Wings in the Dark Page #2

Synopsis: Aeronautical engineer Ken Gordon and his faithful mechanic Mac are devoted to developing technology that will enable pilots to safely fly blind during adverse weather conditions. An irresponsible newsman, Nick Williams, publishes a premature story about a planned long distance flight Gordon hopes will prove his theories. Because of Williams, he loses funding but is introduced to skilled aviatrix Shiela Mason. After Gordon is literally blinded in a workshop accident, Shiela undertakes dangerous stunt flying jobs in order to secretly support Gordon's continuing research. When she undertakes a dangerous Moscow to New York non-stop flight and is in jeopardy of crashing over a fog-bound Roosevelt Field, there is only one person capable of saving her.
Director(s): James Flood
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.5
APPROVED
Year:
1935
75 min
23 Views


Six hundred gallons.

How much oil?

Full up.

You"d better be right.

Right.

Need any help there?

No. A new bolt

and she"ll be singing.

How"s your

weather report?

Made to order, Mac.

All we"re waiting for now

is the permit.

Sure you"re ready?

You can leave

in two minutes.

Radio checked?

Right.

Instruments?

Right.

Plenty of coffee?

Right.

Eight hours two points

off East.

Mac, if that tail wind holds

off the banks, l"ll make Paris

under 20 hours.

Right.

Where the devil"s that permit?

Give me a dime, Mac.

Give me a dime!

Right.

You Scotchman.

Operator, get me Top Harmon

at Roosevelt Field

Government Office.

Boy, when I burn up half

that load of gas,

she"ll cruise over 200.

She"s a bonnie ship, my lad.

You should have seen

my first one.

Four cigar boxes

and a quart of glue.

Did she fly?

From the top of the shed

to the ground

in one straight hop.

Hello, Top?

Oh. Well, where is he?

Yes. Well, have him call

Ken Gordon the moment

he comes in, will you? Yes.

Never mind, he"s here.

Yes. Yes, thanks.

Oh, boy, am I glad to see you!

L"ve never waited for anything

so long in my whole life.

What"s the matter?

You"re not going, Ken.

What?

I didn"t get the permit.

They wouldn"t send it.

They wouldn"t send it?

Why not? L"m ready to go now.

I told them that,

Ken, but then...

But what?

What"s wrong?

L"m afraid they"re not

going to send it.

You mean not at all?

They sounded like

they meant it.

Look,

I don"t mean to appear

to be stupid, but I just

don"t follow you.

You seen this?

The department figured

that we couldn"t publicly

sanction a man

going out to commit suicide.

I see.

Sorry, Ken.

I don"t have to ask you

if you did this?

What do you think?

Well, there goes

the bubble, Mac.

Four years we"ve been working,

isn"t it?

MAC:
And a few months.

Sort of hits you financially,

too, doesn"t it?

Lt"s all rotten.

Just because somebody wants

to spill a lot of type,

l"m grounded by

an eight-column banner.

Hey, Mr. Gordon, carload

of guys with a dame moved

in on us outside.

Who are they?

I don"t know.

Some of them"s got cameras.

Oh, they have?

We tried to keep them out

but they piled in anyway.

Fix that tie, babe. Here.

There we are. Now, keep that

nose up. Sheila,

keep that nose up.

That"s it, that"s it.

Tilt your hat a little bit.

That"s the idea.

Show them you can look

as well as fly.

All right, boys.

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Smile,

Miss Mason.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Look at the plane, honey,

like you loved it.

Like you belong to it.

Fine. Great. That"s the girl.

GORDON:
Just a minute.

PHOTOGRAPHER:

What"s the idea?

Get those things

out of here.

What"s the matter?

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Jack Kirkland

Jack Kirkland (Born July 25, 1902 in St. Louis, Missouri, died February 22, 1969 in New York City) was an American playwright, producer, director and screenwriter.Kirkland's greatest success was the play Tobacco Road, adapted from the Erskine Caldwell novel. His other plays included Frankie and Johnny, Tortilla Flats, Suds in your Eye, Mr. Adam, Man with the Golden Arm, and Mandingo.Kirkland collaborated with Melville Baker on several screen projects including Zoo in Budapest (1933) starring Loretta Young and Gene Raymond, Now and Forever (1934) starring Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple, and The Gilded Lily (1935) starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland. Jack Kirkland was married several times and had several children, one of whom was the ballerina Gelsey Kirkland. more…

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