89] out of print/200+ used |
 | "East To The Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart" [1997] by Susan Butler
Kindle Edition from Da Capo/Hachette [8/2009] for $9.99 Da Capo Press 8¾x6 movie tie-in pb [8/2009] for $10.85 Da Capo Press 8¾x6 pb [5/99] for $17.95 Da Capo Press 8¾x6½ hardcover [10/97] out of print/80+ used |
"Mission: Dawn Patrol" documentary [2010]
61-minute color film about three vintage German World War I aircraft crossing the United States
http://www.amazon.com/MISSION-DAWN-PATROL-Art-Annecharico/dp/B00442R0IK/
"Pearl" [DVD release Nov 2010]
 | The true story of Chickasaw Indian girl Eula Pearl Carter-Scott of Oklahoma who became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. in 1928. Directed by King Hollis; written by Thomas Bailey, Donna Carlton & Margaret Reynolds; starring Elijah DeJesus {as Pearl}, Andrew Sensenig, Angela Gair, Cameron Rostami, Paden Brown, Sean Cain, Isabel Archuleta, Tom Huston {as Wiley Post} & Robert S. Ball {as Will Rogers}; DVD includes feature film, commentaries & 3 featurettes
2-disk DVD available at Chickasaw Outpost for $15.00 + s/h full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Red Tails" [Lucasfilm/Fox Jan 2012]
 | The pilots and crew of the all-Negro 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps leave their training base at Tuskegee, Alabama proud to serve their country in the war against Hitler in Europe; but they chafe at their ground-attack assignments against trains and buildings, and their officers demand the chance to fight the Luftwaffe in the air. Directed by Anthony Hemingway; written by John Ridley & Aaron McGruder, based on a book by John B. Holway; starring Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds & Elijah Kelley
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Red Tails: An Oral History of The Tuskegee Airmen" [2012] by John B. Holway
Dover Publns 9¼x6 movie tie-in pb [1/2012] for $13.57 "Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force" [1997] by John B. Holway Yucca Tree Press 9x6 pb [3/2000] out of print/used Yucca Tree Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/97] out of print/used |
"Air Racers" in 3-D [Imax April 2012]
Announced 2/2012: Paul Walker will narrate the new Imax 3-D film about the fast-paced National
Championship Air Races, held in Nevadas Valley of Speed, near Reno.
"Flight" [2012]
Denzel Washington stars as airline pilot Whip Whitaker; also stars John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo; Denzel nominated
for Best Actor Oscar, Oscar nom for Best Original Screenplay http://www.paramount.com/flight/
"Planes" [Disney release 2013?]
Announced 3/2013: Dane Cook will lend his voice to Dusty, the lead character in a spin-off of its "Cars" film franchise; actor replaces Jon Cryer;
story has cropduster Dusty dreaming of competing as an air racer but crippled by an extreme fear of heights
latest info at IMDb
"Charlie Victor Romeo" docudrama [2013] /tt2489512/
derived entirely from 'black box' transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies.
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