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Biplanes flying in formation past the Washington Monument. A flotilla of seaplanes rising majestically off the surface of the Atlantic. Flyboys loop-de-looping their crafts through the wild blue yonder. A power dive that goes terrifyingly wrong.
Wings of the Navy's story concerns two pilot brothers (George Brent and John Payne) who fall for the same girl (Olivia de Havilland, in the first of five films she would appear in during 1939, including Gone With the Wind), but the film is most memorable for its thrilling, you-are-there scenes of aerial glory.
With war clouds gathering in Europe, many Americans looked anxiously to their own nation's military readiness.
"For all the world to witness that America will not be unprepared!" declared the film’s advertising—and backed it up with bravura footage shot at Pensacola Naval Station in Florida and North Island Naval Station at Coronado, California.
Original Release
02/03/1939
US Release
02/03/1939
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Cast
Name | Character |
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George Brent | Cass Harrington |
Olivia de Havilland | Irene Dale |
John Payne | Jerry Harrington |
Frank McHugh | Scat Allen |
John Litel | Commander Clark |
Victor Jory | Lt. Parsons |
Henry O'Neill | Prologue Speaker |
John Ridgely | Dan Morrison |
John Gallaudet | Lt. Harry White |
Donald Briggs | Instructor |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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George Brent | Cass Harrington |
Olivia de Havilland | Irene Dale |
John Payne | Jerry Harrington |
Frank McHugh | Scat Allen |
John Litel | Commander Clark |
Victor Jory | Lt. Parsons |
Henry O'Neill | Prologue Speaker |
John Ridgely | Dan Morrison |
John Gallaudet | Lt. Harry White |
Donald Briggs | Instructor |
Edgar Edwards | Ted Parsons |
Regis Toomey | First Flight Instructor |
Alberto Morin | Armando Costa |
Jonathan Hale | Commandant |
Pierre Watkin | Capt. March |
Donald Douglas | Officer of the Day |
Max Hoffman Jr. | Drilling Officer |
Alan Davis | Check Pilot |
Larry Williams | Aviator |
Eddie Acuff | Reporter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Louis F. Edelman | Producer |