Lost in the Stratosphere

1934
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1h 4min

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William Cagney and Edward J. Nugent in Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaTwo military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.

Regia
- Melville W. Brown
Sceneggiatura
- Tristram Tupper
- Albert DeMond
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Regia
- Melville W. Brown
Sceneggiatura
- Tristram Tupper
- Albert DeMond
Star

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William Cagney

Lt. Tom 'Soapy' Cooper

Edward J. Nugent

Lt. Richard 'Woody' Wood
(as Eddie Nugent)

June Collyer

Evelyn Worthington

Edmund Breese

Colonel Brooks

Lona Andre

Sophie

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Colonel Worthington
(as Frank McGlynn)

Pauline Garon

Hilda Garon

Matt McHugh

Matthew O'Toole

Russ Clark

Army Sergeant Enfield

John Mack

Army Sergeant Baker
(as Jack Mack)

June Gittelson

Gretchen
(as June Gittleson)

Hattie McDaniel

Ida Johnson
(as Hattie McDaniels)

Henry Roquemore

Train Conductor
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Joan Woodbury

Catherine O'Toole
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Frank Yaconelli

Accordion Player
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Regia
- Melville W. Brown
Sceneggiatura
- Tristram Tupper
- Albert DeMond
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The high altitude balloon flight seen in this film was real, and footage from the actual preparation and flight is used here. The National Geographic Society and the US Army collaborated on the mission. There were two flights, Explorer 1 and Explorer 2, launched in 1934 and 1935 respectively. Explorer 1 almost lead to disaster when the balloon burst and the hydrogen gas caught fire. The three men in the capsule were able to escape via parachute, the third man escaping just barely in time, at a mere 500 feet above the ground. The second flight used helium and was more rigorously checked for safety. Explorer 2 successfully reached a height of 72,395 feet, a record that stood for twenty years. The two-man crew were the first humans to see the curvature of the Earth, and gathered a large amount of scientific data on the stratosphere. The balloon landed safely without the dramatic elements seen in this film.

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Immediately after Soapy and Woody fly through hours of heavy downpour, described as the "worst storm in years", Soapy drives into town in his convertible and leaves it with the top down. The weather is fine.

Citazioni
Lt. Tom 'Soapy' Cooper: Good evening, my little songbird.
Gretchen: Could I sing something just for you?
Lt. Tom 'Soapy' Cooper: Could you sing Far, Far Away?
Gretchen: I'm afraid I don't know it, but I can sing Down By the Old Mill Stream.
Lt. Tom 'Soapy' Cooper: No, that's not far enough.

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5/10

For the love of a thot

This is one of those "woman comes between two pilots" pictures. There were about fifty of them it seems in the 1930s alone. James Cagney's little brother plays one of the pilots. It's a part very similar to those Jimmy was playing around this time, albeit with less charisma and energy. The hilarious part about this love triangle is the woman was cheating on one guy with the other, yet the film still builds the entire plot around which guy gets her like she's a prize. A bit like winning a dollar in the lottery if you ask me.

The characters here are not particularly likable or fun, despite acting like they think they are. You would be forgiven for thinking the military was one big college fraternity with how immature these guys act. Just a bunch of horny doofuses whose superiors seem tickled by it all. I usually enjoy aviation-related movies from the first half of the twentieth century. Those are my favorite parts of this movie. That and the rain. I assume the rain in this is legit. If not they deserved a special Oscar for creating realistic rain effects.