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Flight Angels (1940)
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime74 min
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Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
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Flight Angels (1940) is a drama film directed by Lewis Seiler. While details about its critical reception are limited, the film focuses on an ace pilot who is grounded but finds a new role teaching at an airline hostess school. The public reception of the film is unclear, as ratings and audience reviews do not seem to be widely available.
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Fans of classic 1940s dramas will enjoy the compelling performance of lead actress Virginia Bruce in the 1940 film Flight Angels, directed by Lewis Seiler. The film blends drama and romance as an ace pilot is grounded due to failing eyesight and takes on a new role training airline hostesses, leading to unexpected consequences.
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Flight Angels is a 1940 commercial aviation film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Lewis Seiler, from an original story by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. The film stars Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, and Ralph Bellamy as airline employees, flying Douglas DST airliners.
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