Le dirigeable

Original title: Dirigible

1931
Approved
1h 40m

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Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.

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6.3/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Jack Holt

Jack Bradon

Fay Wray

Helen Pierce

Ralph Graves

'Frisky' Pierce

Hobart Bosworth

Louis Rondelle

Roscoe Karns

Sock McGuire

Harold Goodwin

Hansen

Clarence Muse

Clarence

Emmett Corrigan

Rear Adm. John S. Martin
(as Emmet Corrigan)

Richard Alexander

Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Party Guest
(uncredited)

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Parade Official
(uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Admiral's Aide
(uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Lt. Rowland
(uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Lakehurst Radio Announcer
(uncredited)

Kenneth MacDonald

Lt. Fogarty
(uncredited)

Adrian Morris

Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman
(uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Sailor
(uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Doctor
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Capra
Writers
- Frank Wead
- Jo Swerling
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Trivia
The production was shot during a California heat wave. To form vapor on the breath and give the impression that the pilots were in the Antarctic, the performers were given lumps of 'dry ice' (frozen carbon dioxide) in metal boxes to put in their mouths. Hobart Bosworth found the box cumbersome and simply put the ice in his mouth. He lost his tongue and most of his lower jaw.

Goofs
The name of this Dirigible was the USS Pensacola but there was already a USN heavy cruiser of the same name that was in service since 1928 when this movie was made. The Navy does not assign duplicate names to ships/air ships in service at the same time.

Connections
Featured in Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

Soundtracks
Anchors Aweigh
(1906) (uncredited)
Music by Charles A. Zimmerman
Lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles and R. Lovell
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Sung by guests at a party

Lakehurst, the setting for much of this film was the epicenter of American ballooning and dirigibles, before the second world war and through it as well. A recent book, _They sailed the skies : U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program_ led me to this film, since it represents an easy way to get a look at some of the men and machines in action. Frank "Spig" Wead is the writer and Frank Capra directs. Wead of course was a flyer himself and only turned to writing after a crash broke his neck, crippling him. See WINGS OF EAGLES by John Ford for a dramatization of his life. The early sound era is not known for the sleekness of it's screen story-telling, but if you have interest in the history of zeppelins, or pre-WW2 aviaton, this film is worth watching.