Central Airport Overview:

Central Airport (1933) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by William A. Wellman and Alfred E. Green and produced by Hal B. Wallis.

SYNOPSIS

Solid performance by Barthelmess as a daredevil flier who loves a lady parachutist but refuses to marry her because of the dangers of his profession. She weds his brother instead and sparks fly, along with aerial heroics and some innovative shots. Look for one of John Wayne's early screen appearances.

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CENTRAL AIRPORT (1933)

By Terry on Nov 27, 2018 From Stardust and Shadows

The thirties saw the beginnings of country wide air travel for the? chosen few who could afford it including stops for refueling was happening.? The romance of air travel, airmail and travel in general with grand hotels built by railway and steamship companies with literally? in the air for those th... Read full article


Central Airport (1933)

By Judy on Oct 11, 2010 From Movie Classics

Central Airport is yet another of William Wellman’s lesser-known pre-Codes – but the good news is that this one is available on DVD, released as one of a batch of Warner Archive features starring Richard Barthelmess. It’s not one of Wellman’s very greatest, but it is still hi... Read full article


Central Airport (1933, William A. Wellman)

on Aug 2, 2009 From The Stop Button

Maybe the film should have been called The Lecher, the Floozie and the Rube, because Central Airport doesn’t have anything to do with the plot. I kept waiting for it to turn into a Grand Hotel at an airport, but it’s really a soaper about pilot Richard Barthelmess who romances air show p... Read full article


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Quotes from

Mr. Blaine: [to an injured Jim coming off the train] Well, you're looking fine, Jim... considering.
Neil 'Bud' Blaine: [Bitterly] Considering what didn't get broken, got bent, eh!


Jill Collins: [Referring to song on the jukebox] Remember that song? The birds do it... the bees do it...
James 'Jim' Blaine: [Cynically] Yeah, and ducks do it, but who wants to be a duck?


James 'Jim' Blaine: [noticing her cumbersome trailing parachute] Can I carry your train for you, your highness/
Jill Collins: Don't you know an exhibition parachute when you see one?
James 'Jim' Blaine: Well, I was so interested in the exhibition...
[moving his eyes from the chute to her derrière]
James 'Jim' Blaine: ... I never noticed the chute.


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Facts about

American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 erroneously identifies Glenda Farrell (uncredited) as "Woman in Wreck". Glenda Farrell does not appear in this film.
A note on file in the AMPAS library says that John Vosper replaced Charles Sellon, J. Carrol Naish replaced Harold Huber and Russ Powell replaced Robert W. Craig.
Alfred E. Green temporarily replaced William A. Wellman as director when he caught the flu.
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