The Fighting American
Bill Pendleton, a happy-go-lucky college student adept at both flying and football, accepts a wager from his fraternity pals that he will propose to any girl in the college they choose. Mary O'Mallory is chosen and, unaware of the...
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"The disclaimer at the start of this movie states that it is "guaranteed not to make you think". The makers did not want you to take it seriously but instead to consider it a "masterpiece of nonsense", purely for the entertainment of the viewer. The story passes through college fracases and progress to China and some battling factions of war. It really is crazy to put the prospective romance of the two key characters in such a variety of muddled circumstances. By far the most impressive scene comes when two early biplanes undergo an unorthodox dogfight with the China skirm..."
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A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning a proprietary theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system for marketing its feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases), and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewels were often promoted as special engagements in hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices. Universal ended its branding system in late 1929.
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Bill Pendleton, a happy-go-lucky college student adept at both flying and football, accepts a wager from his fraternity pals that he will propose to any girl in the college they choose. Mary O'Mallory is chosen and, unaware of the...