Some Thrilling Scenes in "Above the Clouds”

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7471, 23 May 1934, Page 5

Some Thrilling Scenes in "Above the Clouds”

ROBERT ARMSTRONG CAST AS AN ACE CAMERA-MAN Newsreel camera-hawks are young men with plenty of pep and originality plus infinite resourcefulness and downright courage. In the filming of ‘‘Above the Clouds” (for the Kosy on Saturday), this was the major factor in the selection of the cast;. Robert Armstrong, who plays the part of “Scoop” Adams, aeo cameraman for the Globe News, is outstanding. Throughout all of the thrilling, hairraising scenes of “Above the Clouds,” which was made under the direction of Roy William Neill, the stars do their strenuous work easily. Even, the packing of the heavy cameras and tripods, the equipment of the newsreel camerahawks, is no small job and it would tax the strength and endurance of the average well-conditioned person. Probably no newsreel man ever had to cover as many thrilling events in. so short a time as does the ca3t. of “Above the Clouds.” The story rushes quickly from aeroplane stunts to a gang fight, and then moves quickly from a prize ring to a submarine disaster during naval manoeuvres, and is climaxed when the cameramen are caught aboard a huge dirigible the size of the ill-fated Akron as it cracks up over the ocean. Yes! Even the making of a picture is a strenuous job in itself!