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CREDITS
1931, 80 minutes, B&W.
Director, Charles F. Reisner; Screenplay, Charles F. Reisner, A.P. Younger and Robert E. Hopkins; Choreography, Busby Berkeley; Cinematography, Merritt Gerstad.
CAST
Rusty, Bert Lahr; Pansy, Charlotte Greenwood; Sport, Pat O'Brien; Dr. Brown, Charles Winninger; Eileen, Kathryn Crawford; Mrs. Smith, Hedda Hopper; Mr. Smith, Guy Kibbee; Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra.
SONGS
Happy Landing by Buddy De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson; We'll Dance Till Dawn by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh.
PLOT SYNOPSIS
"Lahr played an intrepid aviator who, due to no skill of his own but because of a fault in the landing gear, inadvertently breaks the world record for high flying."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
NOTES
"MGM wasted no time in purchasing the. . .hit Flying High when it opened on Broadway in 1930. But by the time it reached the screen. . .it was decidedly de trop. . ."
- Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
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