4.05.2012

come fly with me


the year: 1963

the genre: comedy


the cast: Dolores Hart (Donna Stuart); Hugh O'Brien (First Officer Ray Winsley); Karl Boehm (Baron Franz Von Elzingen)' Pamel Tiffin (Carol Brewster); Lois Nettleton (Hilda "Bergie" Bergstrom)


the plot: Classic schmaltz. Three stewardesses working for Polar Atlantic Airways, make regular flights between New York and Paris or Vienna. Along the way, one meets an impoverished Austrian baron who turns out to be a diamond smuggler. Another, a "Southern belle", develops a crush on the first officer of the airplane even though she takes issue with his morals. The third gets noticed by a multi-millionaire widower from Texas.


don't miss: how Miss Brewster aids in averting the cavetation.



extra bonus points: if you know what Dolores Hunt did with the rest of her life.


did you know: that the title of this film was originally Champagne Flight.



watch the trailer here.

1 comment:

Millie Motts said...

Answer: She became a nun.