飞艇 (1931)
Dirigible
空中巨制史诗！
飞艇指挥官杰克·布雷登和海军飞行员“弗里斯基”·皮尔斯争夺南极探险成功的荣耀，以及弗里斯基妻子美丽的海伦的爱。布雷登的飞艇探险失败后，弗里斯基尝试乘飞机探险。不幸的是，他的飞机坠毁，一行人被困在南极。布雷登必须在冒险的飞艇救援行动和安全地留在家乡陪伴海伦之间做出选择。
演员阵容
- Jack Holt — Jack Bradon
- 拉尔夫·格雷夫斯 — 'Frisky' Pierce
- Fay Wray — Helen Pierce
- Hobart Bosworth — Louis Rondelle
- 罗斯科·卡恩斯 — Sock McGuire
- Harold Goodwin — Hansen
- Clarence Muse — Clarence
- Emmett Corrigan — Rear Adm. John S. Martin
- 贝丝·弗劳尔斯 — Party Guest (uncredited)
- George 'Gabby' Hayes — Parade Official (uncredited)
- 理查德·亚历山大 — Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Edward Hearn — Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
趣闻
Dirigible is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air.
Production
Capra and Columbia considered Dirigible as a step forward into the big time, with a $650,000 budget, the highest amount the studio had ever invested. Shot at Lakehurst, New Jersey, at the hangar that would house the U.S. Navy and later the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg. The Navy gave "its full resources at Lakehurst" including the pride of the fleet, the USS Los Angeles to lend an air of authenticity to the production.
As production began, the old Ross Airfield in Arcadia, California, which was turned into a movie lot during a heatwave in 1930, was converted into the Antarctic film set, complete with "artificial snow, fake ice mounds and painted backdrop attached to the back side of the dilapidated Army barracks." With principal photography slated for September, dry ice in metal containers stuffed in actor's mouths sufficed for the usual Arctic breath.
This film is historically important to aviation buffs. A mid-air docking and recovery of a fighter aircraft with a dirigible is shown. The crash of an airship during a storm is accurately depicted. The aircraft carrier USS Lexington, with her 8-inch guns, can be spotted in the background during the takeoff of an aircraft.
The aerial cinematography was coordinated by Elmer Dyer.
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