Parachute Jumper
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Grounded daredevil pilot Douglas Fairbanks Jr. secures a job protecting shady Leo Carrillo from his many enemies. Carrillo takes a liking to the young man and promotes him to a flying job--smuggling narcotics into the United States. Fairbanks eventually redeems himself with the help of good girl Bette Davis. Frank McHugh is also around to do his "best buddy" specialty, as Fairbanks' pilot chum. Parachute Jumper was one of Bette Davis' least favorite pictures, a dislike which is all too evident in her substandard performance. In 1962, clips from Parachute Jumper were used in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which costarred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, to illustrate that the character Davis was playing was a lousy actress! ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Bill Keller
- Leo Carrillo - Weber
- Bette Davis - Alabama
- Frank McHugh - Toodles
- Claire Dodd - Mrs. Newberry
Credit
Jack Okey - Art Director, Alfred E. Green - Director, Ray F. Curtiss - Editor, James Van Trees - Cinematographer, Raymond Griffith - Producer, Jack L. Warner - Producer, Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, John Francis Larkin - Screenwriter, Rian James - Short Story Author| Parachute Battalion (1941 Film), Paracelsus (1943 Film) | |
| Parachute Nurse (1942 Film), Parad Planet (1984 Film) |
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Parachute Jumper
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited) |
| Written by | Rian James (story) John Francis Larkin |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Bette Davis Frank McHugh |
| Release date(s) | January 28, 1933 |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Parachute Jumper is a 1933 black-and-white drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bette Davis and Frank McHugh. It was based on a story by Rian James entitled "Some Call It Love".
Plot
Bill Keller (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and Toodles Cooper (Frank McHugh) move to New York after leaving the United States Marine Corps. Unemployed and almost out of money, they meet blonde Southerner Patricia "Alabama" Kent (Bette Davis). Keller convinces her to share their apartment to save on expenses.
Keller narrowly escapes death when he parachute jumps for some money. Next, he becomes the chauffeur for Mrs. Newberry (Claire Dodd), the mistress of gangster Kurt Weber (Leo Carillo). Eventually, Keller and Cooper become entangled in Weber's schemes, getting them in trouble with the law.
In popular culture
Clips of Parachute Jumper are featured in the prologue of the first film version of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) as an example of the supposedly poor quality of the film work of Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) as an adult.
External links
- Parachute Jumper at the Internet Movie Database
- Parachute Jumper at the TCM Movie Database
- Parachute Jumper at AllRovi
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