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The Last Flight (1931) and The Lost Generation
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 20, 2022
The Last Flight could conceivably be tacked onto the end of The Dawn Patrol. Although there is only one full scene of aerial combat, it informs everything that’s to follow because this shared experience colors the lives of the men who pushed through it. Some of them have been pushed through i read more
From the Archives: Flight from Ashiya ( 1964 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 27, 2020
Yul Brynner was such a good actor and he made a number of great films. He gave an especially good performance in this picture - Flight from Ashiya ( 1964 ) - as the pilot of a U.S Air Force Rescue Service helicopter who, in the midst of a storm, must rescue survivors from a shipwreck. I read t read more
book: The Flight Attendant (2018) by Chris Bohjalian
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Dec 27, 2019
Cassie Bowden, fast approaching forty, is an alcoholic long-haul flight attendant with a bad habit of having one-night stands at the stopover points with male passengers. One morning she wakes in Dubai with a splitting hangover to discover that the man in bed beside her is dead, his throat slit whi read more
King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 8: Suicide Flight
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 14, 2017
Maybe I missed Tristram Coffin revealing his Rocket Man identity to Mae Clarke and House Peters Jr. Or maybe they just don’t question only Rocket Man ever coming to their rescue after Coffin has put them in danger. This chapter is a mild improvement over the previous one, though the cliffhang read more
Tomorrow, take (Angels) Flight
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 30, 2017
Tomorrow, Aug. 31, I'll be able to do something Carole Lombard probably did when she still was Jane Alice Peters, child emigre from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Los Angeles -- and there's a good chance she did it before she ever stepped in front of a morion picture camera.What am I talking about? This:Yes, read more
Book Review: FIREBALL--CAROLE LOMBARD AND THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 3
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jan 28, 2017
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Carole Lombard. The actress and 21 other people (including her mother) died when the TWA DC-3 airliner they were traveling on slammed into Mt. Potosi, a peak located some thirty miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Author Robert Matzen examines read more
Flight of the Red Balloon
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 3, 2016
Flight of the Red
Balloon aka Le voyage du ballon rouge (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2007)
A
little boy and his baby-sitter inhabit the same imaginary world: through their
adventures they are followed by a strange red balloon.
Taiwan
director Hou Hsiao-hsien was asked
to pay homage to Albert Lamori read more
The Art of Flight
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 1, 2015
Note: this review is part of the Winter Sports blogathon hosted by the author of these lines Michaël Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque The Art of Flight (Curt Morgan, 2011) The most anticipated snowboard movie of the year 2011, The Art of Flight meets the high expectations tha read more
Pic of the Day: “Flight to Hong Kong” revisited
The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on Jun 4, 2015
Our pic today revisits the foreign intrigue potboiler Flight to Hong Kong (1956), directed by Joseph M. Newman. Diamond smuggler Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) enlists the aid of shady thug Lagarto at a dive bar in Macao. Here is yet another of Timothy’s early films that deserves a proper commerc read more
Strictly on the Level, Like a Flight of Stairs
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Apr 1, 2015
Whaddya been doing, a little racketeering? Red-Headed Woman (1932) Any fan of early talkies knows that occasionally you're going to have to adjust your modern-day (post-1933) movie-watching metronome a bit to accommodate the some read more
The Elliott Nugent Film Festival: "Wise Girls" and "The Last Flight"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Dec 31, 2014
Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Elliott Nugent (1896-1980) was certainly one of them.
Actually, if Nugent's known at all today, it's probably more for his abilities as a director and writer than as an actor. He collaborated with longtime friend James Thurber (they were read more
The Elliott Nugent Film Festival: "Wise Girls" and "The Last Flight"
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Dec 31, 2014
Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Elliott Nugent (1896-1980) was certainly one of them.
Actually, if Nugent's known at all today, it's probably more for his abilities as a director and writer than as an actor. He collaborated with longtime friend James Thurber (they were read more
Pic of the Day: “Flight to Hong Kong” revisited
The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on Oct 23, 2014
Our pic today takes a long-overdue look at Flight to Hong Kong (1956), the low-budget international diamond-smuggling caper directed by Joseph M. Newman. It looks like something inappropriate is going on here, but it’s just Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) trying to get thug Lagarto out of the way s read more
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965)
Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on Apr 16, 2014
Robert Aldrich's FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965) is a story of struggle, team work and survival. With a splendid cast, the diverse array of characters adds to this solid story. Based on the 1964 novel of the same title, written by Elleston Trevor, this film was not exactly a big hit at the box of read more
Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Jan 20, 2014
Due to the book’s recent publication I’m reposting my original review I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now. Why? Because Fireball is a gri read more
Book Review--Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 15, 2014
Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3
Robert Matzen
GoodKnight Books, 2013
In order to properly tell the story of the 1942 death of 22 passengers in TWA flight 3, a crash that has endured in memory because one of them was the glamorous film star Carole Lombard, author Robert Matzen s read more
Flight (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Dec 11, 2013
In Flight, Denzel Washington plays Whip, a pilot leading a life of addiction. His routine seems to be booze and loose women at night, followed by cocaine like a rejuvenating chaser before he begins flying all day. Somehow this works for him, and probably has for years, until a mechanical failure read more
Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Oct 14, 2013
I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now. Why? Because Fireball is a gripping, harrowing, and ultimately upsetting biography about Lombard and the tragic read more
Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 (1)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Oct 13, 2013
I’ll republish this review during the holidays when a special 250 copies are released, and again in January when the book is officially available, yet I’m writing on it now. Why? Because Fireball is a gripping, harrowing, and ultimately upsetting biography about Lombard and the tragic read more
The Last Flight (1960, William F. Claxton)
The Stop Button Posted by on Jul 25, 2013
The Last Flight has some fantastic sound design. Especially at the beginning when Kenneth Haigh’s plane lands. He’s a World War I flier who journeys through time to the late fifties, landing on an American airbase. The sound for the base and the planes is just phenomenal. And the episod read more