Above the Clouds (1934)
Few studios ground out as many aviation melodramas as Columbia. In Above the Clouds, Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages to get his photographer pal Dick (Richard Cromwell) fired as well, but he promises to restore Dick's reputation, some way or another. He gets his chance while covering a dirigible wreck (some three years before the Hindenburg), saving the day for both Dick and himself. The outcome of the plot hinges on a telephoto lens, a relatively new device in 1934. Dorothy Wilson hangs around in the obligatory but hardly necessary role of the love interest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Armstrong, Richard Cromwell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Roy William Neill
Synopsis of Above the Clouds
Few studios ground out as many aviation melodramas as Columbia. In Above the Clouds, Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages to get his photographer pal Dick (Richard Cromwell) fired as well, but he promises to restore Dick's reputation, some way or another. He gets his chance while covering a dirigible wreck (some three years before the Hindenburg), saving the day for both Dick and himself. The outcome of the plot hinges on a telephoto lens, a relatively new device in 1934. Dorothy Wilson hangs around in the obligatory but hardly necessary role of the love interest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Above the Clouds
- Robert Armstrong - Scoop Adams
- Dorothy Wilson - Connie
- Morgan Wallace - Chandler
- Bessie Barriscale - Mother
- Luis Alberni - Speakeasy Owner
- Richard Cromwell - Dick Robinson
- Edmund Breese - Crusty
- Dorothy Revier - Dolly
- Geneva Mitchell - Mabel
- Sherry Hall - Doyle
- Director(s):
- Roy William Neill
- Writer(s):
- Albert E. DeMond
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