Riding On Air
1610. RIDING ON AIR (1937-USA). WITH JOE E. BROWN, GUY KIBBEE, FLORENCE BROWN, THE RUBBERY FACE COMEDIAN HEADLINES THIS SNAPPY, FAST-PACED COMEDY/MELODRAMA. HE PLAYS ELMER LANE, A GOOD-NATURED BUT HAPLESS MANAGING EDITOR/CITY EDITOR/SOCIETY EDITOR/STAR REPORTER FOR THE CLAREMONT CHRONICLE, A SMALL TOWN NEWSPAPER. ELMER IS FASCINATED BY FLYING, AND LOVES TO FOOL WITH NUTTY CONTRAPTIONS. HE’S ESPECIALLY INTRIGUED BY HIS AVIATOR PAL’S INVENTION, A DEVICE THAT CAN TAKE CONTROL Of AIRPLANES IN FLIGHT VIA A RADIO BEAM. ELMER AT ONCE ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE A MURDER AND CAPTURE SOME NOTORIOUS SMUGGLERS; HE ALSO TANGLES WITH A SNEAKY RIVAL REPORTER WHO’S VYING FOR THE AFFECTION Of HIS GIRL, SWEET FLORENCE RICE (THE DAUGHTER Of THE LEGENDARY SPORTS COLUMNIST CRANTLAND RICE). CHUNKY GUY KIBBEE ADDS HIS USUAL CRAFTY PERFORMANCE AS DOC WADDINGTON, SMARMY STOCK SWINDLER TRYING TO CHISEL ELMER OUT Of THE $5,000 HE’S WON IN AN ESSAY CONTEST. STILL, IT’S JOE E. BROWN’S FILM ALL THE WAY, WITH HIS ANTICS AND HEROICS WHILE PILOTING A PLANE AND BEING SHOT AT BY THE SMUGGLERS A HIGHLIGHT. 65 MINUTES. COMEDY