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The Aviator is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth released in USA on 14 december 1929 with Edward Everett Horton

The Aviator (1929)

The Aviator
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Released in USA 14 december 1929
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating67% 3.370543.370543.370543.370543.37054

The Aviator is a 1929 American Pre-Code Vitaphone comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the film was based on the play of the same name by James Montgomery and starred Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. The Aviator is similar to the silent comedy The Hottentot (1922), where a hapless individual has to pretend to be a famous steeplehorse jockey.The Aviator today is considered a lost film.

Synopsis

Brooks (William Norton Bailey), a publisher and his publicist (Lee Moran) decide to boost the sales of a wartime book of flying experiences. They credit the book to popular author Robert Street (Edward Everett Horton), who is completely ignorant about aviation. Robert gets into all sorts of trouble in attempting to carry on the ruse, saving his friend's business but also attracting the attention of aviation-mad Grace Douglas (Patsy Ruth Miller). At first, he is able to carry out simple publicity events, but when he accidentally starts up an aircraft, his incredible aerobatics end with a landing in a haystack. When a race is staged between him and French ace Major Jules Gaillard (Armand Kaliz), it ends with Robert confessing he is no pilot, but still winning Grace's heart.

Actors

Edward Everett Horton

(Robert Street)Patsy Ruth Miller

(Grace Douglas)Johnny Arthur

(Hobart)William Bailey

(Brooks)Armand Kaliz

(Major Jules Gaillard)
And :
Edward Martindel
Lee Moran
Kewpie Morgan
Phillips Smalley
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