There were also a few problems with some of the characters in the film. Ralph Bellamy plays the boss who loses his wife. During the 1930s, Bellamy was about the most typecast man in Hollywood (other than perhaps Johnny Weismuller). His signature, so to speak, was losing the girl in dozens of films! Because of that, as soon as I saw that he was married, I knew she would ultimately leave him--creating little, if any, suspense. Also, Cliff Edwards' character just made no sense and was a real detriment to the film. I think he was intended as "comic relief" but his character wasn't funny--just a very hard-core alcoholic. If watching people hurt themselves and being drunk during 90% of the film is supposed to be funny, then you know this can't be a very good film.
This was a B-picture and so it was never intended to be much of a film--having been given second-tier actors, a rather lame script and only 62 minutes to tell the story. A few B-films actually manage to rise above their humble origins to become great films, while most are in the poor to mediocre range--and this is one very mediocre film. The biggest problem is that the film all seems to contrived as well as derivative. In the early to mid-1930s, there were quite a few airplane/barnstormer films and the problem for me is that this all looks terribly familiar. In fact, the same year this film was made, Richard Barthelmess made a movie with a lot of similar plot points (both films were about brothers who were barnstormers as well as rivals). If it had all somehow played out less melodramatically and had something different to offer, then I might suggest you see it. As is, it's at best a time-passer. This is a competent, tidy, short action film and romance from the time when pilots were daredevils. Law student Eric Linden, "Bud," wants to join his older brother Bruce Cabot, "Ace," as a barnstorming stunt pilot with Speed Hardy's Flying Circus. Cabot thinks it is too dangerous a job for his brother, especially with a second-rate group like Speed's. (The group's symbol, which they wear on their jackets, symbolizes their luck; it's a black cat.) The other two pilots with Cabot are Speed Hardy (Ralph Bellamy), the boss, and Cliff Edwards, "Screwy," who is perpetually drunk. But the most dangerous thing that Bud does is not his parachute jumps, or even his two-person parachute jumps; it is falling in love with Arline Judge, Speed's wife, because Speed is seriously jealous.
The plot, dialogue, and acting are just serviceable, but there are plenty of thrills from the ample footage of biplanes flying in formation, twirling and corkscrewing, crash landing, and just crashing.
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