West Point of the Air explained

West Point of the Air
Director:Richard Rosson
Producer:Monta Bell
Starring:Wallace Beery
Robert Young
Lewis Stone
Maureen O'Sullivan
Rosalind Russell
Robert Taylor
Music:Charles Maxwell
Cinematography:Clyde De Vinna
Editing:Frank Sullivan
Released:1935
Runtime:89 minutes
Language:English

West Point of the Air is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery, about pilot training in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the early 1930's. The supporting cast includes Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Rosalind Russell, and Robert Taylor. The movie was directed by Richard Rosson'

West Point of the Air was filmed on location at Randolph Field, near San Antonio, Texas, the eponymous "West Point of the Air", using live action footage, models, and cockpit mockups of Consolidated PT-3 flight trainers. Aerial photography by noted aerial Cinematographer, Elmer Dyer.

John Wayne later portrayed Frank "Spig" Wead, one of the film's script writers, in John Ford's biographical movie The Wings of Eagles.

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