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The Flying Marine
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5951 feet
Directed by Albert Rogell (Albert S. Rogell)

Cast: Ben Lyon [Steve Moran], Shirley Mason [Sally], Jason Robards (Sr.) [Mitch Moran]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Screenplay by John Francis Natteford (Jack Natteford), from a screen story by John Francis Natteford (Jack Natteford). Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Assistant director, Tenny Wright. Cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff. Film editor, William Hamilton. Intertitles written by Weldon Melick. / © 12 June 1929 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP527]. Released 5 June 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version)? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, in six reels (at 5736 feet), by Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents: Airplane - Aviation: Airplane pilots, Aviators - Deaf persons - Death - Families: Brother-brother relationships - Industry: Motion pictures: Directors - Love triangles - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 45, 47, 113 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.