Men With Wings

Director Wellman had been a daredevil flier during WW I, had made the film WINGS, and had just come off winning the Oscar for the story of A STAR IS BORN (with Robert Carson, who wrote the story for this film), so he and Carson seemed to be the logical choices to make MEN WITH WINGS. Despite that and the lush color photography, the movie failed to ignite imaginations, as it was more a cavalcade of flight than a solid story. The picture opens with three young kids, O'Connor, Weidler, and Cook, flying a kite. Then we hear about the Wright Brothers and their successful flight at Kitty Hawk, followed by a scene with Abel, a reporter, as he attempts to fly and becomes t...