Flight Overdue (1952) Tales of tomorrow

Flight Overdue (1952) Tales of tomorrow TV show. good episode
which implies Amelia Earhart was somehow bumped off by her husband or taken by Aliens but I am still confused. let me know if I got it all wrong. (vanished! anyway)
review by Broken Trout

[@JEFFIE-jp6kj]

Such a thrill to see Veronica in one of her '50s tv shows .. an excellent performance

[@TheTerryGene]

Adrienne Corri, the actress in the commercials, later went on to appear in Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.”

[@BohemianChick]

Thanks for posting this...I love the old sci-fi tv shows and movies! Liked and subscribed.

[@BrokenTrout]

Your welcome, and thank's.

[@ronniem3592]

This was pretty good. Veronica Lake was such a good actor

[@Theywaswrong]

But her 50's short short hair was NOT a good look. Lake without the peek-a-boo hair do.......no, not good.

[@emilyannfrancesmay3919]

@@Theywaswrong I agree. Very bad hairstyle. My Mom told me that Mamie Eisenhower started the trend for the super short hair with very short bangs.

[@Theywaswrong]

So.......THAT's what happened to Amelia Earhart!!! Flight overdue, lost in the Pacific and never heard from again. No trace of her. She has been ON THE MOON!!! Buried on Boot Hill.

[@timothyroberts9980]

I just found out about this program two years ago. Thanks to You Tube.

[@BrokenTrout]

YT has lots of obscure gems here and about.

[@Laffy-ix5xy]

What a great story. After pining after the ghost of his missing wife, he finally realised that he had a wonderful woman right there beside him. Someone who loved him and didn't take him for granted.

[@williammaurer9450]

Love the commercials. I thought Veronica Lake was comic book character.

[@Theywaswrong]

"I Married a Witch" with Fredric March. Several movies with Joel McCrae just to mention some. And yes, these old commercials are the only ones I dont fast forward through.

[@crazyelf3839]

Veronica died at a very young age, I believe she was 49. Alcoholism was her downfall.

[@crazyelf3839]

​@@Theywaswrong She also made a few movies with Alan Ladd.

[@Theywaswrong]

Man I sure hated those 50's short hair styles and so many went for it. After the great hair of the late 30's and 40's these 50's hair styles...no, nope, nada. Veronica Lake sure looks, well, so different. In her later years, she became an alcoholic, moved between rundown hotels in New York and worked as a waitress and laundry woman. When she died in 1973 of hepatitis and liver failure, she was cremated. It was reported in the news that her ashes, or some of the her ashes, were discovered in a flea market/antique store in 2004 in New York. She had children but cared little about them and lost contact. A son claimed her body and may have sold the ashes.

[@kayeninetwo3585]

Hey, I want the Royal Leaf pin with the genuine cultured pearl, but I don't know where to send my dollar.

[@BrokenTrout]

The ads are part of the fun alright. "Space Patrol" has some interesting ads.

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

lol same here

[@filthylucreonyoutube]

Ads on Space Patrol, oh yeah! Like that Nestle's crunch bar that's as big as a cigar box and only cost a nickel!

[@barrygrant2907]

Veronica Lake was a sad story in herself.

[@chrislochner4038]

At the end, the announcer was speechless for a few seconds like in WTF!!??-this is how it ends? And no perky Kreisler twins to sing. Downer.

[@Theywaswrong]

Remember this was all done live, not recorded for east coast presentation. It was recorded as it was done live for kinescope broadcast to the west coast, mistakes and all.

[@Theywaswrong]

Kreisler is still in business.

[@BrokenTrout]

Thanks to who ever liked this thought I was going to be strung up and pilloried. I have strange tastes. radioactive sushi will do that 2 a trout.

[@Billys-Joint]

I dig em all Thx

[@nedludd7622]

I looked at this because of Veronica Lake. She is certainly different than in her famous roles with long blond hair.

[@BrokenTrout]

Hi @Ned Ludd I wonder if by this time her star was fading somewhat, being reduced to playing on TV. She was still "dreamy" though.

[@crazyelf3839]

I miss Veronica's "Peek-A-Boo" comb over long hair dew! Like in "I married a witch!" (1941)

[@beverlyjohnson8876]

Love these pics

[@crazyelf3839]

These were done live. No room for mistakes!

[@bonniebrock5109]

Even though Veronica Lake is only about 30 here they made look like she was 40 with that awful haircut. But her heyday was in the 40s with her popularity and long blond hair and elegant look. Tomboy-ed her up for this part as a experimental pilot.

[@BrokenTrout]

Veronica lake was the bee's knees alright.

[@only257]

Fun to watch👻

[@myrnagroger132]

Hey, that ending was a little disappointing. How did she every get through the "Veronica Lake Belt" surrounding the Earth, all that radioactivity and the moon, only about 240,000 miles away, not millions? I guess we'll never know from 1952!(ls)

[@Boogaboioringale]

I started to say the same thing, but the show was too good to criticize.

[@bradstephan7886]

Veronica Lake!

[@BrokenTrout]

The one and only.

[@johndrzymkowski7899]

This show had an early feminist flavor! Perhaps a strong touch of woman power. I'm sure Betty frieden loved it in 1952. I was 10 years old then and I might have seen it then.

[@BrokenTrout]

Outstanding.

[@NoahSpurrier]

I don’t know, I think it communicates the exact opposite of a feminist message. Paula’s ambition is shown to be selfish and misaligned with her family responsibilities, so her husband eventually realizes he’s better off that Paula is dead and never coming back. Unless you call that a feminist moral story.

[@jerryhatley5004]

I want one of those royal leaf pins designed for miss adrienne corri by Kreisler. Oh she’s so oh, oh, and too, too. My, remembering her work in the clock orange, she really WAS a red head.....oh my!

[@theironclads]

I found the ending abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying. I was anticipating that the final radio signal would be heard by everyone in the room. It would be Paula explaining why she had to participate in the mission and why she lived the life she did. She would say that she did love her husband but she loved her flying life equally.

[@lw1343]

Excellent ending....he came to his senses!

[@freddietommie1904]

she didn't hang up the extension

[@TommygunNG]

Only flaw in the story is not explaining the signals bouncing around for a few years. People weren't as sophisticated back then, so they didn't bother.

[@stewartkee6115]

Don't kid yourself. People were better educated bacl then than they are now.

[@krishrama]

well dang that ending was brutal from the husband...lolz. but understandable. she loved her aviator life more. sometimes thats how it goes. so she was recruited into a secret space mission. to to the moon no less. amazing. this is apollo 0. if thats what really happened tho i wouldnt be suprised. not the first time gov cover ups will happen. the legacy and top secrets ops of USA is legendary!! :D

[@Billys-Joint]

16 minutes... mass...miss

[@Boogaboioringale]

It was a good save though.

[@buzzbang7930]

Who does she think she is, Amelia Earhart? lol In 1937 Amelia flew across the Atlantic yes, but the Pacific can be just as treacherous and unpredictable. And what year is this movie making reference to? Remember, aviation and it's technology was still kinda young back then. Sadly, one of Amelia's contributors to her demise.

[@only257]

buzz bang this a tv show not one of the best episodes of the series😊

[@johnbockelie3899]

He should.drop that two timer.

[@Boogaboioringale]

She was also lost while flying over the pacific. That was the basis for this story.

[@filthylucreonyoutube]

Wow, that got heavy! Tight writing, good acting, and very much of flavor of the time in which it was made. Delightful!