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Title: The Air Circus

Date: 1928

Distributor: Fox Films

Director: Howard Hawks and Lewis B. Seiler

Cast: Arthur Lake, Sue Carol, David Rollins, Charles Delaney, Heine Conklin, Louise Dresser, Carl Robinson.

Summary: Two brash young men flirt with a pretty woman on their way to aviation school, telling her what good pilots they are. The woman shows up at their school and is a skilled pilot. On his first solo flight, one of the men panics. When he sees that his friend and the woman are in trouble because their plane has mechanical problems, he is able to overcome his fear and rescue them.

Notes: One of Howard Hawks’ first aviation films. The film was made in both silent and sound versions because in 1928 many theaters had not yet made the conversion to sound equipment.