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20 October 1933 (USA)
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A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change. full summary | add synopsis
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A Richard Dix Ace
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(Complete credited cast)| Richard Dix | ... | 2nd Lt. Rex 'Rocky' Thorne | |
| Elizabeth Allan | ... | Nancy Adams | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Capt. / Maj. Blake | |
| Theodore Newton | ... | Lt. Foster 'Froggy' Kelley | |
| Nella Walker | ... | Mrs. Adams | |
| Anderson Lawler | ... | 2nd Lt. Tim 'Tombstone' Terry, aka 'Dracula' (as Anderson Lawlor) | |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Maj. / Lt. Col. Wentworth | |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | Capt. Daly (as Joe Sauers) | |
| Arthur Jarrett | ... | 2nd Lt. James 'Jenny' Lind | |
| Claude Gillingwater Jr. | ... | 1st Lt. Tommy Gray | |
| Clarence Stroud | ... | 2nd Lt. Billy Winstead | |
| Claude Stroud | ... | 2nd Lt. Carroll Winstead | |
| Frank Clarke | ... | German cadet | |
| Helmut Gorin | ... | German cadet |
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Bird of Prey (USA) (working title)
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76 min
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #1494, 11 September 1935 for re-release)
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Anachronisms: Even though the film takes place in 1917-1918, all of Elizabeth Allan's clothing and hairstyles are strictly early 1930s, the year the film was produced.
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Nancy Adams:
Rocky, you're making me ashamed of you. Nobody believes you're sincere and honest about what you say.
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Edited from Hell's Angels (1930)
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The Stars and Stripes Forever
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I never liked Richard Dix very much. He's just awful in the wonderful film, Cimarron, which earned him an Oscar nomination. Any other film I've seen in him seems to show him off as a hammy, middle-aged actor just going through the paces. But Ace of Aces was a slight surprise. This WW I story about a pacifist artist who joins up and become a bloodthirsty killer under the guise of being a flying "ace" seems like the kind of role he needed. In a way it's similar to the role of Yancy in Cimarron, but minus the "Wahoos" he lets out sporadically in that film. Plus in Cimarron Dix pales in comparison to the great performance turned in by Irene Dunne. In Ace of Aces, Dix is the star. No one else registers very strongly. Elizabeth Allan is the girl friend, Ralph Bellamy the commanding officer, Theodore Newton the best friend, Nella Walker the socialite, and the Stroud twins (Claude and Clarence) play fellow flyers. Not a great film by any means, but a solid story certainly helps. The aerial dogfights are good but not as good as in Hell's Angels. Check it out.