Academy Awards, USA 1939
| Nominee Oscar | Best Picture |
| Best Writing, Original Story Frank Wead | |
| Best Film Editing Tom Held |
MGM
Directed by Victor Fleming
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Test pilot Clark Gable crash lands on a Kansas farm. He is found by farm girl Myrna Loy and the two decide to paint the town in nearby Wichita. His best friend and mechanic Spencer Tracy soon arrives and breaks up the happy romance. Myrna decides to get married to her long time sweetheart to get back at Clark. Her ploy works and he soon returns to whisk her away. They show up in California as husband, where he resumes his job as a test pilot, much to the dissatisfaction and worry of Myrna. After a flight results in a crash and unexpected death, he quits and begins teaching other pilots. Standard melodramatic plot spiced up a bit by the aerial angle, but the frequent use of models and back projection spoils much of it.
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