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The Air Legion is a american film directed by Bert Glennon with Ben Lyon
The Air Legion (1929)
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Add to a movie listThe Air Legion is a 1929 aviation silent film about Airmail produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America(FBO) and was released just as FBO was being turned into RKO Pictures. In Canada the film was distributed by the Alliance Communications Corporation. Bert Glennon, a director and cinematographer, directed the film. It's star is Antonio Moreno.
Some lobby art, like the title is deceptive. It makes many think it is a film about WW1 aviation.
The film survives in London at Cinema Museum.
^ The Air Legion at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Air Legion
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