CRYSTAL PALACE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23918, 9 April 1943, Page 3

CRYSTAL PALACE

“FLIGHT LIEUTENANT” Pat O’Brien, Glenn Ford, and Evelyn Keyes are the leading players' in “Flight Lieutenant," to be shown at the Crystal Palace this week. , A story of the men who fly like birds and fight like demons, “Flight Lieutenant” is a new action'hiV:and important minor players include such well-known character actors as Jonathan Hale. Minor Watson, John Gallaudet, Larry Parks, and Frank Puglia. The “forgotten men” of the air—the test pilots—come into their own in “Flight Lieutenant,” along with what are said to be sharply incisive scenes showing other phases of present-day aeronautics. Appearing' as a flying hero of World War I who finds himself ignored by the aces and air cadets of World War 11. Pat O’Brien traces the gallantry aloft which has made the American eagle’s wings so fast and so powerful. Discredited as the result of a tragic error which caused, the death of a co-pilot, he loses his licence, and, leaving his young son still under the impression that he is a hero, attempts to hide his past in the torrid tropics. The boy grows up. determined to become an aviator like his father. On the eve of his last solo flight as a cadet, the youngster learns the truth about his flying heritage. Adding dramatic force to this story of men and machines is a heart-wanning romance between the young cadet and the daughter of the man his father killed. “Flight lieutenant” reaches its climax with Pearl Harbour, with the increasing need for airmen and the necessity for test pilots to risk their live* so that American flyers may win victory. A western, “Riders of the Badlands,” will also be shown. CENTURY f‘NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH” Adapted to the screen from a famous stage comedy, “Nothing But the Truth" stars Bob Hope as a stockbroker who: has a bet that be can tell the truth for 24 hours. Paulette Goddard, Ed-, ward Arnold, Leif Erickson, and Helen yinsmare i