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Sky Bride (1932)

Sky Bride poster
Directed by
Stephen Roberts
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of pilots who flew in World War I now work as barnstormers flying shows in small towns across North America. The story follows their adventures and the romantic entanglements of one pilot.

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What happens

Sky Bride (also known as Sky Brides) is a 78-minute 1932 drama film, produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Stephen Roberts. The film stars Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie and Virginia Bruce. Sky Bride depicts the life of barnstorming pilots flying in the years following World War I. All over North America, skilled pilots, many of them veterans of the aerial combat of World War I, plied their trade on the barnstorming circuit of the 1920s in small towns where impromptu air shows were staged. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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