Lost in the Stratosphere1934
Starring
- Lona Andre - Sophie
- Edmund Breese - Col. Brooks
- William Cagney - Lt. Tom "Soapy" Cooper
- Russ Clark - Sgt. Enfield
- June Collyer - Evelyn Worthington
- Pauline Garon - Hilda Garon
- June Gittelson - Gretchen
- John Mack - Sgt. Baker
- Hattie McDaniel - Ida Johnson
- Matt McHugh - Matt O'Toole
- Edward Nugent - Lt. Richard "Woody" Wood
- Frank McGlynn, Sr. - Col. Worthington
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Member Reviews (1)
This movie is old. Everything about it--the two buddies in love with the same girl storyline, the comedic horseplay in the barracks—seem OOOOLD, even for 1934. These characters seem better suited in the 19th Century colonial world of Kipling. What we have here is “Gunga Din” without Gunga Din.
The Stratosphere, and the foreboding threat of getting lost in it, doesn’t come up until the last 20 minutes of the movie. At that point, things perk up a bit as our heroes ascend into above-mentioned Stratosphere in their nifty flying bathysphere. This fictional balloon flight mirrors actual record-setting, high-altitude balloon missions to explore the outer boundaries of the world. These were very dangerous flights that made front-page headlines in the mid-30’s, which "Lost In The Stratosphere" tried to capitalize on, but it's too little too late at that point. Interesting how a movie that’s only 65 minutes long can actually seem much longer.