Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

Improbable tale of female aviators headed by Alice Faye...

Bkoganging had a really good point about this film...

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Don Ameche, Constance Bennett, Janet Gaynor, Simone Simon, and Loretta Young in Ladies in Love (1936)

Maureen O'Sullivan and Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray in Doctor X (1932)

Constance Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn in Law of the Tropics (1941)

Constance Bennett and Herbert Marshall in Outcast Lady (1934)

Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, and Robert Montgomery in The Easiest Way (1931)

Constance Bennett in Two Against the World (1932)

Constance Bennett in After Tonight (1933)

Constance Bennett, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Alice Faye, and Nancy Kelly in Tail Spin (1939)

Say, don't you know better than to smoke around gasoline?

Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, and Alice Faye in Tail Spin (1939)

Charles Farrell and Alice Faye in Tail Spin (1939)

Constance Bennett, Alice Faye, and Nancy Kelly in Tail Spin (1939)

Constance Bennett, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, and Alice Faye in Tail Spin (1939)

Joan Davis and Alice Faye in Tail Spin (1939)

Joan Davis, Alice Faye, and Nancy Kelly in Tail Spin (1939)

Constance Bennett and Alice Faye in Tail Spin (1939)

Alice Faye and Kane Richmond in Tail Spin (1939)

Alice Faye

Constance Bennett

Nancy Kelly

Frank Wead

Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs.

Roy Del Ruth

Tail Spin

In their review of &quot;Tail Spin&quot;, bkoganging described the film as if the writer, Spig Wead, had taken his inspiration from &quot;Stage Door&quot;. At first I thought this sounded silly...then I watched the film. I think they were dead on--as the movie looks like a Wead film (after all, he was a pilot and often wrote about planes--and himself raced planes) combined with this famous RKO film where women are rivals-- but this time for trophies instead of acting parts. As such, the film sticks with the usual clichés. In addition, a HUGE cliché (and it annoyed me) was the husband who was about to go for the speed record. The very second I saw this scene, I KNEW exactly what would happen....just like what happened to DeadMeat in &quot;Hot Shots&quot;! Both of these detract from the movie a bit as it makes it rather easy to predict.

So despite this, is the film any good? Well, it is entertaining and the film features some decent acting. But as I said, the clichés prevent it from being anything more than just a pleasant time- passer. Worth seeing but certainly NOT a must-see movie.

In their review of "Tail Spin", bkoganging described the film as if the writer, Spig Wead, had taken his inspiration from "Stage Door". At first I thought this sounded silly...then I watched the film. I think they were dead on--as the movie looks like a Wead film (after all, he was a pilot and often wrote about planes--and himself raced planes) combined with this famous RKO film where women are rivals-- but this time for trophies instead of acting parts. As such, the film sticks with the usual clichés. In addition, a HUGE cliché (and it annoyed me) was the husband who was about to go for the speed record. The very second I saw this scene, I KNEW exactly what would happen....just like what happened to DeadMeat in "Hot Shots"! Both of these detract from the movie a bit as it makes it rather easy to predict.

So despite this, is the film any good? Well, it is entertaining and the film features some decent acting. But as I said, the clichés prevent it from being anything more than just a pleasant time- passer. Worth seeing but certainly NOT a must-see movie.

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