Category: WW I

Flyboys (2006). “Flyboys, the first World War I aviation film in over 30 years, is inspired by the epic, courageous tale of the American young men who would become known … Continue Reading →

Wings (1927) is the story of two men who have gone to war and the girl they both leave behind. Director William A. Wellman and has some of the best … Continue Reading →

Von Richthofen and Brown (1971). The Red Baron, is a highly skilled German fighter pilot and a gentlemen who respects tradition. His greatest Allied opponent, the Canadian Roy Brown, has … Continue Reading →

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939).  Irene persuades Vernon to give up his vaudeville clowning to cultivate his obvious dancing abilities. Then the first World War intervenes and … Continue Reading →

Sky Devils (1932). Two jokers fool their sergeant (William “Stage” Boyd) and wind up heroes in World War I France. Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow … Continue Reading →

Lilac Time (1928). Colleen Moore stars as the French gamin Jeannine Bertholot who is a good luck charm to a seven-man platoon of the British Air Force that uses the lilac … Continue Reading →

Lafayette Escadrille (1958). The brave Americans who flew for France before the U.S. entered World War I are saluted in Lafayette Escadrille, a rousing and flavorful adventure filled with flyboy camaraderie. … Continue Reading →

Hell’s Angels (1930) was produced and directed by Billionaire Howard Hughes, the most expensive film ever made in its time. Hughes spared no expense in capturing an exciting dogfight between … Continue Reading →

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) is a powerful anti-war drama in which Cary Grant and Fredric March play rival pilots with opposing codes of honor during World War I. … Continue Reading →

The Dawn Patrol (1938) stars Errol Flynn (“The Adventures of Robin Hood”), David Niven (“The Pink Panther”) and Nigel Rathbone (“Romeo and Juliet”) in this gripping WWI drama about a … Continue Reading →