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Trapped in the Air
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4750 feet
Directed by Henry McCarthy and Leo Meehan

Cast: Lester Cuneo

Doubleday Production Company production; distributed by Western Pictures Exploitation Company. / [?] Presented by Irving M. Lesser? / Released July 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Action.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, October 1922, 3:72] Aerial melodrama, dealing with operations of air bandits who prey on U.S. Air Mail Service. Hero, mail flier, is shot down by bandits, but heroine rescues him. Heroine is kidnapped by bandits. Hero sends call for help on bandit’s radio. Heroine has hidden mailpouch with $100,000, and bandits threaten her. Hero learns of her capture, and sets out to rescue her. He is outnumbered, but at the crucial moment girl’s father arrives with rescuing posse. Hero gives up flying to marry.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 193 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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