I rather enjoy watching Night Flight (1933). For me, the few short scenes featuring Montgomery are such a pleasure that I'm still grinning through the rest of the movie. The script can be a snore, poor Helen Hayes gets to wade through much of the melodramatic morass. The disappointment of Night Flight (1933) is not having the stars appear together. Helen and Clark Gable are married, but their screen time together is comprised of Helen looking longingly at an 8x10 of flyer Clark. Gable's appearance is limited to sitting in his plane's cockpit looking brave. Myrna Loy has a scene with hubby pilot William Gargan (who?). Bob's scenes are with Lionel Barrymore. I mean, it's too evident that this movie was filmed around the filming schedules of the stars. It was filmed March to July of 1933. In this five month period, Bob did his scenes for Night Flight, filmed When Ladies Meet and Another Language, and left town for his summer vacation in New York.
But the entrance Auguste Pellerin (Montgomery) makes is choice. Love it. TCM is showing Night Flight today at 3:00 p.m. EST. Or better yet, pickup the DVD on eBay with the super nifty cover.
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