Men With Wings (1938) - Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland & Louise Campbell

[@pingpong5000]

I was born in the 50's and grew up an aeroplane nut and I have never seen this film before, thanks for posting this old Jem of a film.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

Same except born in late 40s

[@thomasmitchell7645]

I never knew that this movie existed. Thanks! Very good aerial combat and test flying scenes.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A great cast!

[@patricialammersfeld5322]

I have a trophy that was given to my grandfather, JACK KNIGHT for being an advisor for the flight scenes in this film. Interesting...my name is Patricia and I was born in 1937!!

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Fantastic!!!

[@jetpilot3714]

Thank you for sharing that Patricia. I love these old movies and plan on watching this one with my mother who was born in 1931 tonight! What did your grandfather do for a living? Commercial pilot here. BTW- Fred MacMurray’s granddaughter is my hairdresser!

[@patricialammersfeld5322]

@@jetpilot3714 Jack flew for UNITED AIRLINES......becoming the first commercial pilot to log a million miles!

[@jetpilot3714]

@@patricialammersfeld5322 Fascinating! I wish I could’ve met him. I did look him up on Wikipedia. This is a great movie they did a good job with her advising. Thank you so much for sharing about your grandfather.

[@patricialammersfeld5322]

OH....I should have added ....the baby in the film was named Patricia!! Jack went on to log 1,000,000 miles as a pilot for United...

[@rayrussell6258]

Thank you for bringing this film to video on youtube. I had never seen this movie. Fred MacMurray certainly had a wide-ranging career in acting.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Legendary career!

[@brianmorris8045]

Saw it what seems a million years ago on Saturday afternoon movies on TV. But we only saw it in black and white...colour telly hadn't reached Australia till 1975.

[@carlreed6186]

Some of us grew up with My Three Sons.

[@DAUGHTEROFBABYLON]

Fred, Ray and Louise what a great Movie Thank You! It's always good to see Andy Devine in any Movie! God Bless Everyone!

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Thanks and you are welcome!

[@stlrockn]

I saw this movie on TV as a kid as a late movie back in the mid 60s in the era of just 3 TV channels. Loved it and it never came out on DVD. Thanks for posting this lost gem.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@mariamagdalena394]

Soy fan de Donald O'connor 😊 y nunca había visto esta pelicula. Me encantó. Muchas gracias por subirla !!!

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

@@mariamagdalena394 :)

[@sandraward116]

..sometimes we scroll and scroll..then we find a little gem..🛩🛩💜🤭

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Always explore!!!

[@maxlinder5262]

Good Film...Enjoyed very much..😊

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnmollet2637]

What a neat old movie. Fred MacMurray and Andy Devine and they were both in their 20's. Thanks for posting this.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Early, early Fred!

[@keithharvey7230]

Fred was 31 Andy 33

[@keithharvey7230]

​@ClassicRobbEvelynthirtiesKeyes

[@madtwc4425]

Great cast great movie thank you so much! Ie never seen this either and after scrolling through tons of movies this is the one to watch tonight😉

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@jozsefgyuga2749]

Meg 2023 ban is jó film!Gratulalok és köszönöm szépen a filmet!

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

It's a good movie even in 2023! Congratulations and thank you very much for the movie!

[@colvinator1611]

Excellent movie ! Thanks a lot.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

Really enjoyed the movie. Being an aircraft fanatic with family members being in USAAF and USAF(inc myself) these movies are always a treat. I do smile though at certain things like trying to duplcate the sound of a rotary(not radial) engine and they always manage to have an all red German fighter in at least one scene.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Great post!

[@jamesnorton8316]

It was interesting to see Ray Mill. in a self-sacrificing role to play noble caretaker to excitement junkie Fred Mc.'s, left behind wife and baby daughter. Pretty decent film with good audio, and not too bad visual. Good story of the early, early days of aviation. Got to see Andy Devine in a major role. Hard to find a voice like his any where else. Thanks for posting this interesting film, Classic Robb's Evelyn Keyes Channel💗💗💗👍👍👍

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@lilblackduc7312]

Mighty good movie! Thank you...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You are very welcome!!!

[@artroraback8663]

Thanks for sharing another great film.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@SkyLightsUFOs]

Incredibly good movie...Thanks.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You're welcome!

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Thank you - I saw this on television about 1960, and have been trying to remember what it was called ever since!

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

PS - that dogfight. Travelair 2000's standing in for the German planes. "Witchitah Fokkers."

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

I am glad you found it! A lot of hidden gems!

[@zappa3543]

Another great movie.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A hidden gem!

[@dast540]

Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Great Old Movies though. 👍👌👏 An of course, I'm a subscriber! Thanks Again Though.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mongomay1]

Enjoyed the young folks at their craft and the stories.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Fantastic!

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

Very good film and the Airplanes were the stars! As an RC pilot for a long time all I built and flew were Bipes. I was able to get those Boings back in the sky along with a few Fokkers.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Cool!

[@johnjohnon8767]

Enjoyable movie, have taste for old aircraft.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

They are certainly old...

[@MarkNelson-tu1rn]

"Wars been spoiled for me now." One helluva line.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Irony...

[@vger9084]

Another great performance by Walter Abel who played the dad.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A career that spanned 1918 - 1984!

[@ericjackson9256]

excellent movie

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

It is a hidden gem!

[@jrcadet4]

Pilot Paul Mantz, who staged this film's flying sequences for director William Wellman, once complained to a screenwriter friend that he kept seeing scripts which 'borrowed' significantly from one another. "What you writers need", Mantz reportedly opined, "is a brand-new cliche!"

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Ha!

[@rayshowsay1749]

At 1:00:46 movie script has someone named Reid landing in Portugal to complete the 'first transatlantic flight'; of course, it was Alcock and Brown in 1919(in a Vickers Vimy) who first crossed the Atlantic non-stop, and then in 1927 Lindbergh made the first solo crossing.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Good info!

[@hemming57]

William Wellman said Ray Milland was the toughest guy he ever knew.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A great cast!

[@hemming57]

@@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes I saw this movie when I was a kid. Glad I found it again.

[@pilotnelson4507]

Gone with the Wind on Wings...

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Never thought of that...

[@garryferrington811]

What?

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

OMG a Boeing 247. Never thought id see one in a movie.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

247, huh? I don't know if I have ever heard of that...

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

@@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes Came out to replace tri motor but was eclipsed by the Douglas DC series. Used to be a nice 1/72 plastic kit of it. All metal low wing twin. I think United bought some but could be wrong there. Maybe Google has a picture+.

[@victorwadsworth821]

Newspaper heading, "Plan to Waste Money on Aeroplanes". This is the way of progress, those fighting it as a waste of money through out many a year.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Ha!

[@scottfuller1711]

Guessing the Army Aircorps during this period was a hot sloppy mess that needed a lot of work bringing it up to speed with the rest of the Army.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

The modern Air Force it was not.

[@trevorplows7494]

One point , these fly boy adrenaline junkies belonged in an asylum. Buzzing airfields making real soldiers duck or hit the ground for their wn amusement was a complete joke and an indictment of the stupidity and unprofessionalism of the US Aircorps. What a group of amateurs and so many enjoyable movies from the 1930 s hilites that's amateurism. Pearl Harbour , the Phillipines , the US government and Dugout Doug are proof of that we are are the greatest and can't learn anything from anyone else despite the fact they were professionals and the US were just a joke.The Military killed alot of their own before they replaced dunces and learned something from others.

[@robnash3748]

Did anyone recognise the boeing 247......

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Early planes...

[@cathrinemihm]

JOHNNY! THERE YOU ARE ....what up ?❤

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

What's up!

[@tompuszczyk8147]

Start from begining

[@keithharvey7230]

Ray Milland with his own hair!

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Ha!

[@timorvet1]

I wonder if that was the real Ryan NYP Spirit of St Louis taking off as the seaplane taxied in.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You never know...

[@jamesoliver6625]

Supposed to be WWI and the roar of the big P&W radials, and big Curtis Wright radials just doesn't sound correct.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

You know your stuff!

[@SKILLED521]

Technicolor in '38? A very pricey film...

[@SKILLED521]

Excellent cast.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A hidden gem of a movie!

[@gary6449]

Cutting edge stuff back in "38..

[@garryferrington811]

First Technicolor feature was in 1922. But it wasn't full color. No blue.

[@j.sumner6999]

The first heavier than air flight was by Gustav Whitehead almost two years before the Wright brothers. Theirs was the first phogographed flight. It pays to advertise.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Yup!

[@leebranch1228]

NONNSENSE.

[@dougcastleman9518]

That’s been debunked countless times.

[@garryferrington811]

Conspiracy theories are endless fun. The world is flat, too.

[@j.sumner6999]

@@garryferrington811 No conspiracy, simply a fact. Look it up if you are not too lazy.

[@jgonzalez101]

I know the Lord God gave us Airplanes; because he couldn't give us Wings. It would be to our own destruction. ✈️

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Sometimes!

[@trevorplows7494]

Alot of these people were not just pioneers but adrenaline junkies doing stupid things to make a fortune quickly and the thought of family or kids was secondary. So many ex WW1 fliers doing barn storming , taking enormous risks all for money and fame. A note Virginia Wiedler was excellent , a fine child and teenager actress who passed way before her time. As an afficionado of movies from the 30s and 40s l never saw a Flik with her in it , l didn't like.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Nice post!

[@garryferrington811]

"A lot." English is difficult.

[@The-F.R.E.E.-J.]

Decent melodrama. Nothing to write home about.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Yup!

[@EllisonBallard-m4y]

Sorry. If I were 30 years younger, this film would be excellent fun. Even if it were possible to suspend belief, as this movie is technically and story very good.But now ar 82 years old cynical thoughts of greed, manipulation, and exploration by the "military-industrial-banking" cartels is just exposure of their crimes against humanity. Oh, to be innocent, to believe in a world honest, sincere, kind people. There are still far too few nice people, but now corruption and hypocrisy are so obvious that an honest person just wants to die and give up...because if the "fallen ones" start World War Three life will not be worth living. The horror will be unspeakable. The acting is good. The film has little fault, but me a disillusioned broken-hearted sick old man who thinks he can see deception of hurtful inventions to kill people in war, not just for speedy transportation...😢 !

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Good post!

[@patrickgriffitt6551]

Went from straight staircase to curved one.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

Hollywood magic!

[@jeffreygrossi2800]

Ray Miland without his British acccent.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

A legend!

[@robertcassey4014]

I’m sure this is a wonderful movie but I can’t watch it. The definition is not sharp whatsoever. At 65, my eyes need all the help they can get. I’m sorry.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

I wish we had a better copy.

[@markg108]

I'm totally blind in one eye and half blind in the other. Great movie !

[@keithharvey7230]

Aerial fight scenes are so boring,like car chases.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

There are good ones of both and a lot of boring ones...

[@johnthorpe8341]

WHY WHY WHY COLOURISE THESE OLD BLACK N WHITE MOVIES THEYRE B/W FILMS FOR A REASON I CANT WATCH THIS

[@PDZ1122]

0:13 - TECHNICOLOR! It's not colorized. They had color film long before 1938.

[@ClassicRobbEvelynKeyes]

This was not colorized. It is just bad early color Hollywood.

[@drzarkov39]

This movie was filmed in color. This film is not colorized, but it should be.

[@tenlittleindians]

You forget a big portion of The Wizard of Oz was in color and it came out about the same era. Although I didn't know that while I watched the movie every year as a kid on a black and white TV set. We got a color TV in the 70's and I was shocked when it switched to color!

[@rayrussell6258]

Black & white thinking is why the world is screwed up today. Everybody needs to reject polarizing everything. Shades of gray, or a little color, never hurts anyone. Watch the film.