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Ace of Aces
1933 v
WWI- R.Bellemy; American thought a coward redeems himself as pilot. Apparently shot around the Triunfo Canyon in California with 5 Waco 7's, Nieuport 28's, a Jenny, Lincoln LF-1 (Nieuport Replica), and a Fleet. 2 SE.5 mock-ups. Waco Camera plane. Written by WWI flier J. M. Saunders.
Aces High
1976 *
WWI- M.McDowell; RAF. Remake of "Journey's End", but set in the air. Anti-war slant on dissillusioned WWI pilots. Fokker D.VII replicas. E.III Endekker. Cameo by Ray Milland, (ex USAAF).
The Blue Max
1968 *v
WWI- George Peppard; modern WWI drama. Great biplane footage. Replica Pfaltz D.III, Moraine 230 (reserve plane). Albatross DII, 2 SE.5A replicas, Caudron 272 Fokker Dr.I replica, 3 Fokker D.VIII replicas Triplanes Tiger Moths ("Fokkers").
Body and Soul
1931
WWI- H. Bogart; Pilot/spy melodrama.
Captured
1933
WWI- Douglas Fairbanks; Pilot is shot down, is involved in love triangle. Keystone B-4A bombers ("Gotha's"). Fairbank's WWII Navy service included time on the carrier WASP.
Darling Lili
1970 *v
WWI- Rock Hudson (ex USN); Spoof of WWI spy/biplane movies. Shot with the Blue Max replicas, including Fokker Dr.1 Replica, Fokker D.VII Replicas, and an SE.5 replica in the background
Dawn Patrol
1938 *v
WWI- D. Niven; The classic WWI aviation epic. Remake of the 1930 Dawn Patrol, which was then retitled "Flight Command". Much if not most of the stunt footage was re-used. Neuiport 28's, Travelair 4000's ("Fokker"), Thomas-Morse S.4C, and Pfalz D.XII, all mainly on the ground.
Two staged crashes by Frank Clarke. Directed by Howard Hawks, written by J.M Saunders, both previously WWI pilots.
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935 v
USMC- Jimmy Cagney; Cocky stunt flier joins Marines. Filmed at NAS North Island with some real rare types. Stearman C-3B ("Vought 02U-1") Boeing F4B-4, Travelair 4000 crash, Ford RR-4 Trimotor, Loening OL-9, Curtiss RC-1 Kingbird, Vought 02U-1's of VJ-7M, Curtiss OC-1/2's.Vought 03U-6's of VO-8M. Boeing F4B-3 of VB-4M.
Also shot on the carrier SARATOGA, and with the USS MACON dirigible. Mock-ups.
Eagle and the Hawk
1933
WWI- C. Grant; 2 WWI fliers dislike each other, one has a breakdown. DH-9, Curtiss P-1 Hawk ("Fokker") "Wings", "Lilac Time", "Dawn Patrol" footage. Static Nieuport 28's. Written by J.M. Saunders, ex WWI pilot
Flight Commander (This was originally "Dawn Patrol". It was retitled after the the second version came out in 1938)
1930 v
WWI- Douglas Fairbanks; WWI epic. Nieuport 28's., Travel Airs ("Nieuports"), Fokker D.VII's, 2 Pfalz D.XII's, Standard J-1. Directed by Howard Hawks (WWI pilot).
Flight Into Darkness (French "L'Equipage", The Woman I Love" 1
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WWI Epic.
Hell's Angels
1930 v
WWI- B.Lyon; Howard Hughes made this epic about 2 Americans who join the RFC. Made with up to 87 biplanes and 80 pilots (including Roscoe Turner), although some reports say no more than about 40 aircraft at one time.
Types included 5 Thomas-Morse Scouts S4.C (as "Camels"), 3+ SE.5, Sikorsky S-29 ("Gotha"), this crashed killing a stuntman) 8 Fokker D.VII, 2 Jennies ("Avro 504") Snipes?, Camels? DH.4. Many Travelair 2000/4000's ("Fokker") Many crashes both planned and accidental, 3 of them were fatal. DH.4, Travelair camera plane. Models.
Filmed at several 1920's Los Angeles Fields- Caddo (Van Nuys), Inglewood, Chatsworth, Riverside, Encino, Santa Cruz, Glendale and Oakland in the San Francisco area.
Hell Divers
1931
USN- Clarke Gable; Shot on SARATOGA in the Carribbean. Stars Boeing F4B-2's of VF-6B North Island, 18 Curtiss F8C-4 Helldivers VF-1B Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Martin T4M-1, and Great Lakes TG-1's of VT-2B. Dirigible USS LOS ANGELES. Models.
Written by Spig Wead. Shots showing the then-secret carrier arrestor gear were removed from the movie by the USN.
Liliac Time (UK "Lone Never Dies")
1928
WWI- G. Cooper; Love triangle in RFC. 15 aircraft - 7 Waco 10's, shot in California mainly around Culver City. Several staged crashes for cameras, one stunt pilot was killed.
"Pour le Merite"
1938
German- propaganda piece, biography of Baron Von Richthofen.
Sky Devils
1932
WWI- Spencer Tracy; Comedy made by Howard Hughes, some outakes from "Wings". Thomas-Morse S4.C Scouts, 3 Nieuports, Stearman C-3 camera plane. Filmed at March Field and Metropolitan Airport.
The Sky Raider
1931
WWI- Biography of Charles Nungesser using Thomas-Morse S4.C's as German types, Nungesser's own Hanriot HD-1.
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 v
WWI- Fred Astaire; Famous Dance champion/WWI becomes a Kelly Field flight instructor and is killed in a crash. Made with SE.5's, Jennies. Shot in the North San Fernando Valley of California.
Suzy
1936 v
WWI- Cary Grant; usual love triangle. Filmed in Triunfo Canyon, California with SE.5, 6 Thomas-Morse S.4C Scouts, Neiuport 28's, Fokker D.VII, Earl Populaire.
Von Richthofen and Brown (UK "The Red Baron")
1971 *
WWI- John Philp Law; Shot with the Blue Max replicas, including a D.VII, and a original (?) Fokker Dr.1.
Wings
1927 v
WWI- Richard Arlen (ex RFC, future USAAF); American WWI buddies go to France. One of the greatest aviation epics.
Used over 300 pilots, mostly US Army. Many (220+) USAAC planes, with at least one of their pilots being killed. Shot at Kelly and Brooks Fields, and Camp Stanley, Texas in 1926.
Types used include Spad VII (2 w/o in staged crashes), Fokker D.VII (2 w/o in staged crashes) 2 MB-3's were also deliberately crashed.
Units included the DH.4's of 90 BS. SE.5's, Thomas Morse MB.3 Scouts of 43 PS, DH.4 and MB.2's of 11 BS, Curtiss P-1 Hawk of 17 PS, 27 PS, 94 PS, 95 PS, of the 1 PG, and Vought VE-7's from Langley.
Thomas-Morse MB.3 and DH.4 camera planes from Crissy Field, Curtiss NBS-1 camera plane. USAAC balloons.
Written by F.J Saunders (ex-WWI pilot), directed by William Wellman (ex SPAD pilot) Actor Buddy Rogers became a USN test pilot in WWII.
Wings of the Eagle (UK "Wings of the Eagles")
1957 *v
USN- John Wayne; Biography of Ex-Navy pilot and scriptwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead. He was a Navy patrol pilot at the end of WWI who leader of the US Navy Schneider trophy team in 1922 (Curtiss CR-3) and 1923 (Wright F2W-2).
He was later seriously injured in a fall and retired to movie script writing of aviation epics. He returned to the Navy during WWII as the pioneer of 'jeep' carriers.
1 Grumman F6F Hellcat, Standard J-1. Filmed at NAS Pensacola. Corsairs in Background. Paul Mantz flew the stunts.
The Women I Love
1938
WWI- P. Muni; 2 Mantz Stearman C-3's. Another Great War epic, made in several versions.
Footage from the French version, made in 1935 as "L'Equipeage"(US "Flight into Darkness"). Apparently not a lot of air action in this.
Zeppelin
1971 *
WWI- Micheal York;
There was a fatal mid-air during filming of this one.
