Does anyone remember this movie...?

I bought my copy of Aces High on ebay...brand new and for a decent price from a guy in Washington.

It is available from sellers in the US and Canada...Google it up, BUT it "ain't cheap" AND watch for the dvd zone specs. My player will handle all or most dvd zone formats (zone 1, zone 2, etc).
 
Darling lilli is available on dvd

I have this movie, it was made by Blake Edwards, of "Pink Panther Fame". The movie is --Ok ,quite a bit of dogfighting( Blue Max Birds as well as some scaled down SE5's).The color schemes are really off but like so many other members here I am just glad to see W.W.1 planes period! If you are interested I am sure it is available on Amazon.com
Hope this helps,
VonTobler
 
VONTOBLER65 said:
I have this movie, it was made by Blake Edwards, of "Pink Panther Fame". The movie is --Ok ,quite a bit of dogfighting( Blue Max Birds as well as some scaled down SE5's).The color schemes are really off but like so many other members here I am just glad to see W.W.1 planes period! If you are interested I am sure it is available on Amazon.com
Hope this helps,
VonTobler
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That's interesting...two of you have mentionned this particular movie. WaldoPepper suggested this, but when I looked it up I thought it couldn't be right, but not having seen it, of course, it's just a guess on my part. If the scene sounds like part of the movie, than maybe it is....

Perhaps some day I'll see it aired again since Darling Lili isn't all that old.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
It worries me when someone is away on business, alone in a hotel room and watching 'aviation' movies - what kind of sick individual are you?:costumes:

a couple of more clicks to the right on the channel selector and you probably could have watched Nurse Gladys in all her splendor making pilots feel better (complete with cheesy music in the background)
 
In the Hells Angels youtube clip the pilot drinks from a bottle while flying.
 
gimpyguy said:
It's a Huge list that can not be denied, but how many are still available.

Reason I ask is, Films from the pre-WWII years, if they weren't transferred to DVD, they're History. The films shot in that time, are printed on a material that decomposes over time, and most times after 40 years, under ideal storage conditions, those films are unsaveable at any cost. An aviation classic from 1930 Produced by Howard Hughes was put on DVD in 1958 by Howard Hughes, Hell's Angels. If there's motorcycles, that ain't it:d Used to be at Amazon - Not Anymore

The List of what you can get, some cheap, some expensive on DVD

Hell's Angels
The Blue Max
12 O'Clock High
The Final Countdown
Those Amazing Men in their Flying Machines
The Amazing Waldo Pepper
Richtofen and Brown
Flyboys

Got more.. that can be bought
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Dear Gimpy and all other bi- and triplane enthusiasts
"Hell's Angels" by Howard Hughes IS available again; saw it at AMAZON.
More difficult: "Richthofen and Brown" - didn't find it.
Greetings. Olham
 
John Green said:
In the Hells Angels youtube clip the pilot drinks from a bottle while flying.
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I would think that quite a bit of that actually went on, not only did alcohol dull the pain, but it made killing another man, much easier on the stomach.
We can talk about Booze Dulls reaction time, but how many could do what they did sober
The Officer's Club is just another word for Gin Mill

After you flew a few sorties, Kill or Be Killed. And you knew you had to do it again tomorrow, you would hide in a bottle

Do you honestly think they fly a 23 hour mission in a B1 Bomber without drugs

In 1917 there was no 'bennies'
No sleeping Pills
No TV or Radio

Sooo if you weren't flying, and you weren't praying, or tossing and turning in bed, you were in the Gin Mill, and how long can you drink club soda.

Certainly couldn't eat much of a balanced diet. You'd either vomit all over your shirt, whilest flying. Or the Castor Oil, would give you the galloping trots.

I should think a popular meal, would contain a lot of French Cheese, washed down with Brandy :ernae:
 
Murray Cod said:
It worries me when someone is away on business, alone in a hotel room and watching 'aviation' movies - what kind of sick individual are you?:costumes:

a couple of more clicks to the right on the channel selector and you probably could have watched Nurse Gladys in all her splendor making pilots feel better (complete with cheesy music in the background)
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I admit that what you are saying is true, and I'm deeply ashamed and embarrassed to have to admit it. Perhaps I should seek counseling....?

As a very poor excuse, I can only say that I think that the channel featuring 'young ladies dressed as RFC lieutenants seeking promotions' was not working that night! :costumes:
 
John Green said:
In the Hells Angels youtube clip the pilot drinks from a bottle while flying.
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John, you may have solved the puzzle, as that scene sticks in my mind. But, is it in color, as the scene I remember was?

As in my post in #8, this thread, Hell's Angels is available from CD Universe (and someone else pointed out other sources) and I'm going to have to order it since it's a kind of famous production for variouos reasons.
 
Hell's Angels is a great flic, I have it. But in 1930 there was NO COLOR, so either the cheese has slipped off your cracker, or that's Not the movie in question :costumes:
 
gimpyguy said:
Hell's Angels is a great flic, I have it. But in 1930 there was NO COLOR, so either the cheese has slipped off your cracker, or that's Not the movie in question :costumes:
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Well the cheese is likely slipping off my cracker all right... :costumes:

But, here's the part that I find fascinating. Here is a quote from one of many reviews that I found on Hells Angels

"Of course the beautiful flying sequences and stunts weren't the only astonishment to be seen in Hell's Angels. The movie also went through an early coloring process, it may have been primitive by today's standard, but during the early 1930's it was ground breaking."

Many other reviews make references to the color in the film as one of the 'firsts' for the times....??
 
To be honest, I've never seen notice of coloration, I've seen some early attempts at color The Adventures of Robin Hood and Drums along Mohawk. But those were like 1938-39

The only reason it exists today, is because Howard Hughs used his personal money to have it restored in 1958. Bit of an eccentric billionair.

As Howard Hughs produced and Directed in 1930

That's the only sound film we have of that era

Next time I watch it, I'll look for the feeble attempts at coloration :kilroy:
 
gimpyguy said:
To be honest, I've never seen notice of coloration, I've seen some early attempts at color The Adventures of Robin Hood and Drums along Mohawk. But those were like 1938-39

The only reason it exists today, is because Howard Hughs used his personal money to have it restored in 1958. Bit of an eccentric billionair.

As Howard Hughs produced and Directed in 1930

That's the only sound film we have of that era

Next time I watch it, I'll look for the feeble attempts at coloration :kilroy:
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You made a good point about the early production year and the color issue, and I was aware of that. All joking aside, I thought when I saw the reviews, that perhaps it had been "colored" in later years as have a few other early productions that were color enhanced years after they were made.

This reminds me though, as many of you will know by now, the Color of War documentaries have uncovered many old films that were hidden away in attics, archives, etc. and a great amount of advertising has been done to try and recover these old films. Most of these are private 8mm and other types of early filming by individuals. The point I'm getting to is that I saw a documentary about some of the earliest films known in color, and one was made by someone in England (who's name I've forgotten) but, who was an avid early film enthusiast and using his own color process he made films in the 1920s of life in England.

They showed some of these early original films and I was on the edge of my chair! It is sooooo fascinating to see people on the streets, coal miners, dock workers in color, filmed in the '20s. Wow! :jawdrop:

There is a studio in London that specializes in carefully cleaning and restoring these old films and it is a fascinating process to watch. I only hope that more of these surface over the years.

Enough of my diatribe! :a1451:
 
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