"BERT LAHR The Funniest, Most Imitated Man on Stage or Screen Charlotte Greenwood The Longest Laugh in Pictures." 14 November 1931 Comedy, Music, Romance 80 mins
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
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Bert Lahr as Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
Charlotte Greenwood as Pansy Potts
Pat O’Brien as Sport Wardell
Kathryn Crawford as Eileen Smith
Charles Winninger as Dr. Brown
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Smith
Guy Kibbee as Fred Smith
Herbert Braggiotti as Gordon
Gus Arnheim as Himself - the Orchestra Leader
Loretta Andrews as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Richard Carle as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Nick Copeland as Aviator with the Jokester (uncredited)
Mildred Dixon as Miss Dixon / Dancer (uncredited)
James Durkin as Mr. Rankin - Detective (uncredited)
Ruth Eddings as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Bud Geary as Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)
Buddy G. DeSylva Book
Lew Brown Book
Ray Henderson Book
John McGowan Book
Dorothy Fields Original Music Composer
Jimmy McHugh Original Music Composer
Busby Berkeley Choreographer
Charles Reisner Director
A.P. Younger Screenplay
Charles Reisner Adaptation
George White Producer
William S. Gray Editor
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Adrian Costume Design
Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Merritt B. Gerstad Director of Photography
United States 14 November 1931
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09 August 1935
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico.
10 January 1931
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08 October 1942
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II.
26 May 1923
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28 December 1934
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
17 March 1932
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20 January 1942
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured.
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31 August 1931
Teodor is afraid to tell his rich wife that he works extra nightly at the sinful hotel Babylon.
03 October 1931
Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years.
06 December 1931
Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics.
11 May 1931
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt.
30 June 1931
A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder, and assists her in proving her innocence.
22 May 1931
Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for past kindnesses, steals a diamond necklace from the home safe of the district attorney.
13 November 1931
Tom and Jerry are captured by cannibals while dancing and engaging in musical hi-jinx in the jungle. Can Jerry save their lives by impressing the chief with his yodeling skills?
09 May 1931
The college aerial club is at the airfield to inaugurate a new glider. Alabam gets a lot of teasing for being a "land lizard," never wanting to fly.
20 September 1931
Bart Morgan controls the town of Cactus City and is keeping all men away from Jane Rankin. When Johnny Day arrives and takes an interest in Jane, Morgan tries to kick him out.
31 January 1931
Harry Peltzer, who is passionate about his job as a firefighter, and his superior, fire chief Paul Körner, are the best of friends.
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