The Flying Marine (1929)
A story of brotherly love.
Released in both a silent and a sound version: Mitch Moran, a veteran WWI pilot and now a commercial pilot, takes his young irresponsible brother, Steve, under his guidance. Steve heeds little of what Mitch is selling but does find time to steal Mitch's sweetheart Sally.
- Date of release
- 1929-06-05
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Director
- Albert S. Rogell
Casting
- Ben Lyon — Steve Moran
- Shirley Mason — Sally
- Jason Robards Sr. — Mitch Moran
- Halie Sullivan
Interesting facts
The Flying Marine is a 1929 American sound part-talkie action film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ben Lyon, Shirley Mason and Jason Robards Sr. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system.
Production
Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo, in Aviation in the Cinema (1985) characterized The Flying Marine as a typical early "talkie" with a heavy reliance on dialogue, with as much as 70 percent of the film taken up by conversations.
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