The Flying Fool

The Flying Fool (1929)

Thrills galore as brother fights brother in an amazing air duel!

A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advantage of him. Unfortunately, he winds up falling in love with her himself.

Date of release
1929-07-10
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Romance, War
Director
Tay Garnett

Casting

Interesting facts

The Flying Fool is a 1929 American aviation-themed film produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange as both a silent film and sound film just as Hollywood was transitioning to filming with sound. Tay Garnett directed and William Boyd, Russell Gleason and Marie Prevost starred.

Production

According to her journal entry for 1929, aviatrix Pancho Barnes flew in The Flying Fool. Noted stunt pilot Frank Clarke along with his friends, Leon Nomis, Roy Wilson and Dick Rinaldi, also flew in the film.

The shooting locale was the Metropolitan Airport in Los Angeles where two Travel Air 4000 aircraft (one painted white with "The Flying Fool" on its fuselage) were flown.

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