Men with Wings (1938)
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Director: William A. Wellman
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Fred MacMurray as Pat Falconer |
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Ray Milland as Scott Barnes |
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Louise Campbell as Peggy Ranson |
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Andy Devine as Joe Gibbs |
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Lynne Overman as Hank Rinebow |
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Porter Hall as Hiram F. Jenkins |
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Walter Abel as Nick Ranson |
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Kitty Kelly as Martha Ranson |
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Virginia Weidler as Young Peggy Ranson |
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Donald O'Connor as Young Pat Falconer |
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James Burke as J.A. Nolan |
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Willard Robertson as Col. Hadley |
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Dennis Morgan as Galton |
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Evelyn Keyes as Nurse |
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Joan Leslie as Young Patricia Falconer |
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Frank Clarke as Burke |
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Anita Randalla Berkely as Peggy's Baby |
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Billy Bletcher as Red Cross Man |
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Mary Brodel as Patricia Falconer at Age 17 |
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James P. Burtis as Reporter |
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Dolores Casey as Nurse |
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George Chandler as Cody |
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Jack Chapin as Sentry |
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Ethel Clayton as Woman |
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Sheila Darcy as Nurse |
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Jane Dewey as Nurse |
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Lillian Dickson as Woman |
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Claire Du Brey as Edith |
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Eddie Dunn as Field Employee |
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Edward Earle as Officer |
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Jean Fenwick as Nurse |
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Norah Gale as Nurse |
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Grace Goodall as Matron |
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Jonathan Hale as Long |
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Sherry Hall as Field Official |
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Chuck Hamilton as Photographer |
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Dell Henderson as Chairman |
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Russell Hicks as Gen. Marlin |
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Al Hill as Mail Driver |
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John Hubbard as Attendant |
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Paul Kruger as Reporter |
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Paul Mantz as Pilot |
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Ralph McCullough as Reporter |
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Kitty McHugh as Nurse |
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Lucille Miller as Norma |
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Frank Mills as Mechanic |
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Willy Morris as Clerk |
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John T. Murray as Jones |
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David Newell as Photographer |
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Garry Owen as Reporter |
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Franklin Parker as Mail Truck Driver |
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Bob Perry as Waiter |
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Lee Phelps as Photographer |
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Juanita Quigley as Patricia Falconer at Age 6 |
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Ruth Rogers as Girl |
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Ronald R. Rondell as Mechanic |
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Art Rowlands as Reporter |
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Syd Saylor as Jimmy |
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Jerome Storm as Reporter |
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Dorothy Tennant as Mrs. Hill |
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Frank Tomick as |
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Bobby Tracy as Reporter |
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Charles Trowbridge as Alcott |
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Archie Twitchell as Nelson |
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Cheryl Walker as Nurse |
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Ethel West as Woman |
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Pat West as Photographer |
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Dorothy White as Nurse |
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Joe Whitehead as Cab Driver |
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Harry Woods as Baker |
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Charles Williams as Telegraph Operator (uncredited) |
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Billy Cook as Young Scott Barnes |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Sound | W. Franke Harling | Music |
| Directing | William A. Wellman | Director |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Set Decoration |
| Production | William A. Wellman | Producer |
| Art | Robert Odell | Art Direction |
| Writing | Robert Carson | Writer |
| Sound | Gerard Carbonara | Music |
| Camera | W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
