The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet (1929)

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.

Date of release
1929-01-19
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director
George W. Hill

Casting

Interesting facts

The Flying Fleet is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by George W. Hill and starring Ramon Novarro, Ralph Graves, and Anita Page. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Two United States Navy officers are rivals for the love of the same woman.

Production

The Flying Fleet was made with the cooperation of the United States Navy, with the note appearing in the opening credits: "Dedicated to the officers and men of NAVAL AVIATION whose splendid co-operation made this production possible." The film was the first major Hollywood production to use Naval Air Station North Island. USS Langley (CV-1) appears in several scenes.

The film was the first from Frank "Spig" Wead whose story was the basis for the screenplay. He went on to write the screenplays of a number of naval and aviation-related films including: Dirigible (1931), Hell Divers (1931), Air Mail (1932), Ceiling Zero (1936), China Clipper (1936), Test Pilot (1938), The Citadel (1938), Dive Bomber (1941), Destroyer (1943), They Were Expendable (1945) and The Beginning or the End (1947).

The teaming of up-and-coming Anita Page and heartthrob Ramon Novarro was considered good box office. Page later recalled that Novarro was "... something to dream about. I mean he was so good looking."

Anita Page could not swim. The water skiing and swimming scenes were performed by a local girl, 18 year old Patricia Ingle of Coronado, Ca.

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