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Women in the Wind

  • 19391939
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 3m
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6.0/10
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Eve Arden, Sheila Bromley, and Kay Francis in Women in the Wind (1939)
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A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
270
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    • John Farrow
  • Writers
    • Lee Katz(screen play)
    • Albert DeMond(screen play)
    • Francis Walton(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Kay Francis
    • William Gargan
    • Victor Jory
    • John Farrow
  • Writers
    • Lee Katz(screen play)
    • Albert DeMond(screen play)
    • Francis Walton(from a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Kay Francis
    • William Gargan
    • Victor Jory
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    • 7User reviews
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    Kay Francis
    Kay Francis
    • Janet Steele
    William Gargan
    William Gargan
    • Ace Boreman
    Victor Jory
    Victor Jory
    • Doc
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    • Stuffy McInnes
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    Eddie Foy Jr.
    • Denny Corson
    Sheila Bromley
    Sheila Bromley
    • Frieda Boreman
    Eve Arden
    Eve Arden
    • Kit Campbell
    Charles Anthony Hughes
    • Bill Steele
    Frankie Burke
    Frankie Burke
    • Johnnie
    John Dilson
    John Dilson
    • Sloan
    • (scenes deleted)
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Farmer
    Vera Lewis
    Vera Lewis
    • Farmer's Wife
    William Gould
    William Gould
    • Palmer
    Gordon Hart
    • Air Races Official
    Ila Rhodes
    • Joan
    Rosella Towne
    Rosella Towne
    • Phyllis
    Marian Alden
    • Aviatrix
    • (uncredited)
    Marie Astaire
    Marie Astaire
    • Woman
    • (uncredited)
      • John Farrow
    • Writers
      • Lee Katz(screen play)
      • Albert DeMond(screen play)
      • Francis Walton(from a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      After being the highest paid star in Hollywood in the mid-30s for Warner Brothers, Kay Francis was displaced by Bette Davis as queen of the lot. In her last years at the studio she was given B-pictures like this one, and her contract was not renewed. After this picture, her last for Warners, the studio pointedly didn't host the usual wrap party for cast and crew.
    • Goofs
      When Johnnie turns on the radio on his desk the music begins to play instantly. The tube type radios of this time period had to warm up, usually for 10 or more seconds, before they began producing sound.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      [a biplane roars into the frame. Fade to the front page of the fictional New York Recorder: "ACE BOREMAN DUE SOON, CIRCLING THE WORLD WITHIN EIGHTY HOURS; FLYER NEARS NEW YORK; RECORD WELL IN HAND; SHIP STILL GOES WELL; Ace Boreman's world-circling airplane, Polly, passed over the liner Normandie at 8:00 o'clock..." Closeup on Ace and Stuffy in the cockpit, cut to a view of the southern tip of Manhattan, and back to the cockpit]

      Ace Boreman: There she is!

      'Stuffy' McInnes: [blankly] What "she" are you talkin' about? Don't tell me you see a dame this high up.

      Ace Boreman: [laughing] I'm talking about New York.

      'Stuffy' McInnes: [deadpan] Oh. Well, don't put skirts on it.

      Ace Boreman: I guess there'll only be one girl in your life, eh Stuffy?

      'Stuffy' McInnes: [puzzled] Yeah? Who's that?

      Ace Boreman: This one: Polly.

      'Stuffy' McInnes: Polly's different. She can't talk back.

      [Polly rolls out of view as the scene fades to a ticker tape parade. Ace and Stuffy are in the back seat of an open touring car, waving at the throng, and covered with streamers and confetti]

      Ace Boreman: I bet you never got this many cheers when you were a fighter, eh Stuffy?

      'Stuffy' McInnes: Nah, all I ever heard was the referee countin'

      Ace Boreman: And half the time you couldn't hear that.

      Ace Boreman: [Stuffy gives him a dirty look] Wave to the free people, Stuffy.

    • Soundtracks
      You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
      (1938) (uncredited)

      Music by Harry Warren

      Played on Johnnie's radio

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    Francis Back on Top
    After an evening of Kay Francis floating through a series of flat "A" levels (ANOTHER DAWN; FIRST LADY; CONFESSION), where often even the scenery steals scenes from her, and especially after enjoying her Pre-Code hey-day (DR. MONICA; MARY STEVENS, MD; TROUBLE IN PARADISE; ONE WAY PASSAGE), it was gratifying to see the old fire spitting and sputtering through the John Farrow-directed WOMEN IN THE WIND. Francis, despite her name appearing below the title, a reliable if second-tier cast, and an oddly frumpy, figure-obscuring wardrobe, carries the picture along with cheery confidence and yes, a little more fire than you'd come to expect. Ravishing Kay holds her own, even against scene-thief Eve Arden, here playing an oft-married bon-aviatrix named "Kit" Campbell, the great sport, heroic long-distance pilot, complete with silk scarf and confident swagger. They may have tried everything to discourage her at Warners, but Kay Francis is unequivocally running this game. There is even a third strong actress given a generous amount of screen time, Sheila Bromley, a tough cookie whom you probably saw in some 1950s sit-coms playing tough cookies (JOAN DAVIS SHOW; I LOVE LUCY). Here Bromley gets to sink her chops into the stock "First Wife-Other Woman" road hazard, providing personally supervised obstacles for ex-hub (William Gargan), Francis, and all the WOMEN IN THE WIND put together. Lots of Warners' actresses - Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman, Carole Hughes, Gloria Dickson, Lola Lane, Marcia Ralston - could have easily played this role, but it's a treat to watch Bromley - an actress who reminded me of the young, cocky Bette Davis of the "I'd love to kiss ya..."days. The lead is handled by William Gargan, an actor who had great Pat O'Brien-style charm, which here he uses sparingly, spending a large portion of the tale glowering. Too bad he's sort of dull and annoying while he glowers, because he's playing a guy named Ace Boreman. As comic relief, Maxie Rosenbloom has a nice, easy-going, laid-back style -- untrained with good instincts, and quite welcome in this film. And Eddie Foy, Jr., Frankie Burke, Frank Faylen, Vera Lewis, and Spencer Charters are all on hand to do good work in a highly entertaining tale that holds the interest. Footage of circa aircraft is actually as entertaining as any aspect of the picture, there's not one dull shot.
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      • April 15, 1939 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California, USA
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      • Warner Bros.
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    • 1 hour 3 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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