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A Masterpiece!

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Lock up your postman hating dog when you watch this, because you will want no distractions in this saga of the trials and tribulations of air mail pilots who go through all sorts of inclement weather and potential disasters to get the mail quickly by plane to where it needs to go. Some are daredevils, and others take their jobs more seriously, but when it comes to looking out for each other, they take their jobs very seriously. A horrific scene in the very beginning of this intense film shows a fiery plane crash where pilot Ralph Bellamy must shoot another pilot dead so he doesn't burn to death in utter agony. The screams of the unseen pilot will ring in your ears for days after seeing this, because indeed, it is one of the most horrifying moments I've seen of a plane crash in film. Bellamy must then tell the man's sister (Gloria Stuart) a lie to ensure her that her brother died instantly to spare her the agony and nightmares of re-living his last moments over and over.Just as this situation is wrapped up, hotshot newcomer Pat O'Brien comes along, showing off his medals and war record, and being an absolute braggart about it all. O'Brien, it appears, had been involved with the wife (Lillian Bond) of another pilot (Russell Hopton) who keeps his wife with him, obviously knowing that on her own, she could get into all sorts of trouble. Veteran pilot Slim Summerville, looking like the sad hound dog he became famous for, is teased by local kids for looking like the eagle on his plane, but for the most part, remains the company's voice of reason, with Bellamy the calm in many storms they face. When Bellamy's plane goes down in the middle of snowy nowhere, it is feared that he will never be found, and just as all hope is lost, O'Brien sets out to find him. You would expect after their rather unfriendly start that Bellamy would exclaim, "No! Not you!" when he is found.The light comedy helps distract the audience from the more horrific moments of this exciting adventure that features some amazing flying photography. In the hands of legendary director John Ford, this is one of the most underrated of his long list of classics, having fallen into obscurity because of his classic westerns and war movies, usually featuring John Wayne. The pre-code elements give this a close to home look, as well as a chance to glimpse the beautiful Gloria Stuart 65 years before she played the 100 year old Rose in 1997's version of "Titanic". All of the actors playing the pilots give interesting dimensions to their characters, with Bellamy quite serious, O'Brien very outrageous, and Summerville underplaying his comedy. The elements of how mail gets to its destination may have changed in the past 86 years, but to look back and see the efforts made years ago makes for a fascinating drama that will leave you hooked.

If any of you have seen John Ford's tribute biography to Spig Wead The Wings Of Eagles, you'll recall that Ward Bond plays a director modeled on Ford who is contacting former flier Wead to write a screenplay of an aviation film he's planning to do. For some reason Airmail has not been readily available for the public in years, but fortunately I did get to see a copy and now know what Ford and Wead were negotiating for.Airmail stars Pat O'Brien and Ralph Bellamy as a hotshot pilot and the supervisor of an airport in the western USA. O'Brien curiously enough is playing the kind of role that James Cagney would have been cast in the many collaborations those two did at Warner Brothers where O'Brien would sign in the following year. Bellamy in turn is playing a typical Pat O'Brien role, the authority figure who has to take the wind out of Cagney's sails.Airmail does live up to Spig Wead's hopes and dreams of a tribute to the men who flew these crates delivering the mail. As airplanes got better and safer mail delivery got to be taken for granted. But putting an airmail stamp on a letter meant in the early Thirties you were asking a pilot to risk his life so your loved ones could get news from you. The film was extremely timely as in 1932 the topic of air safety was a big one as news of pilot crashes of mail planes seemed to be occurring regularly.O'Brien who has no hesitation in letting everyone know he's the best at what he does, starts an affair with Lillian Bond the unhappily married wife of fellow pilot Russell Hopton. This isn't a first for either O'Brien or Bond. Later on Hopton is killed, one among the many deaths in Airmail. The climax has O'Brien flying a rescue mission for Bellamy who with a lack of pilots takes an Airmail plane up to deliver the mail what happens is for you to see Airmail, but it's along the lines of several Cagney/O'Brien films.Speaking of which Cagney and O'Brien a few years later starred in the screen adaption of Spig Wead's Broadway play Ceiling Zero. That one is rather static owing to a bad cross over from stage to screen. Airmail is qualitatively better.And while the special effects are ancient, the drama is real and contemporary. Try to see this rarely seen Ford feature when it's broadcast. It was strange to see O'Brien in a Cagney part, but he acquitted himself well.

Released the same year as "Flesh",this is much more "fordian" than the movie starring Wallace Beery."Airmail contains the seeds of a lot of things which will be developed by the director afterward:manly friendship,sense of duty,struggle against the elements.And most of all,the fact that any man can redeem himself.There are such characters in the script:the first one is the pilot who,in the past,left his plane (with passengers)before the crash;the second is Duke (Pat O'Brien)who falls first under a femme fatale's spell,then leaves her and comes to his mate's rescue,at his own risk.People often say that Ford's cinema is very optimistic.These ones have tunnel vision.There are a lot of deaths in this film:Joe 's and "Dizzy"'s ones are particularly dreadful.The men here are true heroes who give everything:Bellamy's character will face the storm,in spite of his lover's plea."Only angels have wings"(Hawks ,1939)would certainly be influenced by Ford whose interest in planes would not be dried up when he directed "The wings of eagles" in 1957.NB:Would you believe it?Gloria Stewart was famous back in 1997 for playing old Rose Dewitt Bukater!!

A film that belies its age. There are some corny bits of dialogue and cheesy special effects, but Ford created a good low-key drama utilizing an excellent cast. Strong story written partly by Frank Wead. Could not believe this was made in 1932 and at UNIVERSAL!