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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Clara Bow | ... | Mary Preston | |
| Charles 'Buddy' Rogers | ... | Jack Powell (as Charles Rogers) | |
| Richard Arlen | ... | David Armstrong | |
| Jobyna Ralston | ... | Sylvia Lewis | |
| El Brendel | ... | Herman Schwimpf | |
| Richard Tucker | ... | Air Commander | |
| Gary Cooper | ... | Cadet White | |
| Gunboat Smith | ... | The Sergeant | |
| Henry B. Walthall | ... | David's Father | |
| Roscoe Karns | ... | Lt. Cameron | |
| Julia Swayne Gordon | ... | David's Mother | |
| Arlette Marchal | ... | Celeste | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Rod Rogers | ... | Aviator |
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Two young men from the same town but different social classes end up as fighter pilots in WW1. Jack Preston is a keen auto mechanic, building and modifying cars. David Armstrong comes from a wealthy family. They are both in love with the same woman, Sylvia. Her heart belongs to David but she doesn't let Jack know and plays along with his infatuation. Meanwhile, Jack's neighbour, Mary, is deeply in love with him but he just views her as a friend. WW1 interrupts the romantic entanglements as Jack and David enlist in the US Army Air Service (Air Service of the AEF at the time). They are initially bitter enemies, due to them both vying for Sylvia's affections. Over time, however, they become very good friends. They are both posted to the same fighter squadron in France, where being a fighter pilot means every day could easily be your last. Written by grantss
Plot Keywords:
world war one | friendship | military training | airplane shot down | unrequited love |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 January 1929 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$6,587,502Company Credits
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Runtime:
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (musical score and sound effects)| Silent | Dolby Digital (2012 restoration edition)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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(credited on 2012 restored score only)
Written by Leo Kempinski (as Leo A. Kempinski)
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A scene of an aerial raid on a German troop train was filmed but not used. It later turned up as part of The Legion of the Condemned (1928). See more »Goofs
The film is set during the years 1917-1918. However, most of the female civilian clothes and hairstyles are contemporary with the late 1920s, particularly the clothes worn by Clara Bow in the home sequences and in the Follies Bergere sequence. Bow's and almost all the other female characters have bobbed hair, common in 1927 but almost non-existent during World War One. See more »Alternate Versions
For opening "roadshow" engagements, some of the battle scenes were shown in color, and half the film was screened in Magnascope (a forerunner to modern widescreen processes). Roadshow presentations also included an overture, intermission, and entr'acte music, all of which were dropped for the general release. See more »Soundtracks
Incidental Symphonies #5(credited on 2012 restored score only)
Written by Leo Kempinski (as Leo A. Kempinski)
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David's expressions, when he is saying good-by to his family, are absolutely wrenching. The only one who overacts is Clara Bow, but she's supposed to be the bubbly, irrepressible girl-next-door, so I give her a pass.
(Was the yellow colorization added to flames then or recently? I found it distracting.)
The uniforms are perfectly detailed too, perhaps because the actual war was so recently in people's memories. Modern movie-makers have gotten very careless about uniform details, I think because they assume no one will notice.
Wonderful scene in the Folies Bergere -- note the female couple at one table in the opening clip -- nothing is new under the sun.
Beautifully digitalized restoration,astonishingly crisp. What a national treasure!