Lost in the Stratosphere

This is one of those "woman comes between two pilots" pictures. There were about fifty of them it seems in the 1930s alone. James Cagney's little brother plays one of the pilots. It's a part very similar to those Jimmy was playing around this time, albeit with less charisma and energy. The hilarious part about this love triangle is the woman was cheating on one guy with the other, yet the film still builds the entire plot around which guy gets her like she's a prize. A bit like winning a dollar in the lottery if you ask me.

The characters here are not particularly likable or fun, despite acting like they think they are. You would be forgiven for thinking the military was one big college fraternity with how immature these guys act. Just a bunch of horny doofuses whose superiors seem tickled by it all. I usually enjoy aviation-related movies from the first half of the twentieth century. Those are my favorite parts of this movie. That and the rain. I assume the rain in this is legit. If not they deserved a special Oscar for creating realistic rain effects.