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Flying High

19314.8 / 1080 min

Romance, Comedy, Music

Overview

BERT LAHR The Funniest, Most Imitated Man on Stage or Screen Charlotte Greenwood The Longest Laugh in Pictures.

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

Cast

Bert Lahr

Emil 'Rusty' Krouse

Charlotte Greenwood

Pansy Potts

Pat O’Brien

Sport Wardell

Kathryn Crawford

Eileen Smith

Charles Winninger

Dr. Brown

Hedda Hopper

Mrs. Smith

Guy Kibbee

Fred Smith

Herbert Braggiotti

Gordon

Gus Arnheim

Himself - the Orchestra Leader

Loretta Andrews

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Richard Carle

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Nick Copeland

Aviator with the Jokester (uncredited)

Mildred Dixon

Miss Dixon / Dancer (uncredited)

James Durkin

Mr. Rankin - Detective (uncredited)

Ruth Eddings

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)

Mary Halsey

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)

Donald Novis

Young Man (uncredited)

Dave O'Brien

Dancer (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Reporter from the News (uncredited)

Herbert Prior

Angry Investor with Eyeglasses (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Aviator (uncredited)

Clarence Wilson

Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)

Crew

Busby Berkeley

Choreographer

Ray Henderson

Book

Lew Brown

Book

Jimmy McHugh

Original Music Composer

Dorothy Fields

Original Music Composer

Buddy G. DeSylva

Book

John McGowan

Book

Charles Reisner

Director

Douglas Shearer

Sound Director

A.P. Younger

Screenplay

Charles Reisner

Adaptation

William S. Gray

Editor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

George White

Producer

Adrian

Costume Design

Merritt B. Gerstad

Director of Photography