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Crazy to Fly (1927)
Short | Comedy, Short

Crazy to Fly (1927)

Short | Comedy, Short

En route to Frances' house Bobby stops at the florist, leaving his car outside. Eddie, his rival, sees the car, pushes it with his car into a section of big sewer pipe and it is lifted by the crew without their noticing the flivver inside....See moreEn route to Frances' house Bobby stops at the florist, leaving his car outside. Eddie, his rival, sees the car, pushes it with his car into a section of big sewer pipe and it is lifted by the crew without their noticing the flivver inside. Bobby finally arrives at Frances' home, just after Eddie, the manager of father's factory, had been told to wait for his boss, in an antechamber. Eddie and Bobby discover each other arid Eddie hurls a flowerpot toward Bobby just as father emerges from the door and steps Into the line of fire. Eddie's at once discharged and told to get out, leaving Bobby free to ask tor Frances' hand. Father says he likes Bobby but he will have to have some proof of his ability. He offers him a job as demonstrator and Bobby gladly accepts. Father, Bobby and Frances drive to father's factory at once. Bobby sees what it is and nearly faints, especially when father tells him that he is to make a trial flight in the afternoon so that government officials may see and accept the wonderful new plane the factory has turned out, a bomber that drops bombs like a machine gun. Bobby is crestfallen and down in the mouth. Wandering around the plant he runs into Sid, a college friend and a pilot, who listens to his troubles and then promises to hide in the plane and run it while Bobby goes through the motions for the edification of father and Frances. Eddie, on leaving his office after being fired, takes the plans of the new plane to a Bolshevik agent who agrees to buy them if the plane works all right that afternoon. Eddie says it will work, for a while, and then he goes over to the plane and cuts a strut or two so the plane will crash as soon as it has gone through a few strenuous stunts. Bobby, feeling very relieved is showing off in great shape as the flight starts. With Sid safely hidden away doing the piloting, they make a nice ascent and are doing their stuff when Sid notices the damaged struts and climbs out to fix them. He gets them repaired but on his way back to the fuselage he slips off and is saved by his parachute. Bobby, left alone unbeknownst to himself, in the plane, is enjoying the intricate tricks the "pilot" is doing and is telling the departed Sid to go the limit as he is not scared, when suddenly he sees Sid over the side and rapidly descending In the parachute. He is then of course scared pink and make frantic attempts to grab Sid and get him back into the plane, to no avail. Follows a hair raising time for Bobby. In his attempts to control the plane he releases the bombs, making it hot for the folks below. Eddie and the Bolshevik are seemingly pursued by the bombs, running hither and yon to escape them. They take refuge in a barn and feel comparatively safe at last. Bobby, cutting impossible capers is creating a great impression as a stunt aviator. Seeing the barn looming up ahead of him he makes a frantic attempt to miss it and goes right through it, the crash uncovering Eddie and the Russian, the latter is wanted by the secret service men in the crowd. Bobby comes up goofy but happy and the father says that he will let him marry Frances on the condition that he do no more flying as he is too much of a daredevil. This being a highly satisfactory stipulation, we here fade out. Written by Press Sheet from Library of Congress See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Bobby Vernon The Boy The Boy See fewer	For the Love of Fanny (1931)
Frances Lee The Girl The Girl See fewer	Her Splendid Folly (1933)
Bud Ross The Father The Father See fewer	The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
Eddie Baker The Villain The Villain See fewer	Oranges and Lemons (1923)
Sidney Smith The Pilot (as Sid Smith) The Pilot (as Sid Smith) See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Gus Leonard Actor Actor See fewer	Wurra-Wurra (1916)
S.D. Wilcox Actor (as Silas Wilcox) Actor (as Silas Wilcox) See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)