Test Pilot (1938)
Remember in A Lost Lady when Ricardo Cortez crashes his plane in Barbara Stanwyck’s backyard? Remember how ridiculous that was? Well, another movie borrowed that meet-cute: Test Pilot. Clark Gable is a daredevil pilot with a reckless personal life, and when he lands his plane in the family farm of Myrna Loy, he stays for dinner. They’re attracted to each other, and they elope. But, the familiar problem rears its head: Myrna wants to domesticate him.
Clark is the type of man who flies a dangerous airplane and takes chances because it gives him a thrill. If that’s who she fell in love with, then she shouldn’t want to change him. If she wants someone more sedentary, then she should have married Clark’s pal, Spencer Tracy. This pseudo-love triangle is really irritating, since I’m not on anyone’s side. I would have been far happier if everyone went their separate ways and made a much shorter movie. If you like this one, though, check out the similarly themed Eternally Yours or the William Faulkner drama The Tarnished Angels.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. During some of the airplane scenes, the camera tilts and swirls a little and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
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Clark is the type of man who flies a dangerous airplane and takes chances because it gives him a thrill. If that’s who she fell in love with, then she shouldn’t want to change him. If she wants someone more sedentary, then she should have married Clark’s pal, Spencer Tracy. This pseudo-love triangle is really irritating, since I’m not on anyone’s side. I would have been far happier if everyone went their separate ways and made a much shorter movie. If you like this one, though, check out the similarly themed Eternally Yours or the William Faulkner drama The Tarnished Angels.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. During some of the airplane scenes, the camera tilts and swirls a little and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Clark Gable movies here!
More Myrna Loy movies here!
More Spencer Tracy movies here!