International Squadron, 1941, Movie Glass Slide, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna

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International Squadron, 1941, Movie Glass Slide, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna
International Squadron, 1941, Movie Glass Slide, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna
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You are bidding on an ORIGINAL "coming attraction" Movie Glass/Lantern Slide that was designed to promote the theatrical release of the 1941, WWII feature, "International Squadron".
I am selling off my entire collection of
Movie Glass Slides
this week (over 130). Please check out some of these titles:
1935, R48,
A Night at the Opera
, The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico), Margaret Dumont
,
SOLD
1939 -
Alleghany Uprising
, John Wayne, Claire Trevor
1939 -
Destry Rides Again
, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart
1939 -
Gunga Din
, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Joan Fontaine
1939 -
The Roaring Twenties
, James Cagney,
Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane
1940 -
Boom Town
, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
1940 -
Brigham Young
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger
1940 -
Charlie Chan in Panama
, Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Victor Sen Yung
1940 -
Gone With The Wind
, Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
1940 -
His Girl Friday
, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
1940 -
Knute Rockne, All American
, Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan
1940 -
Santa Fe Trail
,
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
1940 -
Strike Up the Band
, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
1940 -
The Great Walt Disney Festival of Hits
, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
SOLD
1940 -
The Green Hornet Strikes Again
, Warren Hull, Keye Luke
1940 -
The Mark of Zorro
, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
1940 -
Virginia City
, Errol Flynn, Mariam Hopkins,
Humphrey Bogart,
1941 -
High Sierra
, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino
1941 -
Strawberry Blonde
, James Cagney,
Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
1941 -
Suspicion
- Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine (directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
1941 -
The Little Foxes
, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
1941 -
The Great Lie
,
Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
1942, R49 -
The Pride of the Yankees
, Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth
, Teresa Wright
1948 -
Fort Apache
, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
1949 -
Little Women
- June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford
1949 -
The Fighting Kentuckian
,
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Vera Ralston
1950 -
The Asphalt Jungle
, Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern
1950 -
Sunset Boulevard
, William Holden, Gloria Swanson
And Many, Many More Great Titles...
This hand colored glass slide is an ORIGINAL and it is NOT a reproduction. It was created to be projected onto the movie theatre screen before the film was released to promote the "coming attraction". Some people in the movie collectible world have said, that, glass slides are much rarer than the paper poster memorabilia from the same film and are very rare pieces of film history.
Format:
Glass Slide: 3 1/4" x 4"
Plot Summary:
Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt (James Stephenson) asks his friend, Jimmy Grant (Ronald Reagan), a daredevil pilot on the airshow circuit, to join the RAF's International Squadron, made up of Americans. Jimmy turns him down, saying that he intends to stay safe at home. Faced with a breach-of-promise suit, Jimmy, however, is hired to deliver a new American-designed Lockheed Hudson bomber to the RAF, flying to England with his mechanic, "Omaha" McGrath (Cliff Edwards). When they encounter a heavy fog over the English base, Jimmy ignores a request from Charles to bail out, and brings the bomber in to a safe landing.
While in London, Jimmy meets up with an old friend, Rog Wilkins (William Lundigan) now serving in the International Squadron. Jeanette (Olympe Bradna), the young French woman assigned as his driver, he asks her out for dinner. A German raid hits the city. Jimmy is impressed by the courage of the embattled Londoners and moved by the death of a young child, to join the fight.
In the RAF, Jimmy is not able to fit in, and during an air patrol, while he shots down a German bomber, his reckless flying results in the death of an RAF comrade. The only thing that saves him from dismissal is the intervention of Charles. The next occasion when Jimmy can make amends ends badly as he wants to take Jeanette out, appealing to Rog to stand in for him. Despite being on call for 20 hours, Rog flies his patrol, and is shot down and killed.
In despair, Jimmy wants to quit but Charles persuades him to stay and avenge his friend's death. When Jeanette's boyfriend, Michele Edmé (Tod Andrews) is selected for a dangerous bombing mission over Nazi-held territory, Jimmy knocks him out and takes his place. Caught by enemy aircraft, Jimmy shoots two down, successfully completing his bombing run but is overwhelmed and shot down, crashing to his death. At his airbase, the International Squadron drinks a toast in tribute to him.
Trivia
:
Note that Joan Perry had been a former model who was discovered by Columbia head Harry Cohn. He put her in a bunch of movies, and then married her, and in 1941, she retired.
International Squadron, the 1941 Lothar Mendes & Lewis Seiler World War II (WWII) military airplane aviation fighter pilot action thriller ("They'll climb to any ceiling in a flight! They'll reach for any danger in a flight!"; "Their countries are conquered... but not their courage!"
International Squadron was favorably reviewed by Theodore Strauss for The New York Times, who said: "As another aerial and romantic dog-fight in the hurtling succession of epics about the Royal Air Force, it breezes along with dash and bravado and not too much self-importance. Its emotional upheavals are tossed off with a wisecrack; it doesn't belabor its story with inspirational organ music, and it keeps its wheels well off the ground. No ace among war films, it is none the less a brisk, brash flier in pulse-quickening entertainment."
Actual film of dogfighting between Spitfires and Messerschmitts and Heinkels and a London air raid were shot by Warners' Teddington studios technicians and shipped to the United States for inclusion in the film.
The modest budget for International Squadron necessitated the use of the Alhambra, California Municipal Airport standing in for an RAF base, and a bevy of contemporary civil aircraft standing in for the latest RAF fighters. The unlikely group included a Mantz's Boeing Model 100, Brown B-3 Racer, three Ryan STA trainers and a Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship.
Studio:
Warner Brothers
Date:
1940
Genre:
Adventure
, Drama
, War
Director(s):
Lewis Seiler, Lothar Mendes
Producer(s):
Hal Wallis
Cast
:
Ronald Reagan as Jimmy Grant
Olympe Bradna as Jeanette
James Stephenson as Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
William Lundigan as Lt. Rog Wilkins
Joan Perry as Connie Wilkins
Reginald Denny as Wing Commander Severn
Cliff Edwards as Omaha McGrath
Julie Bishop as Mary Wyatt
Tod Andrews as Michele Edmé
John Ridgely as Bill Torrence
Charles Irwin as Biddle
Addison Richards as Chief Engineer
Selmer Jackson as Saunders
Holmes Herbert as Sir Basil Wryxton
Joan Perry as Connie Wilkins
More Info on Ronald Reagan:
Ronald Reagan was an actor from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some of his movies include:
Knute Rockne: All American
, Kings Row, Dark Victory, Bedtime for Bonzo,
Santa Fe Trail
, Hellcats of the Navy and scores of others. Reagan landed fewer film roles in the late 1950s and moved into television. He was hired as the host of General Electric Theater, a series of weekly dramas that became very popular.
He is far better remembered for his later political career and for his "Reagan Revolution" which transformed politics and brought the Republican party on an equal footing with the Democratic party, after having been dominated by the Democrats for many years! He was Govenor of California 1967-1975 and the
40th President
of the United States 1981-1989. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 93 after battling Alzheimer's for many years.
More Info on Olympe Bradna
:
Olympe Bradna was a French actress from the 1930s to the 1940s. Some of her movies include: South of Pago Pago,
Happy Ending
, and The Last Train From Madrid. In 1941, after just a dozen movies, she married a wealthy socialite, and retired permanently, and she lived a long life, passing away in 2012 at the age of 92.
More Info on James Stephenson
:
James Stephenson was an English actor from the 1930s to the 1940s. Some of his movies include:
The Letter
(nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film),
The Sea Hawk
, and Boy Meets Girl. He passed away in 1941 at the age of 52.
More Info on William Lundigan
:
William Lundigan was an actor from the 1930s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include: The Old Maid, The Sea Hawk, Pinky,
Dodge City
, and Three Smart Girls Grow Up. He passed away in 1975 at the age of 61.
More Info on Joan Perry
:
Joan Perry was an actress from the 1930s to the 1940s. She had been a former model who was discovered by Columbia head Harry Cohn. He put her in a bunch of movies before marrying her, and in 1941 she retired! Some of her movies include: Nine Live Are Not Enough,
Good Girls Go to Paris
, and Heir to Trouble. She passed away in 1996 at the age of 85.
Please, let me know if you have any questions about this item or any of the items I am selling.
Slide Condition:
The Glass Slide is NM, the cardboard holder VG-EX+ (shows some wear).
Please see the scans for actual condition.
This Movie Glass Slide would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (great for Framing in a Shadow Box).
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This glass slide will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped securely inside a sturdy box.
I will combine lots to save on the shipping costs and I use USPS 1st class shipping (it gives both of us tracking of the package).
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