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The Flying Fleet
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 11 reels / 9044 feet
Directed by George Hill

Cast: Ramon Novarro [Tommy], Ralph Graves [Steve], Anita Page [Anita], Edward Nugent [Dizzy], Carroll Nye [Tex], Sumner Getchell [Kewpie], Gardner James [Specs], Alfred Allen [the admiral], The Three Sea Hawks

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Screenplay by Richard Schayer, from a screen story by Lieutenant Commander Frank Wead. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Song “You’re the Only One For Me” by William Axt and David Mendoza (music), and Raymond Klages (lyrics). Cinematography by Ira Morgan. Aerial cinematography by Charles A. Marshall. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 16 January 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP37]. Released 19 January 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was produced with the sanction of the United States Navy. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation in 1929. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: Action.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film - Transportation: Airplanes

Listing updated: 18 January 2010.

References: Sweeney-Coming p. 137 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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