Flying Luck

Name: Flying Luck
Director: Herman C. Raymaker
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1927
Duration: 1 h 11 min
Cast: Monty Banks, Jean Arthur, Kewpie Morgan, Jack W. Johnston, Eddy Chandler

1927 Comedy 71 minutes Directed by Herman C. Raymaker

About Flying Luck

A green young man joins the Army to become a pilot. He falls for the colonel's daughter. He wins the Army-versus-Navy air-polo match. Monty Banks plays the recruit and Jean Arthur the daughter.

Cast & crew

More about Flying Luck

Herman C. Raymaker directed, Monty Banks produced and stars, and Pathé Exchange released it on 4 December 1927. James Diamond photographed it. Wikipedia gives 71 minutes, and a circulating copy runs about 59.

Themes

A recruit who wants wings
The colonel's daughter
An air-polo win
Monty Banks
Jean Arthur
colonel
air polo
Army

Look

James Diamond photographed the flying comedy, including the air-polo match.

Preservation

A print is on Wikimedia Commons. Its running time is shorter than the 71 minutes on Wikipedia.

Notes

Jack W. Johnston plays the colonel. Kewpie Morgan is the sergeant. Eddy Chandler is the corporal.
Louise Carver appears as a passerby.
William Holmes edited.
The plot line about air polo comes from the Rotten Tomatoes synopsis of the film.

Scenes

Banks signs up to fly.
He takes the air-polo match against the Navy.

Also available

Wikimedia Commons (Flying Luck (1927).webm)