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  Ralph Graves (left) and Jack Holt.
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Flight
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 116 minutes
Directed by Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra)

Cast: Jack Holt [Sergeant ‘Panama’ Williams], Lila Lee [Elinor Murray], Ralph Graves [Corporal ‘Lefty’ Phelps], Harold Goodwin [Corporal Steve Roberts], Alan Roscoe [Major James D. Rowell], Jimmy de la Cruze [General Lobo, the bandit]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation [A Frank R. Capra Production]. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Screenplay by Howard J. Green, with dialogue by Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra), from a screen story by Ralph Graves. Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Assistant director, Charles C. Coleman. Stunt pilots, Jerry Jerome and Bill Williams. Photography (cinematography) by Joseph Walker and Joe Novak. Aerial photography (cinematography) by Elmer Dyer. Technical sound engineer, John P. Livadary. Sound mixing engineer, Harry Blanchard. Film editors, Gene Milford and Ben Pivar + [Maurice Wright]. Presented by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Released 13 September 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Love triangles - Medical: Nurses - Nicaragua: Managua - Synchronized sound film - Transportation: Airplanes: Pilots - USA: Florida: Pennsacola

Listing updated: 16 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Maltin-Classic p. 221; McBride-Capra p. 724; Poague-Capra pp. 69, 89, 91-93, 94, 114, 237.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc.

 
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