Tail Spin

1939
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1h 24m

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Constance Bennett, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Alice Faye, and Nancy Kelly in Tail Spin (1939)

Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs.Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs.Flyer enters a cross-country aerial derby, becomes rival to a wealthy society flyer, competes in parachute jumps and has love affairs.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Trivia
Audrey Scott doubled for both Alice Faye and Constance Bennett for their respective plane-crash scenes and was injured on both occasions.

Quotes
Bud: Say, don't you know better than to smoke around gasoline?
Babe Dugan: Oh, don't be so superstitious!

Connections
Featured in Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999)

Soundtracks
Are You in the Mood for Mischief?
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Alice Faye

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5/10

Alice Faye takes to the skies

"Tail Spin" from 1939 is about a group of women pilots in competition. The film stars Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Jane Wyman, Charles Farrell, and Kane Richmond.

Faye is a waitress, saving to pay for needed parts for her plane and to get to the competition. The Powder Puff Competition pays $100,000, good prize money even today! She's joined by friends and one outlier - Gerry Lester, who for some reason has her first name pronounced Gary (Bennett), a wealthy woman with a super-fast plane. Needless to say, everyone resents her.

You can see one of the subplots coming a mile away.

There isn't much to this film except a lot of planes in the air. Alice sings, "Are You in the Mood for Mischief?" Nancy Kelly has a very overwrought role - she was a good actress, but there wasn't much she could do with this part, given her dialogue and the way she was photographed (in closeup wearing a wistful look).

Davis is there for the comedy, and she's fun.

Love Alice, love Constance, love all of them, but for me this wasn't much of a film.