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Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

Wings Over Honolulu poster
Directed by
H. C. Potter
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries a naval aviator and struggles to adapt to the demands of military life. Her relationship is tested by the pressures and dangers of his career.

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What happens

Wings over Honolulu is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Wendy Barrie, Ray Milland, Kent Taylor, William Gargan, and Polly Rowles. The cinematographer Joseph Valentine earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on this military romance, with Wendy Barrie as a young woman who finds it difficult to adjust to the life of a Naval aviator's wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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