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Turner is playing aviation movies on Tue all this month, here is what is to come:
10 Tuesday
6:00 AM Flying Fleet, The (1929)
In this silent film, a naval cadet braves a perilous trans-Pacific flight for love. Cast: Ramon Novarro, Anita Page, Ralph Graves. Dir: George Hill. BW-87 mins, TV-G
7:30 AM Dirigible (1931)
Romantic rivals vie to be the first to fly to the South Pole. Cast: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Fay Wray. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-100 mins, TV-G
9:30 AM Last Flight, The (1931)
Four disillusioned Army buddies roam post-WWI Europe. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Johnny Mack Brown. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-76 mins, TV-G
11:00 AM Central Airport (1933)
A World War I flyer can only find work as chauffeur to a lady sky diver. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers, Tom Brown. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-72 mins, TV-G
12:15 PM God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
A flyer dismissed as too old fights to prove himself against the Japanese. Cast: Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:00 PM China Clipper (1936)
A flyer sacrifices everything to open a transpacific airline. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Beverly Roberts, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-89 mins, TV-PG
3:30 PM West Point Of The Air (1935)
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer. Cast: Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: Richard Rosson. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC
5:00 PM Secret Service Of The Air (1939)
A government agent battles smugglers. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Litel. Dir: Noel Smith. BW-61 mins, TV-PG
6:15 PM Hell Below Zero (1954)
A whaler signs on to locate a young woman's missing father. Cast: Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney. Dir: Mark Robson. C-91 mins, TV-PG
8:00 PM High and the Mighty, The (1954)
When a commercial airliner develops engine trouble, the passengers and crew think back on the lives they could be losing soon. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Robert Stack. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-147 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
10:30 PM Island In The Sky (1953)
A WWII transport plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. Cast: John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:30 AM Back From Eternity (1956)
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors. Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger. Dir: John Farrow. BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:30 AM Five Came Back (1939)
Survivors of a jungle plane crash realize that their repaired airplane can only carry five passengers. Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: John Farrow. BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC
4:00 AM Decision Against Time (1956)
A test pilot thinks back on his past as he fights to survive a burning plane. Cast: Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Walter Fitzgerald. Dir: Charles Crichton. BW-87 mins, TV-PG
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #31 (1956)
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's later career with director George Cukor. BW-26 mins, TV-G
17 Tuesday
6:00 AM Flight (1929)
A Marine flyer and his flight school mentor fall for the same beautiful nurse. Cast: Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-112 mins, TV-PG
8:00 AM Flight Commander (1930)
A hotshot World War I flyer almost cracks under the pressure of sending his men on perilous missions. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Neil Hamilton. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-108 mins, TV-G
10:00 AM Flight Command (1940)
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:00 PM Flight Lieutenant (1942)
A disgraced pilot sets out to regain his son's respect. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-80 mins, TV-PG
1:30 PM Women In The Wind (1939)
Personal conflicts flare between competitors in a women's air race. Cast: Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory. Dir: John Farrow. BW-63 mins, TV-G
2:45 PM Wings And The Woman (1941)
Two real-life aviation pioneers try to find happiness in marriage. Cast: Anna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward Chapman. Dir: Herbert Wilcox. BW-95 mins, TV-G
4:30 PM Christopher Strong (1933)
An aviatrix's affair with a married man could cost her her career. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke. Dir: Dorothy Arzner. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:00 PM Too Hot To Handle (1938)
Rival newsreel photographers vie for scoops and a beautiful lady flyer. Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC
8:00 PM Julie (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband. Cast: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan. Dir: Andrew L. Stone. BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM Come Fly With Me (1963)
Three stewardesses try to find husbands while flying over the Atlantic. Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Pamela Tiffin, Dolores Hart. Dir: Henry Levin. C-109 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
A stewardess can't choose among three suitors. Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel. Dir: Charles Walters. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC
1:45 AM Flight Angels (1940)
Airline stewardesses vie for the love of a dashing pilot. Cast: Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC
3:15 AM Without Orders (1937)
Two pilots compete for the love of a pretty flight attendant. Cast: Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Charley Grapewin. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-64 mins, TV-G
4:30 AM Murder in the Clouds (1934)
A hotshot pilot takes on enemy agents to fly a scientist and his new explosive to Washington. Cast: Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak, Gordon Westcott. Dir: Ross D. Lederman. BW-61 mins, TV-PG
24 Tuesday
6:00 AM Winning Your Wings (1942)
James Stewart hosts this classic Air Force recruiting film. BW-18 mins, TV-G
6:30 AM Bombardier (1943)
Military officers compete for the same woman while training pilots for war. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley. Dir: Richard Wallace. BW-99 mins, TV-G
8:30 AM Devil Dogs Of The Air (1935)
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-85 mins, TV-PG
10:00 AM Fighter Squadron (1948)
A dedicated flyer pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson. Dir: Raoul Walsh. C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:00 PM Dive Bomber (1941)
A crusading scientist fights to prevent bomber pilots from blacking out. Cast: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Alexis Smith. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-132 mins, TV-G, CC
2:15 PM Dawn Patrol, The (1938)
A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths. Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
4:00 PM Command Decision (1948)
A senior officer faces the horror of sending his men on suicide missions over Germany during the last days of World War II. Cast: Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:00 PM Flying Leathernecks (1951)
A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Jay C. Flippen. Dir: Nicholas Ray. C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
8:00 PM Strategic Air Command (1955)
A baseball star takes to the air to help plan the U.S.' aerial defense. Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-114 mins, TV-G
10:00 PM Flying Tigers (1942)
American flyers help the Chinese fight off Japanese invaders. Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee. Dir: David Miller. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:00 AM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific. Cast: John Garfield, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC
2:30 AM Captains Of The Clouds (1942)
A mail flyer joins the Canadian air force for fun but has to prove his worth when he goes to war. Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC
4:30 AM Wings Of The Navy (1939)
Pilot brothers vie for the same woman. Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-90 mins, TV-G
31 Tuesday
6:00 AM Murder In The Air (1940)
A secret service agent fights to keep enemy spies away from top secret government plans. Cast: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, James Stephenson. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-55 mins, TV-PG
7:00 AM Sky Murder (1940)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Kaaren Verne. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-72 mins, TV-PG
8:30 AM Lost Squadron, The (1932)
Veteran flyers from World War I find work as movie stuntmen. Cast: Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-79 mins, TV-G
10:00 AM Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
A vacationing Western star signs on to help a female rancher fight off bandits. Cast: George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne. Dir: Ewing Scott. C-64 mins, TV-G
11:15 AM Flying Wild (1941)
When he gets a job at an aviation plant, a street tough stumbles onto an enemy spy ring. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines. Dir: William West. BW-61 mins, TV-G
12:30 PM High Flyers (1938)
Two men pose as flyers and get mixed up with jewel smugglers. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Lupe Velez. Dir: Edward F. Cline. BW-70 mins, TV-G
2:00 PM Flying Deuces, The (1939)
Two bumblers join the Foreign Legion to forget a beautiful woman. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker. Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. BW-65 mins, TV-G
3:15 PM Sky's The Limit, The (1943)
A pilot on leave falls for a pretty news photographer. Cast: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley. Dir: Edward H. Griffith. BW-89 mins, TV-G, CC
4:45 PM It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A group of greedy clowns tears up the countryside in search of buried treasure. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar. Dir: Stanley Kramer. C-182 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM Guy Named Joe, A (1943)
A downed World War II pilot becomes the guardian angel for his successor in love and war. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-120 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
10:15 PM Test Pilot (1938)
An irresponsible test pilot's wife and best friend try to get him to grow up. Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC
12:30 AM Top of the World (1955)
When he's transferred to Alaska, a brash pilot tries to stop his ex-wife from remarrying. Cast: Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy. Dir: Lewis Foster. C-90 mins, TV-G
2:15 AM Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941)
A pilot and a temperamental heiress are stranded in the desert together. Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Harry Davenport. Dir: William Keighley. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC
4:00 AM Flying Down To Rio (1933)
A dance-band leader finds love and success in Brazil. Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Dir: Thornton Freeland. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #49 (2006)
Features two vintage Warner Vitaphone shorts: Silver Jubilee (1930) and Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer (1933). BW-23 mins, , CC
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, but it's bad because I've never seen "Flight Commander".
or was it ? The props were even stoping just before inpack . got a laugh out of the Oxygen set up too.
