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The Air Mail (1925)

The Air Mail poster
Directed by
Irvin Willat
Genre
drama film, action film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows a group of airmail pilots who face dangers flying mail across rugged desert terrain. It shows the risks they take with crashes and rivalries during the early days of aviation.

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What happens

The Air Mail is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Filmed in Death Valley National Park and the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, it was released in the United States on March 16, 1925. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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