Riding on Air (1937)
The world's dizziest aviator opens his throttle just to ventilate his tonsils as he hops from cloud to cloud for love and glory!
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
- Date of release
- 1937-06-18
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Edward Sedgwick
Casting
- Joe E. Brown — Elmer Lane
- Guy Kibbee — J. Rutherford 'Doc' Waddington
- Florence Rice — Betty Harrison
- Vinton Hayworth — Harvey Schumann
- Anthony Nace — Bill Hilton
- Harlan Briggs — Mr. Harrison
- Andrew Tombes — Eddie Byrd
- Clem Bevans — Sheriff
- Harry C. Bradley — Mayor
- Dennis O'Keefe — Radium Plane 23 Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Riding on Air is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, and Florence Rice. The film was produced by David L. Loew with distribution by RKO Radio Pictures who released it on June 18, 1937.
Production
Filming began on March 8 under the working title "All is Confusion." The film's working title also became the title for the British release of the film. During production, Edward Sedgwick had to leave for the hospital due to needing an appendectomy; the day's directing was completed by Joe E. Brown.
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