Going Wild
About Going Wild
Rollo Smith and Jack Lane, played by Joe E. Brown and Lawrence Gray, are put off a train at White Beach and taken for the pilot-writer Robert Story. Peggy Freeman and May Bunch give them rooms and meals at the Palm Inn. Rollo, who has never flown, is entered against Ace Benton. He gets the plane into the air and can barely hold it. After the real pilot Ferguson is locked in a closet, Rollo's flailing drives Ace out of the race. Peggy's parachute opens by accident. Rollo goes with her, they land, and he proposes.
Cast & crew
More about Going Wild
William A. Seiter directed and produced. Henry McCarty and Humphrey Pearson wrote it from James Montgomery's 1910 play The Aviator. Sol Polito photographed it. Ernö Rapée is the music credit. First National released it on December 21, 1930. It was planned as a musical. Most of the numbers were cut. One song, "My Hero Mine," sung by Joe E. Brown and Laura Lee, remains. A French version, L'aviateur, came out in 1931.
Themes
Look
Sol Polito photographed it.
Music
Ernö Rapée is credited with the music. The surviving song is "My Hero Mine," sung by Joe E. Brown and Laura Lee.
Preservation
The Library of Congress holds the 68-minute American release.
Notes
- Walter Pidgeon plays Ace Benton. Arthur Hoyt plays the real Robert Story. Ona Munson plays Ruth Howard. Frank McHugh plays Ricky Freeman.
- The Library of Congress holds the shortened American release. A longer cut was sent abroad.
- Warner Archive has issued the American cut on DVD.
Scenes
- Rollo is cheered as Robert Story at the Palm Inn.
- He and Peggy float down under her parachute.
Influenced by
- The Aviator (play, 1910, James Montgomery)
Also available
- Warner Archive Collection (DVD)
