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'''''Bombay Clipper''''' is a 1942 [[aviation]] [[drama]] film directed by [[John Rawlins (director)|John Rawlins]] and stars [[William Gargan]] and [[Irene Hervey]]. The film features [[Maria Montez]] in an early role. [[Turhan Bey]] also appears.<ref> Pérez, Vivian and Luisa Peguero. [http://mariamontez.org/bombay_clipper2.html "Article: 'Bombay Clipper' (1942) aka 'El Vuelo de Bombay'."] ''Mariamontez.org''. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.</ref> ''Bombay Clipper'' was based on the exploits of oceanic flyers, flying for [[Pan American World Airways]].<ref name="movies"/><ref>"Universal plans program at meeting in Chicago."''Los Angeles Times'', February 11, 1941, p. A2.</ref> {{TOC limit|limit=2}}
'''''Bombay Clipper''''' is a 1942 [[aviation]] [[drama]] film directed by [[John Rawlins (director)|John Rawlins]] and stars [[William Gargan]] and [[Irene Hervey]]. The film features [[Maria Montez]] in an early role. [[Turhan Bey]] also appears.<ref> Pérez, Vivian and Luisa Peguero. [http://mariamontez.org/bombay_clipper2.html "Article: 'Bombay Clipper' (1942) aka 'El Vuelo de Bombay'."] ''Mariamontez.org''. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.</ref><ref>Bombay Clipper
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 8, Iss. 85, (Jan 1, 1941): 163. </ref>
''Bombay Clipper'' was based on the exploits of oceanic flyers, flying for [[Pan American World Airways]].<ref name="movies"/><ref>"Universal plans program at meeting in Chicago."''Los Angeles Times'', February 11, 1941, p. A2.</ref> {{TOC limit|limit=2}}


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Production==
==Production==
Universal announced the film in February 1941.<ref>Universal Plans Program Including 61 Major Offerings: Sixty-nine Reels of Short Subjects Also on List Announced at Meeting in Chicago
Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]11 Feb 1941: A2. </ref> Stanley Rubin and Roy Chanslor started writing the script in April.<ref>RKO Will Distribute Goldwyn Productions and Acquires Rights to 'Fantasia' New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]28 Apr 1941: 11. </ref>

Filming on ''Bombay Clipper'' started in June 1941.<ref>Churchill, Douglas W. "Special to The New York Times". ''The New York Times'', June 16, 1941, p. 11.</ref>Much of the movie was shot on a set made to simulate the Boeing Clipper’s interior. {{#tag:ref|The newer Pan-Am [[Boeing 314 Clipper]]s were featured in the film's promotion, rather than the company's [[Sikorsky S-42]] [[flying boat]]s.<ref name="movies"> Weirather. Larry. [http://www.clipperculture.com/html/chapterp3.html "Hollywood: Clippers go to the movies."] ''clipperculture.com'', 2007. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.</ref>|group=N}}
Filming on ''Bombay Clipper'' started in June 1941.<ref>Churchill, Douglas W. "Special to The New York Times". ''The New York Times'', June 16, 1941, p. 11.</ref>Much of the movie was shot on a set made to simulate the Boeing Clipper’s interior. {{#tag:ref|The newer Pan-Am [[Boeing 314 Clipper]]s were featured in the film's promotion, rather than the company's [[Sikorsky S-42]] [[flying boat]]s.<ref name="movies"> Weirather. Larry. [http://www.clipperculture.com/html/chapterp3.html "Hollywood: Clippers go to the movies."] ''clipperculture.com'', 2007. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.</ref>|group=N}}


==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it an "excellent melodrama."<ref>'Playmates' Giddy, Goofy, Sophomoric Cinemelange
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 26 Jan 1942: 13. </ref>

Aviation film historian James M. Farmer in ''Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation'' (1984), indicated that ''Bombay Clipper'' was "Low-minded mystery fare."<ref>Farmer 1984, p. 296.</ref> In ''Aviation in the Cinema'' (1985), aviation film historian Stephen Pendo considered ''Bombay Clipper'', a "routine" drama that pits reporter, detective and spies against each in solving a murder mystery on a flight across the Pacific Ocean.<ref>Pendo 1985, p. 21.</ref>
Aviation film historian James M. Farmer in ''Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation'' (1984), indicated that ''Bombay Clipper'' was "Low-minded mystery fare."<ref>Farmer 1984, p. 296.</ref> In ''Aviation in the Cinema'' (1985), aviation film historian Stephen Pendo considered ''Bombay Clipper'', a "routine" drama that pits reporter, detective and spies against each in solving a murder mystery on a flight across the Pacific Ocean.<ref>Pendo 1985, p. 21.</ref>


Revision as of 02:08, 8 August 2019

Bombay Clipper
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Rawlins
Written byRoy Chanslor
Stanley Rubin
Produced byMarshall Grant
StarringWilliam Gargan
Maria Montez
CinematographyStanley Cortez
Edited byOtto Ludwig
Music byH. J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversalPictures
Release date
  • February 6, 1942 (1942-02-06)
Running time
60 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bombay Clipper is a 1942 aviation drama film directed by John Rawlins and stars William Gargan and Irene Hervey. The film features Maria Montez in an early role. Turhan Bey also appears.[1][2]

Bombay Clipper was based on the exploits of oceanic flyers, flying for Pan American World Airways.[3][4]

Plot

Foreign correspondent Jim Montgomery (William Gargan) agrees to quit his job when his fiancée Frankie (Irene Hervey) threatens to return home to San Francisco without him, tired of his profession always coming first. He remains in Bombay, India for one more assignment, investigating a report of missing jewels, valued at four million dollars. A mysterious man called Chundra (Turhan Bey) continues to observe him.

With the case still unsolved, Jim and Frankie board a flying boat to Manila, unaware that the gems are aboard. A passenger is mysteriously killed, but not before the jewels are hidden in Frankie's case. George Lewis (Lloyd Corrigan), another passenger, admits to being a courier for the diamonds, saying they are meant to be a gift to a foreign dignitary. Lewis, too, is then killed.

Montgomery encounters the culprit and is in danger of being thrown from the aircraft, but he is rescued by Chundra, who is actually a government agent. Frankie can not blame Jim this time for being in a hurry to get back to work and report the story.

Cast

Boeing 314 Clipper.

Production

Universal announced the film in February 1941.[5] Stanley Rubin and Roy Chanslor started writing the script in April.[6]

Filming on Bombay Clipper started in June 1941.[7]Much of the movie was shot on a set made to simulate the Boeing Clipper’s interior. [N 1]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called it an "excellent melodrama."[8]

Aviation film historian James M. Farmer in Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation (1984), indicated that Bombay Clipper was "Low-minded mystery fare."[9] In Aviation in the Cinema (1985), aviation film historian Stephen Pendo considered Bombay Clipper, a "routine" drama that pits reporter, detective and spies against each in solving a murder mystery on a flight across the Pacific Ocean.[10]

References

Notes

  1. ^ The newer Pan-Am Boeing 314 Clippers were featured in the film's promotion, rather than the company's Sikorsky S-42 flying boats.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ Pérez, Vivian and Luisa Peguero. "Article: 'Bombay Clipper' (1942) aka 'El Vuelo de Bombay'." Mariamontez.org. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Bombay Clipper Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 8, Iss. 85, (Jan 1, 1941): 163.
  3. ^ a b Weirather. Larry. "Hollywood: Clippers go to the movies." clipperculture.com, 2007. Retrieved: May 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Universal plans program at meeting in Chicago."Los Angeles Times, February 11, 1941, p. A2.
  5. ^ Universal Plans Program Including 61 Major Offerings: Sixty-nine Reels of Short Subjects Also on List Announced at Meeting in Chicago Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]11 Feb 1941: A2.
  6. ^ RKO Will Distribute Goldwyn Productions and Acquires Rights to 'Fantasia' New York Times (1923-Current file); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]28 Apr 1941: 11.
  7. ^ Churchill, Douglas W. "Special to The New York Times". The New York Times, June 16, 1941, p. 11.
  8. ^ 'Playmates' Giddy, Goofy, Sophomoric Cinemelange Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 26 Jan 1942: 13.
  9. ^ Farmer 1984, p. 296.
  10. ^ Pendo 1985, p. 21.

Bibliography

  • Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. ISBN 978-0-83062-374-7.
  • Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8-1081-746-2.
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