
Wings in the Dark
- APPROVED
- Year:
- 1935
- 75 min
- 9 Views
It looked swell, Sheila.
Thanks. It was a perfect
day for it.
Yeah, but holy smokes,
what a way to dot an "I."
Well, it got dotted,
didn"t it?
L"ll say it did.
Take Bonzo in
and give her a drink.
L"ll be using her tomorrow.
All right.
Hi, boys.
Hi.
Hi, Sheila.
Did you make it?
And how.
Hello, Top.
Hello, Sheila.
Cup of coffee
and chocolate parfait.
What was it this time, Sheila,
a parachute jump into
Sheepshead Bay for dear old
Nope, just a simple little
spelling lesson
for the morons.
Not skywriting?
Miraculous.
Oh, dear, oh, dear, l"d love
to be a flyer, wouldn"t you?
Way up there in the air.
It must give one a sense
of freedom, like, like...
Like a bird?
Yeah, a bird.
That"s it. Just like a bird.
All right, you monkeys,
kid if you like,
but $50 is $50.
Did they pay you $50
for doing that?
Sure. Me they did.
Go out and get yourself
a reputation.
What do you mean, reputation?
I only got 7,000 hours
in the air.
And 10,000 hours
in the seat of your pants
on that chair.
MAN:
I guess that grounds you,my friend.
What"d you use, Sheila,
that crate of yours?
Sure, why not?
Better watch it.
L"ll have to ground you.
What do you mean, Top?
Bonzo"s still good
for 200 hours.
It"s not me,
it"s the government.
I only work for them.
NICK:
Quit worrying, Top.The kid"s got luck.
Sure, just like me.
MAN:
I remember one time I wasflying an old girl who had a
son in Omaha with a toothache.
Hi, boys. Hi, Sheila. Hi, Top.
How"d you make out?
Well, l"m here.
Good. Here"s your money,
minus my fin.
Now about tomorrow,
I got something swell.
How swell?
Well, 25 bucks.
But you don"t have to do
practically nothing.
And just what is nothing?
You don"t think l"d ask you
to do anything dangerous,
do you? L"m your manager.
I got everything
to lose.
Go on.
Now, look, there"s a little
joint out in New Jersey, see?
And they got a bridge.
And they want somebody
to fly under it?
Yes.
What"d they build
a bridge for, anyway?
Civic pride.
Now look, you can do it
with your eyes closed.
It"s about 20 feet high
and 40 feet wide and a nice
little river underneath.
That"s in case
I miss.
You can"t miss.
After that, all you gotta do
is a parachute jump.
Oh, that"s all?
Sure.
Is that before the bridge
or after the bridge
or under the bridge?
Now, Sheila, it"s a cinch.
Okay. What time does
this cinch take place?
4:
00. The sun"s rightat your back.
You think of everything,
don"t you?
Why don"t you hire this guy
to shoot you, Sheila?
Save a lot of trouble.
Now quiet, Top, quiet!
NICK:
Hey, Top, ain"t thatKen Gordon?
Where?
Over the south runway.
Don"t you see him?
That"s Ken, all right,
flying that blind
goose of his.
We"ve just passed
over the field.
Right.
L"m going to turn and go down.
Now, take it easy, Chief!
What"s he doing here?
Flying blind in a hop
from his own field.
Flying blind, now?
Yes, l"ve been expecting him.
I think l"ll take a peek
at that jalopy.
Me, too.
Here we go.
GORDON:
L"m leveling off.Well, I hope Top saw
that landing. It"ll save
an awful lot of conversation.
Right.
What a flyer.
Did you ever meet him, Sheila?
Once, but he wouldn"t
remember me.
Hey, what"s he got
that we haven"t?
He"s a flyer, son.
Well, we fly, too, you know.
I know, but when you go out
and pick a couple of people
off ice floes
and fly serum through
a blizzard to a lot
of sick Eskimos,
then l"ll buy your violets.
See that landing?
Anything wrong
with it?
Nope.
Was it blind?
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