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With Wings Outspread
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4862 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Walter Franklin, Madeleine Cassinelli, Fred Terry
Camus Productions production; distributed by Aywon Film Corporation. / Released June 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Action.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, October 1922, 3:79] A daring gang of bandits outside of Havana becomes so bold that the government sends two aviators borrowed from the U.S. Army after them. Flying over the camp, the mechanic is wounded and they land, hiding the plane. A girl nurses the mechanic back to health. The aviator is captured by the bandits but wins their confidence and escapes. Learning that the bandit chief covets the girl, the mechanic hides her in a cave, where they are joined by the aviator. They are attacked by the bandits, but manage to escape in the hidden plane, and happiness follows.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Airplanes - Cuba - Cubans
Listing updated: 28 November 2023.
References: Sherwood-Best p. 197 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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