The Flying Fleet (1929)
Directed by George W. Hill
Plot Summary: Six young midshipmen about to graduate from Annapolis dream about the glory of joining the FLYING FLEET.
Good Silent Action In Navy Flight Film
Six young midshipmen about to graduate from Annapolis dream about the glory of joining the FLYING FLEET, unaware of the heartache & happiness the future has in store for them...
While almost a commercial for the US Navy's aviation wing, this late MGM silent film is still very enjoyable. The flying scenes are well produced and exciting and the slight plot of friendships, rivalries, a pretty girl & a tragic flight to Honolulu grab the viewer's attention.
Ramon Novarro does a sturdy job as the foremost amongst the six comrades. Ralph Graves scores as Novarro's best buddy. Anita Page is lovely in a role that calls for her to do very little else except look lovely. (Decades later she claimed Novarro proposed marriage to her!)
Unbilled, Alfred Allen does a fine turn as a blustery, comic
Admiral; and Gardner James is excellent as Specs the navigator, who's heroism
& self-sacrifice effortlessly steals the climax of the film.
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