Description
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
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Release Date1938
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Runtime1 hr 45 min
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Languageen
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Rating5 (4)
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Genres
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DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
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CastFred MacMurrayRay MillandLouise CampbellAndy DevineLynne OvermanPorter HallWalter AbelKitty KellyVirginia WeidlerDonald O'ConnorJames BurkeWillard RobertsonDennis MorganEvelyn KeyesJoan LeslieFrank ClarkeAnita Randalla BerkelyBilly BletcherMary BrodelJames P. BurtisDolores CaseyGeorge ChandlerJack ChapinEthel ClaytonSheila DarcyJane DeweyLillian DicksonClaire Du BreyEddie DunnEdward EarleJean FenwickNorah GaleGrace GoodallJonathan HaleSherry HallChuck HamiltonDell HendersonRussell HicksAl HillJohn HubbardPaul KrugerPaul MantzRalph McCulloughKitty McHughLucille MillerFrank MillsWilly MorrisJohn T. MurrayDavid NewellGarry OwenFranklin ParkerBob PerryLee PhelpsJuanita QuigleyRuth RogersRonald R. RondellArt RowlandsSyd SaylorJerome StormDorothy TennantFrank TomickBobby TracyCharles TrowbridgeArchie TwitchellCheryl WalkerEthel WestPat WestDorothy WhiteJoe WhiteheadHarry WoodsCharles WilliamsBilly Cook
